X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/ae3c17b4013e80b99976c750c19fca47729517f6..704ceca8d2cd8da51a5cc22f8c51fd61c762dbf5:/interface/wx/mdi.h?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/interface/wx/mdi.h b/interface/wx/mdi.h index 3d5f3b80bc..60e93cba19 100644 --- a/interface/wx/mdi.h +++ b/interface/wx/mdi.h @@ -14,14 +14,35 @@ more wxMDIChildFrame objects. @library{wxcore} - @category{FIXME} + @category{managedwnd} + + @remarks + + The client window is the area where MDI child windows exist. It doesn't have to + cover the whole parent frame; other windows such as toolbars and a help window + might coexist with it. There can be scrollbars on a client window, which are + controlled by the parent window style. + + The wxMDIClientWindow class is usually adequate without further derivation, and + it is created automatically when the MDI parent frame is created. If the application + needs to derive a new class, the function wxMDIParentFrame::OnCreateClient() must + be overridden in order to give an opportunity to use a different class of client + window. + + Under Windows 95, the client window will automatically have a sunken border style + when the active child is not maximized, and no border style when a child is maximized. @see wxMDIChildFrame, wxMDIParentFrame, wxFrame */ class wxMDIClientWindow : public wxWindow { public: - //@{ + + /** + Default constructor. + */ + wxMDIClientWindow(); + /** Constructor, creating the window. @@ -30,25 +51,22 @@ public: @param style The window style. Currently unused. - @remarks The second style of constructor is called within - wxMDIParentFrame::OnCreateClient. + @remarks This constructor is called within wxMDIParentFrame::OnCreateClient(). - @see wxMDIParentFrame::wxMDIParentFrame, wxMDIParentFrame::OnCreateClient + @see wxMDIParentFrame::wxMDIParentFrame(), wxMDIParentFrame::OnCreateClient() */ - wxMDIClientWindow(); wxMDIClientWindow(wxMDIParentFrame* parent, long style = 0); - //@} /** Destructor. */ - ~wxMDIClientWindow(); + virtual ~wxMDIClientWindow(); /** Used in two-step frame construction. See wxMDIClientWindow() for further details. */ - bool CreateClient(wxMDIParentFrame* parent, long style = 0); + virtual bool CreateClient(wxMDIParentFrame* parent, long style = 0); }; @@ -59,15 +77,35 @@ public: An MDI (Multiple Document Interface) parent frame is a window which can contain MDI child frames in its own 'desktop'. It is a convenient way to avoid window - clutter, - and is used in many popular Windows applications, such as Microsoft Word(TM). + clutter, and is used in many popular Windows applications, such as Microsoft Word(TM). + + @remarks + + There may be multiple MDI parent frames in a single application, but this probably + only makes sense within programming development environments. + + Child frames may be of class wxMDIChildFrame (contained within the parent frame) + or wxFrame (shown as a top-level frame). + + An MDI parent frame always has a wxMDIClientWindow associated with it, which is the + parent for MDI child frames. This client window may be resized to accommodate non-MDI + windows, as seen in Microsoft Visual C++ (TM) and Microsoft Publisher (TM), where + a documentation window is placed to one side of the workspace. + + MDI remains popular despite dire warnings from Microsoft itself that MDI is an obsolete + user interface style. + + The implementation is native in Windows, and simulated under Motif. Under Motif, the + child window frames will often have a different appearance from other frames because + the window decorations are simulated. + @beginStyleTable @style{wxCAPTION} Puts a caption on the frame. @style{wxDEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE} - Defined as wxMINIMIZE_BOX | wxMAXIMIZE_BOX | wxTHICK_FRAME | - wxSYSTEM_MENU | wxCAPTION. + Defined as @c wxMINIMIZE_BOX | @c wxMAXIMIZE_BOX | @c wxTHICK_FRAME | + @c wxSYSTEM_MENU | @c wxCAPTION. @style{wxHSCROLL} Displays a horizontal scrollbar in the client window, allowing the user to view child frames that are off the current view. @@ -78,12 +116,12 @@ public: @style{wxMAXIMIZE_BOX} Displays a maximize box on the frame (Windows and Motif only). @style{wxMINIMIZE} - Identical to wxICONIZE. + Identical to @c wxICONIZE. @style{wxMINIMIZE_BOX} Displays a minimize box on the frame (Windows and Motif only). @style{wxRESIZE_BORDER} Displays a resizeable border around the window (Motif only; for - Windows, it is implicit in wxTHICK_FRAME). + Windows, it is implicit in @c wxTHICK_FRAME). @style{wxSTAY_ON_TOP} Stay on top of other windows (Windows only). @style{wxSYSTEM_MENU} @@ -106,7 +144,12 @@ public: class wxMDIParentFrame : public wxFrame { public: - //@{ + + /** + Default constructor. + */ + wxMDIParentFrame(); + /** Constructor, creating the window. @@ -114,72 +157,67 @@ public: The window parent. This should be @NULL. @param id The window identifier. It may take a value of -1 to indicate a default - value. + value. @param title The caption to be displayed on the frame's title bar. @param pos - The window position. The value