Make wxWindow::SetSizeHints() do nothing.

[wxWidgets.git] / docs / latex / wx / vlbox.tex

diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/vlbox.tex b/docs/latex/wx/vlbox.tex
index 90e63340f398d00c7a96378b8537e34dd818f1eb..00e4c8f2957109d4b62e3f71eb1968cf17d21fe5 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/latex/wx/vlbox.tex
+++ b/docs/latex/wx/vlbox.tex
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@
 
 wxVListBox is a listbox-like control with the following two main differences
 from a regular listbox: it can have an arbitrarily huge number of items because
 
 wxVListBox is a listbox-like control with the following two main differences
 from a regular listbox: it can have an arbitrarily huge number of items because

-it doesn't store them itself but uses \helpref{OnDrawItem()}{wxvlistboxondrawitem} 
+it doesn't store them itself but uses \helpref{OnDrawItem()}{wxvlistboxondrawitem}

 callback to draw them (so it is a {\Large V}irtual listbox) and its items can
 callback to draw them (so it is a {\Large V}irtual listbox) and its items can

-have variable height as determined by 
+have variable height as determined by

 \helpref{OnMeasureItem()}{wxvlistboxonmeasureitem} (so it is also a listbox
 with the lines of {\Large V}ariable height).
 
 \helpref{OnMeasureItem()}{wxvlistboxonmeasureitem} (so it is also a listbox
 with the lines of {\Large V}ariable height).
 


@@ -28,15 +28,23 @@ derive your own class, such as \helpref{wxHtmlListBox}{wxhtmllistbox}, from it.
 
 However it emits the same events as \helpref{wxListBox}{wxlistbox} and the same
 event macros may be used with it.
 
 However it emits the same events as \helpref{wxListBox}{wxlistbox} and the same
 event macros may be used with it.

- 
+

 \wxheading{Derived from}
 
 \wxheading{Derived from}
 

-\helpref{wxVScrolledWindow}{wxvscrolledwindow}
+\helpref{wxVScrolledWindow}{wxvscrolledwindow}\\
+\helpref{wxPanel}{wxpanel}\\
+\helpref{wxWindow}{wxwindow}\\
+\helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}\\
+\helpref{wxObject}{wxobject}

 
 \wxheading{Include files}
 
 <wx/vlbox.h>
 
 
 \wxheading{Include files}
 
 <wx/vlbox.h>
 

+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{wxSimpleHtmlListBox}{wxsimplehtmllistbox}, \helpref{wxHtmlListBox}{wxhtmllistbox}
+

 \latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
 
 
 \latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
 
 


@@ -60,18 +68,59 @@ Deletes all items from the control.
 
 \membersection{wxVListBox::Create}\label{wxvlistboxcreate}
 
 
 \membersection{wxVListBox::Create}\label{wxvlistboxcreate}
 

-\func{bool}{Create}{\param{wxWindow* }{parent}, \param{wxWindowID }{id = wxID\_ANY}, \param{const wxPoint\& }{pos = wxDefaultPosition}, \param{const wxSize\& }{size = wxDefaultSize}, \param{size\_t }{countItems = 0}, \param{long }{style = 0}, \param{const wxString\& }{name = wxVListBoxNameStr}}
+\func{bool}{Create}{\param{wxWindow* }{parent}, \param{wxWindowID }{id = wxID\_ANY}, \param{const wxPoint\& }{pos = wxDefaultPosition}, \param{const wxSize\& }{size = wxDefaultSize}, \param{long }{style = 0}, \param{const wxString\& }{name = wxVListBoxNameStr}}

 
 

-Creates the control and optionally sets the initial number of items in it
-(it may also be set or changed later with 
-\helpref{SetItemCount()}{wxvlistboxsetitemcount}).
+Creates the control. To finish creating it you also should call
+\helpref{SetItemCount()}{wxvlistboxsetitemcount} to let it know about the
+number of items it contains.

 
 

-There are no special styles defined for wxVListBox, in particular the wxListBox
-styles can not be used here.
+The only special style which may be used with wxVListBox is {\tt wxLB\_MULTIPLE}
+which indicates that the listbox should support multiple selection.

