make/project files.
- child frames appear in the taskbar by default now, use wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR
- style to avoid it, wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT style is now obsolete and has no
- effect
+ style to avoid it
- all overloads of wxDC::SetClippingRegion() combine the given region with the
previously selected one instead of replacing it
\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxMINIMIZE\_BOX}}{Displays a minimize box on the frame.}
\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxMAXIMIZE}}{Displays the frame maximized. Windows only.}
\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxMAXIMIZE\_BOX}}{Displays a maximize box on the frame.}
-\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxSTAY\_ON\_TOP}}{Stay on top of other windows. Windows only.}
+\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxSTAY\_ON\_TOP}}{Stay on top of all other windows,
+see also wxFRAME\_FLOAT\_ON\_PARENT. Windows only.}
\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxSYSTEM\_MENU}}{Displays a system menu.}
\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxSIMPLE\_BORDER}}{Displays no border or decorations. GTK and Windows only.}
\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxRESIZE\_BORDER}}{Displays a resizeable border around the window.}
\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxFRAME\_TOOL\_WINDOW}}{Causes a frame with a small
titlebar to be created; the frame does not appear in the taskbar under Windows.}
-\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxFRAME\_NO\_TASKBAR}}{Creates a normal frame but if
-this frame has a parent it does not appear in the taskbar under Windows. Note
-that a frame without parent will still appear in the taskbar even with this
-style. Has no effect under other platforms.}
-\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxFRAME\_FLOAT\_ON\_PARENT}}{Unused any longer, use
-wxFRAME\_TOOL\_WINDOW or wxFRAME\_NO\_TASKBAR instead}
+\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxFRAME\_NO\_TASKBAR}}{Creates an otherwise normal
+frame but it does not appear in the taskbar under Windows (note that it will
+minimize to the desktop window which may seem strange to the users and thus it
+might be better to use this style only without wxMINIMIZE\_BOX style).
+Has no effect under other platforms.}
+\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxFRAME\_FLOAT\_ON\_PARENT}}{The frame will always be
+on top of its parent (unlike wxSTAY\_ON\_TOP). A frame created with this style
+must have a non-NULL parent.}
\twocolitem{\windowstyle{wxFRAME\_EX\_CONTEXTHELP}}{Under Windows, puts a query button on the
caption. When pressed, Windows will go into a context-sensitive help mode and wxWindows will send
a wxEVT\_HELP event if the user clicked on an application window. {\it Note} that this is an extended
#define wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT 0x0001 // Don't make owned by apps top window
#define wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR 0x0002 // No taskbar button (MSW only)
#define wxFRAME_TOOL_WINDOW 0x0004 // No taskbar button, no system menu
+#define wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT 0x0008 // Always above its parent
// deprecated versions defined for compatibility reasons
#define wxRESIZE_BOX wxMAXIMIZE_BOX
#define wxTHICK_FRAME wxRESIZE_BORDER
-#define wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT wxFRAME_TOOL_WINDOW
// obsolete styles, unused any more
#define wxDIALOG_MODAL 0x0020 // free flag value 0x0020
// translate wxWindows flags to Windows ones
virtual WXDWORD MSWGetStyle(long flags, WXDWORD *exstyle) const;
+ // choose the right parent to use with CreateWindow()
+ virtual WXHWND MSWGetParent() const;
+
// we handle WM_NCACTIVATE specially here
virtual long MSWWindowProc(WXUINT msg, WXWPARAM wParam, WXLPARAM lParam);
long m_fsOldWindowStyle;
bool m_fsIsMaximized;
bool m_fsIsShowing;
+
+ // the hidden parent window for the frames which shouldn't appear in the
+ // taskbar
+ static wxWindow *ms_hiddenParent;
};
// list of all frames and modeless dialogs
int& x, int& y,
int& w, int& h) const;
+ // get the HWND to be used as parent of this window with CreateWindow()
+ virtual WXHWND MSWGetParent() const;
+
// creates the window of specified Windows class with given style, extended
// style, title and geometry (default values
//
// the name of the default wxWindows class
extern const wxChar *wxCanvasClassName;
+// the hidden parent for wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR unowned frames
+wxWindow *wxTopLevelWindowMSW::ms_hiddenParent = NULL;
+
// ============================================================================
// wxTopLevelWindowMSW implementation
// ============================================================================
#if !defined(__WIN16__) && !defined(__SC__)
if ( !(GetExtraStyle() & wxTOPLEVEL_EX_DIALOG) )
