Determines the sizes and locations of displays connected to the system.
@library{wxcore}
- @category{FIXME}
+ @category{misc}
@see wxClientDisplayRect(), wxDisplaySize(), wxDisplaySizeMM()
*/
{
public:
/**
- Constructor, setting up a wxDisplay instance with the specified display.
-
+ Constructor, setting up a wxDisplay instance with the specified
+ display.
+
@param index
- The index of the display to use. This must be non-negative
- and lower than the value returned by GetCount().
+ The index of the display to use. This must be non-negative and
+ lower than the value returned by GetCount().
*/
wxDisplay(unsigned index = 0);
~wxDisplay();
/**
- Changes the video mode of this display to the mode specified
- in the mode parameter.
- If wxDefaultVideoMode is passed in as the mode parameter,
- the defined behaviour is that wxDisplay will reset the video
- mode to the default mode used by the display. On Windows,
- the behavior is normal. However, there are differences on other
- platforms. On Unix variations using X11 extensions it should
- behave as defined, but some irregularities may occur.
- On wxMac passing in wxDefaultVideoMode as the mode
- parameter does nothing. This happens because carbon
- no longer has access to DMUseScreenPrefs, an undocumented
- function that changed the video mode to the system
- default by using the system's 'scrn' resource.
+ Changes the video mode of this display to the mode specified in the
+ mode parameter.
+
+ If wxDefaultVideoMode is passed in as the mode parameter, the defined
+ behaviour is that wxDisplay will reset the video mode to the default
+ mode used by the display. On Windows, the behavior is normal. However,
+ there are differences on other platforms. On Unix variations using X11
+ extensions it should behave as defined, but some irregularities may
+ occur.
+
+ On wxMac passing in wxDefaultVideoMode as the mode parameter does
+ nothing. This happens because carbon no longer has access to
+ @c DMUseScreenPrefs(), an undocumented function that changed the video
+ mode to the system default by using the system's "scrn" resource.
*/
bool ChangeMode(const wxVideoMode& mode = wxDefaultVideoMode);
/**
- Returns the client area of the display. The client area is the part of the
- display available for the normal (non full screen) windows, usually it is the
- same as GetGeometry() but it could be less if
- there is a taskbar (or equivalent) on this display.
+ Returns the client area of the display. The client area is the part of
+ the display available for the normal (non full screen) windows, usually
+ it is the same as GetGeometry() but it could be less if there is a
+ taskbar (or equivalent) on this display.
*/
wxRect GetClientArea() const;
wxVideoMode GetCurrentMode() const;
/**
- Returns the bit depth of the display whose index was passed to the constructor.
+ Returns the bit depth of the display whose index was passed to the
+ constructor.
*/
int GetDepth() const;
/**
- Returns the index of the display on which the given point lies. Returns
+ Returns the index of the display on which the given point lies, or
@c wxNOT_FOUND if the point is not on any connected display.
-
+
@param pt
The point to locate.
*/
/**
Returns the index of the display on which the given window lies.
- If the window is on more than one display it gets the display that overlaps the
- window the most.
+
+ If the window is on more than one display it gets the display that
+ overlaps the window the most.
+
Returns @c wxNOT_FOUND if the window is not on any connected display.
-
+
@param win
The window to locate.
*/
static int GetFromWindow(const wxWindow* win);
/**
- Returns the bounding rectangle of the display whose index was passed to the
- constructor.
+ Returns the bounding rectangle of the display whose index was passed to
+ the constructor.
+
+ @see GetClientArea(), wxDisplaySize()
*/
wxRect GetGeometry() const;
/**
- Fills and returns an array with all the video modes that
- are supported by this display, or video modes that are
- supported by this display and match the mode parameter
- (if mode is not wxDefaultVideoMode).
+ Fills and returns an array with all the video modes that are supported
+ by this display, or video modes that are supported by this display and
+ match the mode parameter (if mode is not wxDefaultVideoMode).
*/
wxArrayVideoModes GetModes(const wxVideoMode& mode = wxDefaultVideoMode) const;
/**
- Returns the display's name. A name is not available on all platforms.
+ Returns the display's name. A name is not available on all platforms.
*/
wxString GetName() const;
/**
- Returns @true if the display is the primary display. The primary display is the
- one whose index is 0.
+ Returns @true if the display is the primary display. The primary
+ display is the one whose index is 0.
*/
bool IsPrimary();
};