 
 Returns {\tt true} on success or {\tt false} if the control couldn't be created
 
 
 
 Returns {\tt true} on success or {\tt false} if the control couldn't be created
 
 

+\membersection{wxVListBox::DeselectAll}\label{wxvlistboxdeselectall}
+
+\func{bool}{DeselectAll}{\void}
+
+Deselects all the items in the listbox.
+
+Returns {\tt true} if any items were changed, i.e. if there had been any
+selected items before, or {\tt false} if all the items were already deselected.
+
+This method is only valid for multi selection listboxes.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{SelectAll}{wxvlistboxselectall}, \helpref{Select}{wxvlistboxselect}
+
+
+\membersection{wxVListBox::GetFirstSelected}\label{wxvlistboxgetfirstselected}
+
+\constfunc{int}{GetFirstSelected}{\param{unsigned long\& }{cookie}}
+
+Returns the index of the first selected item in the listbox or
+{\tt wxNOT\_FOUND} if no items are currently selected.
+
+\arg{cookie} is an opaque parameter which should be passed to the subsequent
+calls to \helpref{GetNextSelected}{wxvlistboxgetnextselected}. It is needed in
+order to allow parallel iterations over the selected items.
+
+Here is a typical example of using these functions:
+\begin{verbatim}
+unsigned long cookie;
+int item = hlbox->GetFirstSelected(cookie);
+while ( item != wxNOT_FOUND )
+{
+    ... process item ...
+    item = hlbox->GetNextSelected(cookie);
+}
+\end{verbatim}
+
+This method is only valid for multi selection listboxes.
+
+

 \membersection{wxVListBox::GetItemCount}\label{wxvlistboxgetitemcount}
 
 \constfunc{size\_t}{GetItemCount}{\void}
 \membersection{wxVListBox::GetItemCount}\label{wxvlistboxgetitemcount}
 
 \constfunc{size\_t}{GetItemCount}{\void}


@@ -83,20 +132,110 @@ Get the number of items in the control.
 \helpref{SetItemCount()}{wxvlistboxsetitemcount}
 
 
 \helpref{SetItemCount()}{wxvlistboxsetitemcount}
 
 

+\membersection{wxVListBox::GetMargins}\label{wxvlistboxgetmargins}
+
+\constfunc{wxPoint}{GetMargins}{\void}
+
+Returns the margins used by the control. The {\tt x} field of the returned
+point is the horizontal margin and the {\tt y} field is the vertical one.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{SetMargins}{wxvlistboxsetmargins}
+
+
+\membersection{wxVListBox::GetNextSelected}\label{wxvlistboxgetnextselected}
+
+\constfunc{int}{GetNextSelected}{\param{unsigned long\& }{cookie}}
+
+Returns the index of the next selected item or {\tt wxNOT\_FOUND} if there are
+no more.
+
+This method is only valid for multi selection listboxes.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{GetFirstSelected}{wxvlistboxgetfirstselected}
+
+
+\membersection{wxVListBox::GetSelectedCount}\label{wxvlistboxgetselectedcount}
+
+\constfunc{size\_t}{GetSelectedCount}{\void}
+
+Returns the number of the items currently selected.
+
+It is valid for both single and multi selection controls. In the former case it
+may only return $0$ or $1$ however.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{IsSelected}{wxvlistboxisselected},\\
+\helpref{GetFirstSelected}{wxvlistboxgetfirstselected},\\
+\helpref{GetNextSelected}{wxvlistboxgetnextselected}
+
+

 \membersection{wxVListBox::GetSelection}\label{wxvlistboxgetselection}
 
 \constfunc{int}{GetSelection}{\void}
 
 \membersection{wxVListBox::GetSelection}\label{wxvlistboxgetselection}
 
 \constfunc{int}{GetSelection}{\void}
 

-Get the currently selected item or $-1$ if there is no selection.
+Get the currently selected item or {\tt wxNOT\_FOUND} if there is no selection.
+
+
+\membersection{wxVListBox::GetSelectionBackground}\label{wxvlistboxgetselectionbackground}
+
+\constfunc{const wxColour\&}{GetSelectionBackground}{\void}
+
+Returns the background colour used for the selected cells. By default the
+standard system colour is used.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{wxSystemSettings::GetColour}{wxsystemsettingsgetcolour},\\
+\helpref{SetSelectionBackground}{wxvlistboxsetselectionbackground}
+
+
+\membersection{wxVListBox::HasMultipleSelection}\label{wxvlistboxishasmultipleselection}
+
+\constfunc{bool}{HasMultipleSelection}{\void}
+
+Returns {\tt true} if the listbox was created with {\tt wxLB\_MULTIPLE} style
+and so supports multiple selection or {\tt false} if it is a single selection
+listbox.
+
+
+\membersection{wxVListBox::IsCurrent}\label{wxvlistboxiscurrent}
+
+\constfunc{bool}{IsCurrent}{\param{size\_t }{item}}
+
+Returns {\tt true} if this item is the current one, {\tt false} otherwise.
+
+Current item is always the same as selected one for the single selection
+listbox and in this case this method is equivalent to
+\helpref{IsSelected}{wxvlistboxisselected} but they are different for multi
+selection listboxes where many items may be selected but only one (at most) is
+current.

