X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/8a46ca8568e71f7b1af267106c1f8192250986aa..9c72cf7619064969b5c7f59cece74013789db4cf:/docs/latex/wx/event.tex diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/event.tex b/docs/latex/wx/event.tex index 817d5983a8..fc016f23f2 100644 --- a/docs/latex/wx/event.tex +++ b/docs/latex/wx/event.tex @@ -24,14 +24,17 @@ For more information about events, see the \helpref{Event handling overview}{eve \latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}} + \membersection{wxEvent::wxEvent}\label{wxeventctor} \func{}{wxEvent}{\param{int }{id = 0}, \param{wxEventType }{eventType = {\tt wxEVT\_NULL}}} Constructor. Should not need to be used directly by an application. + \membersection{wxEvent::m\_propagationLevel}\label{wxeventmpropagationlevel} + \member{int}{m\_propagationLevel} Indicates how many levels the event can propagate. This member is protected and @@ -49,6 +52,7 @@ Any positive number means that the event should be propagated but no more than the given number of times. E.g. the propagation level may be set to $1$ to propagate the event to its parent only, but not to its grandparent. + \membersection{wxEvent::Clone}\label{wxeventclone} \constfunc{virtual wxEvent*}{Clone}{\void} @@ -70,6 +74,7 @@ a new event (call it MyEvent) and then define the Clone function like this: wxEvent *Clone(void) const { return new MyEvent(*this); } \end{verbatim} + \membersection{wxEvent::GetEventObject}\label{wxeventgeteventobject} \func{wxObject*}{GetEventObject}{\void} @@ -77,12 +82,14 @@ a new event (call it MyEvent) and then define the Clone function like this: Returns the object (usually a window) associated with the event, if any. + \membersection{wxEvent::GetEventType}\label{wxeventgeteventtype} -\func{WXTYPE}{GetEventType}{\void} +\func{wxEventType}{GetEventType}{\void} Returns the identifier of the given event type, -such as wxEVENT\_TYPE\_BUTTON\_COMMAND. +such as \texttt{wxEVT\_COMMAND\_BUTTON\_CLICKED}. + \membersection{wxEvent::GetId}\label{wxeventgetid} @@ -90,17 +97,23 @@ such as wxEVENT\_TYPE\_BUTTON\_COMMAND. Returns the identifier associated with this event, such as a button command id. + \membersection{wxEvent::GetSkipped}\label{wxeventgetskipped} \constfunc{bool}{GetSkipped}{\void} Returns true if the event handler should be skipped, false otherwise. + \membersection{wxEvent::GetTimestamp}\label{wxeventgettimestamp} \func{long}{GetTimestamp}{\void} -Gets the timestamp for the event. +Gets the timestamp for the event. The timestamp is the time in milliseconds +since some fixed moment (\emph{not} necessarily the standard Unix Epoch, so +only differences between the timestamps and not their absolute values usually +make sense). + \membersection{wxEvent::IsCommandEvent}\label{wxeventiscommandevent} @@ -125,24 +138,28 @@ earlier call to \helpref{StopPropagation}{wxeventstoppropagation}). Sets the originating object. + \membersection{wxEvent::SetEventType}\label{wxeventseteventtype} -\func{void}{SetEventType}{\param{WXTYPE }{typ}} +\func{void}{SetEventType}{\param{wxEventType }{type}} Sets the event type. + \membersection{wxEvent::SetId}\label{wxeventsetid} \func{void}{SetId}{\param{int}{ id}} Sets the identifier associated with this event, such as a button command id. + \membersection{wxEvent::SetTimestamp}\label{wxeventsettimestamp} \func{void}{SetTimestamp}{\param{long }{timeStamp}} Sets the timestamp for the event. + \membersection{wxEvent::ShouldPropagate}\label{wxeventshouldpropagate} \constfunc{bool}{ShouldPropagate}{\void} @@ -150,17 +167,24 @@ Sets the timestamp for the event. Test if this event should be propagated or not, i.e. if the propagation level is currently greater than $0$. + \membersection{wxEvent::Skip}\label{wxeventskip} \func{void}{Skip}{\param{bool}{ skip = true}} -Called by an event handler, it controls whether additional event -handlers bound to this event will be called after the current event -handler returns. Skip(false) (the default behavior) will prevent -additional event handlers from being called and control will be -returned to the sender of the event immediately after the current -handler has finished. Skip(true) will cause the event processing -system to continue searching for a handler function for this event. +This method can be called by an event handler and controls whether additional +event handlers bound to this event will be called after the current event +handler returns. The default behavior is equivalent to calling Skip(false) +(which is, hence, usually unnecessary) and will prevent additional event +handlers from being called and control will be returned to the sender of the +event immediately after the current handler has finished. If Skip(true) is +called, the event processing system continues searching for a handler +function for this event as if the current handler didn't exist. + +In general, it is recommended to skip all non-command events to allow the +default handling to take place. The command events are, however, normally not +skipped as usually a single command such as a button click or menu item +selection must only be processed by one handler. \membersection{wxEvent::StopPropagation}\label{wxeventstoppropagation}