X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/e676441ff41b4d80cc1587691a359165b518fbc4..52ee226853ec422d1517de38a0fa76d866c37153:/docs/latex/wx/tsizer.tex diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/tsizer.tex b/docs/latex/wx/tsizer.tex index a30f2d8cfb..618c9f7b04 100644 --- a/docs/latex/wx/tsizer.tex +++ b/docs/latex/wx/tsizer.tex @@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ Classes: \helpref{wxSizer}{wxsizer}, \helpref{wxGridSizer}{wxgridsizer}, \helpref{wxFlexGridSizer}{wxflexgridsizer}, \helpref{wxBoxSizer}{wxboxsizer}, \helpref{wxStaticBoxSizer}{wxstaticboxsizer}, -\helpref{wxNotebookSizer}{wxnotebooksizer} +\helpref{wxNotebookSizer}{wxnotebooksizer}, +\helpref{CreateButtonSizer}{createbuttonsizer} Sizers, as represented by the wxSizer class and its descendants in the wxWindows class hierarchy, have become the method of choice to @@ -61,13 +62,13 @@ calculate their size (such as a checkbox) whereas others (such as a listbox) don't have any natural width or height and thus require an explicit size. Some controls can calculate their height, but not their width (e.g. a single line text control): -\center{ -\image{}{sizer03.gif} +\newcommand{\myimage}[1]{\mbox{\image{0cm;0cm}{#1}}} -\image{}{sizer04.gif} - -\image{}{sizer05.gif} -} +\begin{center} +\myimage{sizer03.eps}\gifsep +\myimage{sizer04.eps}\gifsep +\myimage{sizer05.eps} +\end{center} {\bf A border:} The border is just empty space and is used to separate dialog items in a dialog. This border can either be all around, or at any combination of sides @@ -75,13 +76,11 @@ such as only above and below the control. The thickness of this border must be s explicitly, typically 5 points. The following samples show dialogs with only one dialog item (a button) and a border of 0, 5, and 10 pixels around the button: -\center{ -\image{}{sizer00.gif} - -\image{}{sizer01.gif} - -\image{}{sizer02.gif} -} +\begin{center} +\myimage{sizer00.eps}\gifsep +\myimage{sizer01.eps}\gifsep +\myimage{sizer02.eps} +\end{center} {\bf An alignment:} Often, a dialog item is given more space than its minimal size plus its border. Depending on what flags are used for the respective dialog @@ -91,9 +90,9 @@ the centre of the available space or to either side of the space. The following sample shows a listbox and three buttons in a horizontal box sizer; one button is centred, one is aligned at the top, one is aligned at the bottom: -\center{ -\image{}{sizer06.gif} -} +\begin{center} +\myimage{sizer06.eps} +\end{center} {\bf A stretch factor:} If a sizer contains more than one child and it is offered more space than its children and their borders need, the question arises how to @@ -108,9 +107,9 @@ three buttons, the first one has a stretch factor of 1 and thus gets stretched, whereas the other two buttons have a stretch factor of zero and keep their initial width: -\center{ -\image{}{sizer07.gif} -} +\begin{center} +\myimage{sizer07.eps} +\end{center} Within wxDesigner, this stretch factor gets set from the {\it Option} menu. @@ -127,18 +126,18 @@ stretch factor determines how much the child can be stretched horizontally. The following sample shows the same dialog as in the last sample, only the box sizer is a vertical box sizer now: -\center{ -\image{}{sizer08.gif} -} +\begin{center} +\myimage{sizer08.eps} +\end{center} \wxheading{wxStaticBoxSizer} \helpref{wxStaticBoxSixer}{wxstaticboxsizer} is the same as a wxBoxSizer, but surrounded by a static box. Here is a sample: -\center{ -\image{}{sizer09.gif} -} +\begin{center} +\myimage{sizer09.eps} +\end{center} \wxheading{wxGridSizer} @@ -148,9 +147,9 @@ this case the text control in the left bottom border. Either the number of columns or the number or rows is fixed and the grid sizer will grow in the respectively other orientation if new children are added: -\center{ -\image{}{sizer10.gif} -} +\begin{center} +\myimage{sizer10.eps} +\end{center} For programming information, see \helpref{wxGridSizer}{wxgridsizer}. @@ -164,14 +163,14 @@ rows can be declared to be stretchable if the sizer is assigned a size different from that which it requested. The following sample shows the same dialog as the one above, but using a flex grid sizer: -\center{ -\image{}{sizer11.gif} -} +\begin{center} +\myimage{sizer11.eps} +\end{center} \wxheading{wxNotebookSizer} -\helpref{wxNotebookSizer}{wxnotebooksizer} can be used in -connection with notebooks. It calculates the size of each +\helpref{wxNotebookSizer}{wxnotebooksizer} can be used +with notebooks. It calculates the size of each notebook page and sets the size of the notebook to the size of the biggest page plus some extra space required for the notebook tabs and decorations. @@ -194,7 +193,7 @@ the buttons shall be centred as the width of the dialog changes. It is the unique feature of a box sizer, that it can grow in both directions (height and width) but can distribute its growth in the main direction (horizontal for a row) {\it unevenly} among its children. In our example case, the vertical sizer is supposed to propagate all its -height changes to only the text area, not to the button area. This is determined by the {\it option} parameter +height changes to only the text area, not to the button area. This is determined by the {\it proportion} parameter when adding a window (or another sizer) to a sizer. It is interpreted as a weight factor, i.e. it can be zero, indicating that the window may not be resized at all, or above zero. If several windows have a value above zero, the value is interpreted @@ -254,11 +253,9 @@ MyDialog::MyDialog(wxFrame *parent, wxWindowID id, const wxString &title ) 0, // make vertically unstretchable wxALIGN_CENTER ); // no border and centre horizontally - SetAutoLayout( TRUE ); // tell dialog to use sizer - SetSizer( topsizer ); // actually set the sizer + SetSizer( topsizer ); // use the sizer for layout - topsizer->Fit( this ); // set size to minimum size as calculated by the sizer - topsizer->SetSizeHints( this ); // set size hints to honour mininum size + topsizer->SetSizeHints( this ); // set size hints to honour minimum size } \end{verbatim} @@ -288,7 +285,7 @@ sizer. In order to query the size of notebook page, this page needs to have its own sizer, otherwise the wxNotebookSizer will ignore it. Notebook pages -get there sizer by assiging one to them using \helpref{wxWindow::SetSizer}{wxwindowsetsizer} +get their sizer by assigning one to them using \helpref{wxWindow::SetSizer}{wxwindowsetsizer} and setting the auto-layout option to TRUE using \helpref{wxWindow::SetAutoLayout}{wxwindowsetautolayout}. Here is one example showing how to add a notebook page that the notebook sizer is @@ -316,3 +313,25 @@ aware of: box around the sizer. Note that this static box has to be created separately. +\subsection{CreateButtonSizer}\label{createbuttonsizer} + +As a convenience, CreateButtonSizer ( long flags ) can be used to create a standard button sizer +in which standard buttons are displayed. The following flags can be passed to this function: + + +\begin{verbatim} + wxYES_NO // Add Yes/No subpanel + wxYES // return wxID_YES + wxNO // return wxID_NO + wxNO_DEFAULT // make the wxNO button the default, otherwise wxYES or wxOK button will be default + + wxOK // return wxID_OK + wxCANCEL // return wxID_CANCEL + wxHELP // return wxID_HELP + + wxFORWARD // return wxID_FORWARD + wxBACKWARD // return wxID_BACKWARD + wxSETUP // return wxID_SETUP + wxMORE // return wxID_MORE + +\end{verbatim}