{
- // make all frames appear in the win9x shell taskbar unless
- // wxFRAME_TOOL_WINDOW or wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR is given - without
- // giving them WS_EX_APPWINDOW style, the child (i.e. owned) frames
- // wouldn't appear in it
- if ( (style & wxFRAME_TOOL_WINDOW) || (style & wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR) )
+ if ( style & wxFRAME_TOOL_WINDOW )
+ {
+ // create the palette-like window
*exflags |= WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW;
- else if ( !(style & wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR) )
+ }
+
+ // We have to solve 2 different problems here:
+ //
+ // 1. frames with wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR flag shouldn't appear in the
+ // taskbar even if they don't have a parent
+ //
+ // 2. frames without this style should appear in the taskbar even
+ // if they're owned (Windows only puts non owned windows into
+ // the taskbar normally)
+ //
+ // The second one is solved here by using WS_EX_APPWINDOW flag, the
+ // first one is dealt with in our MSWGetParent() method
+ // implementation
+ if ( !(style & wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR) && GetParent() )
+ {
+ // need to force the frame to appear in the taskbar
*exflags |= WS_EX_APPWINDOW;
+ }
+ //else: nothing to do [here]
}
#endif // !Win16
return msflags;
}
+WXHWND wxTopLevelWindowMSW::MSWGetParent() const
+{
+ // for the frames without wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT style we should use NULL
+ // parent HWND or it would be always on top of its parent which is not what
+ // we usually want (in fact, we only want it for frames with the
+ // wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT flag)
+ wxWindow *parent;
+ if ( HasFlag(wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT) )
+ {
+ parent = GetParent();
+
+ // this flag doesn't make sense then and will be ignored
+ wxASSERT_MSG( parent,
+ _T("wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT but no parent?") );
+ }
+ else // don't float on parent, must not be owned
+ {
+ parent = NULL;
+ }
+
+ // now deal with the 2nd taskbar-related problem (see comments above in
+ // MSWGetStyle())
+ if ( HasFlag(wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR) && !parent )
+ {
+ if ( !ms_hiddenParent )
+ {
+ ms_hiddenParent = new wxTopLevelWindowMSW(NULL, -1, _T(""));
+
+ // we shouldn't leave it in wxTopLevelWindows or we wouldn't
+ // terminate the app when the last user-created frame is deleted --
+ // see ~wxTopLevelWindowMSW
+ wxTopLevelWindows.DeleteObject(ms_hiddenParent);
+ }
+
+ parent = ms_hiddenParent;
+ }
+
+ return parent ? parent->GetHWND() : NULL;
+}
+
bool wxTopLevelWindowMSW::CreateDialog(const void *dlgTemplate,
const wxString& title,
const wxPoint& pos,
wxTopLevelWindowMSW::~wxTopLevelWindowMSW()
{
+ if ( this == ms_hiddenParent )
+ {
+ // stop [infinite] recursion which would otherwise happen when we do
+ // "delete ms_hiddenParent" below
+ return;
+ }
+
wxTopLevelWindows.DeleteObject(this);
if ( wxModelessWindows.Find(this) )
// If this is the last top-level window, exit.
if ( wxTheApp && (wxTopLevelWindows.Number() == 0) )
{
+ if ( ms_hiddenParent )
+ {
+ delete ms_hiddenParent;
+ ms_hiddenParent = NULL;
+ }
+
wxTheApp->SetTopWindow(NULL);
if ( wxTheApp->GetExitOnFrameDelete() )
return nonDefault;
}
+WXHWND wxWindowMSW::MSWGetParent() const
+{
+ return m_parent ? m_parent->GetHWND() : NULL;
+}
+
bool wxWindowMSW::MSWCreate(const wxChar *wclass,
const wxChar *title,
const wxPoint& pos,
int x, y, w, h;
(void)MSWGetCreateWindowCoords(pos, size, x, y, w, h);
- // find the correct parent HWND
- wxWindow *parent = GetParent();
- bool isChild = (style & WS_CHILD) != 0;
- HWND hParent;
- if ( (isChild || HasFlag(wxPOPUP_WINDOW) || HasFlag(wxFRAME_TOOL_WINDOW)) )
- {
- // this is either a normal child window, a popup window or a top level
- // window with wxFRAME_TOOL_WINDOW style (see below)
- hParent = parent ? GetHwndOf(parent) : NULL;
- }
- else
- {
- // this is a frame without wxFRAME_TOOL_WINDOW style: we should use
- // NULL parent HWND for it or it would be always on top of its parent
- // which is not what we usually want (in fact, we only want it for
- // frames with the special wxFRAME_TOOL_WINDOW as above)
- hParent = NULL;
- }
-
// controlId is menu handle for the top level windows, so set it to 0
// unless we're creating a child window
int controlId;
- if ( isChild )
+ if ( style & WS_CHILD )
{
controlId = GetId();
wxWindowCreationHook hook(this);
m_hWnd = (WXHWND)::CreateWindowEx
- (
- extendedStyle,
- className,
- title ? title : wxT(""),
- style,
- x, y, w, h,
- hParent,
- (HMENU)controlId,
- wxGetInstance(),
- NULL // no extra data
- );
+ (
+ extendedStyle,
+ className,
+ title ? title : wxT(""),
+ style,
+ x, y, w, h,
+ (HWND)MSWGetParent(),
+ (HMENU)controlId,
+ wxGetInstance(),
+ NULL // no extra data
+ );
if ( !m_hWnd )
{