wxDefaultPosition indicates a default position, - chosen by - either the windowing system or wxWidgets, depending on platform. + The window position. The value @c wxDefaultPosition indicates a default position, + chosen by either the windowing system or wxWidgets, depending on platform. @param size - The window size. The value wxDefaultSize indicates a default size, chosen by + The window size. The value @c wxDefaultSize indicates a default size, chosen by either the windowing system or wxWidgets, depending on platform. @param style The window style. See wxMDIParentFrame. @param name - The name of the window. This parameter is used to associate a name with the - item, - allowing the application user to set Motif resource values for - individual windows. + The name of the window. This parameter is used to associate a name + with the item, allowing the application user to set Motif resource values + for individual windows. @remarks During the construction of the frame, the client window will be - created. To use a different class from - wxMDIClientWindow, override + created. To use a different class from wxMDIClientWindow, override OnCreateClient(). @see Create(), OnCreateClient() */ - wxMDIParentFrame(); wxMDIParentFrame(wxWindow* parent, wxWindowID id, const wxString& title, const wxPoint& pos = wxDefaultPosition, const wxSize& size = wxDefaultSize, long style = wxDEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE | wxVSCROLL | wxHSCROLL, const wxString& name = "frame"); - //@} /** Destructor. Destroys all child windows and menu bar if present. */ - ~wxMDIParentFrame(); + virtual ~wxMDIParentFrame(); /** Activates the MDI child following the currently active one. @see ActivatePrevious() */ - void ActivateNext(); + virtual void ActivateNext(); /** Activates the MDI child preceding the currently active one. @see ActivateNext() */ - void ActivatePrevious(); + virtual void ActivatePrevious(); /** Arranges any iconized (minimized) MDI child windows. @see Cascade(), Tile() */ - void ArrangeIcons(); + virtual void ArrangeIcons(); /** Arranges the MDI child windows in a cascade. @see Tile(), ArrangeIcons() */ - void Cascade(); + virtual void Cascade(); /** Used in two-step frame construction. See wxMDIParentFrame() @@ -205,12 +243,37 @@ public: @param height Receives the client height in pixels. - @remarks The client area is the area which may be drawn on by the - programmer, excluding title bar, border, status bar, - and toolbar if present. + @remarks - @see GetToolBar(), SetToolBar(), - wxMDIClientWindow + The client area is the area which may be drawn on by the programmer, excluding + title bar, border, status bar, and toolbar if present. + + If you wish to manage your own toolbar (or perhaps you have more than one), + provide an @b OnSize event handler. Call GetClientSize() to find how much space + there is for your windows and don't forget to set the size and position of + the MDI client window as well as your toolbar and other windows (but not the + status bar). + + If you have set a toolbar with wxMDIParentFrame::SetToolbar(), the client size + returned will have subtracted the toolbar height. However, the available positions + for the client window and other windows of the frame do not start at zero - you + must add the toolbar height. + + The position and size of the status bar and toolbar (if known to the frame) are + always managed by wxMDIParentFrame, regardless of what behaviour is defined in + your @b OnSize event handler. However, the client window position and size are always + set in @b OnSize, so if you override this event handler, make sure you deal with the + client window. + + You do not have to manage the size and position of MDI child windows, since they + are managed automatically by the client window. + + @see GetToolBar(), SetToolBar(), wxMDIClientWindow + + @beginWxPythonOnly + The wxPython version of this method takes no arguments and returns a tuple containing + width and height. + @endWxPythonOnly */ virtual void GetClientSize(int* width, int* height) const; @@ -237,15 +300,23 @@ public: /** Override this to return a different kind of client window. If you override this - function, - you must create your parent frame in two stages, or your function will never be - called, - due to the way C++ treats virtual functions called from constructors. For - example: + function, you must create your parent frame in two stages, or your function will + never be called, due to the way C++ treats virtual functions called from constructors. + For example: + + @code + frame = new MyParentFrame; + frame->Create(parent, myParentFrameId, wxT("My Parent Frame")); + @endcode - @remarks You might wish to derive from wxMDIClientWindow in order to - implement different erase behaviour, for example, such - as painting a bitmap on the background. + @remarks + + You might wish to derive from wxMDIClientWindow in order to implement different + erase behaviour, for example, such as painting a bitmap on the background. + + Note that it is probably impossible to have a client window that scrolls + as well