X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/d9ced90bcfeb99917c91f604385082cc83d07308..6d6de9f10f812d5e375d1283b12db490a6477b08:/docs/doxygen/overviews/windowsizing.h?ds=inline diff --git a/docs/doxygen/overviews/windowsizing.h b/docs/doxygen/overviews/windowsizing.h index a44107d7f2..baf7611eb5 100644 --- a/docs/doxygen/overviews/windowsizing.h +++ b/docs/doxygen/overviews/windowsizing.h @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ // Purpose: topic overview // Author: wxWidgets team // RCS-ID: $Id$ -// Licence: wxWindows license +// Licence: wxWindows licence ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /** @@ -24,6 +24,18 @@ some simple explanations of things. @section overview_windowsizing_glossary Glossary +@li @b "Size": this is the current size of the window and it can be explicitly + set or fetched with the wxWindow::SetSize() or wxWindow::GetSize() methods. + This size value is the size that the widget is currently using on screen and is + the way to change the size of something that is not being managed by a sizer. + +@li @b "Client Size": the client size represents the widget's area inside of any + borders belonging to the widget and is the area that can be drawn upon in a + @c EVT_PAINT event. For wxFrame, the client size also excludes the frame + menu, tool and status bars, if any. If a window doesn't have any border + (and is not a wxFrame with some bars) then its client size is the same as + its size. + @li @b "Best Size": the best size of a widget depends on what kind of widget it is, and usually also on the contents of the widget. For example a wxListBox's best size will be calculated based on how many items it has, up to a certain limit, @@ -31,8 +43,16 @@ some simple explanations of things. normally won't be smaller than the platform default button size (unless a style flag overrides that). There is a special virtual method in the C++ window classes called - wxWindow::DoGetBestSize() that a class needs to override if it wants to calculate - its own best size based on its content. + wxWindow::DoGetBestSize() that a class can override if it wants to calculate + its own best size based on its content, however notice that usually it is + more convenient to override DoGetBestClientSize(), see below. + +@li @b "Best Client Size": this is simply the client size corresponding to the + best window size. When the fitting size for the given contents is computed, + it will usually be the client size and the size of the borders needs to be + added to obtain the full best size. For this reason, it's preferable to + override DoGetBestClientSize() and let DoGetBestSize() compute the full + best size. @li @b "Minimal Size": the minimal size of a widget is a size that is normally explicitly set by the programmer either with the wxWindow::SetMinSize() method or with the @@ -43,21 +63,11 @@ some simple explanations of things. the minimal size. @li @b "Maximum Size": just like for the minimal size, the maximum size is normally - explicitely set by the programmer with the wxWindow::SetMaxSize() method or + explicitly set by the programmer with the wxWindow::SetMaxSize() method or with wxWindow::SetSizeHints(). Top-level windows such as wxFrame will not allow the user to resize the frame above the maximum size. -@li @b "Size": the size of a widget can be explicitly set or fetched with the - wxWindow::SetSize() or wxWindow::GetSize() methods. - This size value is the size that the widget is currently using on screen and is - the way to change the size of something that is not being managed by a sizer. - -@li @b "Client Size": the client size represents the widget's area inside of any - borders belonging to the widget and is the area that can be drawn upon in a - @c EVT_PAINT event. If a widget doesn't have a border then its client size is - the same as its size. - @li @b "Initial Size": the initial size of a widget is the size given to the constructor of the widget, if any. As mentioned above most controls will also set this size value as the control's