 
 
 \membersection{wxVListBox::IsSelected}\label{wxvlistboxisselected}
 
 
 
 \membersection{wxVListBox::IsSelected}\label{wxvlistboxisselected}
 

-\constfunc{bool}{IsSelected}{\param{size\_t }{line}}
+\constfunc{bool}{IsSelected}{\param{size\_t }{item}}

 
 Returns {\tt true} if this item is selected, {\tt false} otherwise.
 
 
 
 Returns {\tt true} if this item is selected, {\tt false} otherwise.
 
 

+\membersection{wxVListBox::OnDrawBackground}\label{wxvlistboxondrawbackground}
+
+\constfunc{void}{OnDrawBackground}{\param{wxDC\& }{dc}, \param{const wxRect\& }{rect}, \param{size\_t }{n}}
+
+This method is used to draw the items background and, maybe, a border
+around it.
+
+The base class version implements a reasonable default behaviour which
+consists in drawing the selected item with the standard background
+colour and drawing a border around the item if it is either selected or
+current.
+
+

 \membersection{wxVListBox::OnDrawItem}\label{wxvlistboxondrawitem}
 
 \constfunc{void}{OnDrawItem}{\param{wxDC\& }{dc}, \param{const wxRect\& }{rect}, \param{size\_t }{n}}
 \membersection{wxVListBox::OnDrawItem}\label{wxvlistboxondrawitem}
 
 \constfunc{void}{OnDrawItem}{\param{wxDC\& }{dc}, \param{const wxRect\& }{rect}, \param{size\_t }{n}}


@@ -141,6 +280,51 @@ The derived class must implement this method to return the height of the
 specified item (in pixels).
 
 
 specified item (in pixels).
 
 

+\membersection{wxVListBox::Select}\label{wxvlistboxselect}
+
+\func{bool}{Select}{\param{size\_t }{item}, \param{bool }{select = true}}
+
+Selects or deselects the specified item which must be valid (i.e. not
+equal to {\tt wxNOT\_FOUND}).
+
+Return {\tt true} if the items selection status has changed or {\tt false}
+otherwise.
+
+This function is only valid for the multiple selection listboxes, use
+\helpref{SetSelection}{wxvlistboxsetselection} for the single selection ones.
+
+
+\membersection{wxVListBox::SelectAll}\label{wxvlistboxselectall}
+
+\func{bool}{SelectAll}{\void}
+
+Selects all the items in the listbox.
+
+Returns {\tt true} if any items were changed, i.e. if there had been any
+unselected items before, or {\tt false} if all the items were already selected.
+
+This method is only valid for multi selection listboxes.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{DeselectAll}{wxvlistboxdeselectall}, \helpref{Select}{wxvlistboxselect}
+
+
+\membersection{wxVListBox::SelectRange}\label{wxvlistboxselectrange}
+
+\func{bool}{SelectRange}{\param{size\_t }{from}, \param{size\_t }{to}}
+
+Selects all items in the specified range which may be given in any order.
+
+Return {\tt true} if the items selection status has changed or {\tt false}
+otherwise.
+
+This method is only valid for multi selection listboxes.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{SelectAll}{wxvlistboxselectall}, \helpref{Select}{wxvlistboxselect}
+

 \membersection{wxVListBox::SetItemCount}\label{wxvlistboxsetitemcount}
 
 \func{void}{SetItemCount}{\param{size\_t }{count}}
 \membersection{wxVListBox::SetItemCount}\label{wxvlistboxsetitemcount}
 
 \func{void}{SetItemCount}{\param{size\_t }{count}}


@@ -172,3 +356,32 @@ Set the selection to the specified item, if it is $-1$ the selection is
 unset. The selected item will be automatically scrolled into view if it isn't
 currently visible.
 
 unset. The selected item will be automatically scrolled into view if it isn't
 currently visible.
 

+This method may be used both with single and multiple selection listboxes.
+
+
+\membersection{wxVListBox::SetSelectionBackground}\label{wxvlistboxsetselectionbackground}
+
+\func{void}{SetSelectionBackground}{\param{const wxColour\& }{col}}
+
+Sets the colour to be used for the selected cells background. The background of
+the standard cells may be changed by simply calling
+\helpref{SetBackgroundColour}{wxwindowsetbackgroundcolour}.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{GetSelectionBackground}{wxvlistboxgetselectionbackground}
+
+
+\membersection{wxVListBox::Toggle}\label{wxvlistboxtoggle}
+
+\func{void}{Toggle}{\param{size\_t }{item}}
+
+Toggles the state of the specified \arg{item}, i.e. selects it if it was
+unselected and deselects it if it was selected.
+
+This method is only valid for multi selection listboxes.
+
+\wxheading{See also}
+
+\helpref{Select}{wxvlistboxselect}
+