as painting a bitmap or pattern, since in @b OnScroll, the scrollbar + positions always return zero. (Solutions to: julian.smart@btopenworld.com). @see GetClientWindow(), wxMDIClientWindow */ @@ -259,9 +330,23 @@ public: @param toolbar Toolbar to manage. - @remarks When the frame is resized, the toolbar is resized to be the - width of the frame client area, and the toolbar height - is kept the same. + @remarks + + When the frame is resized, the toolbar is resized to be the width of the frame + client area, and the toolbar height is kept the same. + + When the frame is resized, the toolbar is resized to be the width of the frame + client area, and the toolbar height is kept the same. + + The parent of the toolbar must be this frame. + + If you wish to manage your own toolbar (or perhaps you have more than one), + don't call this function, and instead manage your subwindows and the MDI client + window by providing an @b OnSize event handler. Call wxMDIParentFrame::GetClientSize() + to find how much space there is for your windows. + + Note that SDI (normal) frames and MDI child windows must always have their toolbars + managed by the application. @see GetToolBar(), GetClientSize() */ @@ -269,19 +354,21 @@ public: /** Call this to change the current Window menu. Ownership of the menu object - passes to - the frame when you call this function. + passes to the frame when you call this function. + This call is available under Windows only. - To remove the window completely, use the wxFRAME_NO_WINDOW_MENU window style. + + To remove the window completely, use the @c wxFRAME_NO_WINDOW_MENU window style. */ void SetWindowMenu(wxMenu* menu); /** Tiles the MDI child windows either horizontally or vertically depending on - whether @a orient is wxHORIZONTAL or wxVERTICAL. + whether @a orient is @c wxHORIZONTAL or @c wxVERTICAL. + Currently only implemented for MSW, does nothing under the other platforms. */ - void Tile(wxOrientation orient = wxHORIZONTAL); + virtual void Tile(wxOrientation orient = wxHORIZONTAL); }; @@ -297,8 +384,8 @@ public: @style{wxCAPTION} Puts a caption on the frame. @style{wxDEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE} - Defined as wxMINIMIZE_BOX | wxMAXIMIZE_BOX | wxTHICK_FRAME | - wxSYSTEM_MENU | wxCAPTION. + Defined as @c wxMINIMIZE_BOX | @c wxMAXIMIZE_BOX | @c wxTHICK_FRAME | + @c wxSYSTEM_MENU | @c wxCAPTION. @style{wxICONIZE} Display the frame iconized (minimized) (Windows only). @style{wxMAXIMIZE} @@ -306,12 +393,12 @@ public: @style{wxMAXIMIZE_BOX} Displays a maximize box on the frame (Windows and Motif only). @style{wxMINIMIZE} - Identical to wxICONIZE. + Identical to @c wxICONIZE. @style{wxMINIMIZE_BOX} Displays a minimize box on the frame (Windows and Motif only). @style{wxRESIZE_BORDER} Displays a resizeable border around the window (Motif only; for - Windows, it is implicit in wxTHICK_FRAME). + Windows, it is implicit in @c wxTHICK_FRAME). @style{wxSTAY_ON_TOP} Stay on top of other windows (Windows only). @style{wxSYSTEM_MENU} @@ -328,7 +415,12 @@ public: class wxMDIChildFrame : public wxFrame { public: - //@{ + + /** + Default constructor. + */ + wxMDIChildFrame(); + /** Constructor, creating the window. @@ -336,48 +428,42 @@ public: The window parent. This should not be @NULL. @param id The window identifier. It may take a value of -1 to indicate a default - value. + value. @param title The caption to be displayed on the frame's title bar. @param pos - The window position. The value wxDefaultPosition indicates a default position, - chosen by - either the windowing system or wxWidgets, depending on platform. + The window position. The value @c wxDefaultPosition indicates a default position, + chosen by either the windowing system or wxWidgets, depending on platform. @param size - The window size. The value wxDefaultSize indicates a default size, chosen by + The window size. The value @c wxDefaultSize indicates a default size, chosen by either the windowing system or wxWidgets, depending on platform. @param style The window style. See wxMDIChildFrame. @param name The name of the window. This parameter is used to associate a name with the - item, - allowing the application user to set Motif resource values for - individual windows. - - @remarks None. + item, allowing the application user to set Motif resource values for individual + windows. @see Create() */ - wxMDIChildFrame(); wxMDIChildFrame(wxMDIParentFrame* parent, wxWindowID id, const wxString& title, const wxPoint& pos = wxDefaultPosition, const wxSize& size = wxDefaultSize, long style = wxDEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE, const wxString& name = "frame"); - //@} /** Destructor. Destroys all child windows and menu bar if present. */ - ~wxMDIChildFrame(); + virtual ~wxMDIChildFrame(); /** Activates this MDI child frame. @see Maximize(), Restore() */ - void Activate(); + virtual void Activate(); /** Used in two-step frame construction. See wxMDIChildFrame() @@ -400,6 +486,6 @@ public: /** Restores this MDI child frame (unmaximizes). */ - void Restore(); + virtual void Restore(); };