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added the possibility to hide the tip window automatically when the mouse leave the...
authorVadim Zeitlin <vadim@wxwidgets.org>
Sat, 19 Jan 2002 21:49:39 +0000 (21:49 +0000)
committerVadim Zeitlin <vadim@wxwidgets.org>
Sat, 19 Jan 2002 21:49:39 +0000 (21:49 +0000)
git-svn-id: https://svn.wxwidgets.org/svn/wx/wxWidgets/trunk@13664 c3d73ce0-8a6f-49c7-b76d-6d57e0e08775

docs/latex/wx/tipwin.tex
include/wx/tipwin.h
src/generic/tipwin.cpp

index 9983b59c77c6be103c14045f3d76181e2ec07e16..0999633f10b2882e714397ef2f5718ecebbf9fd9 100644 (file)
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 \section{\class{wxTipWindow}}\label{wxtipwindow}
 
-Shows simple text in a popup tip window on creation. This is used by \helpref{wxSimpleHelpProvider}{wxsimplehelpprovider} to
-show popup help. The window automatically destroys itself when the user clicks on it or it loses
-the focus.
+Shows simple text in a popup tip window on creation. This is used by 
+\helpref{wxSimpleHelpProvider}{wxsimplehelpprovider} to show popup help. The
+window automatically destroys itself when the user clicks on it or it loses the
+focus.
 
-You should not normally need to use it explicitly in your application since a help provider class
-will create it when required.
+You may also use this class to emulate the tooltips when you need finer
+control over them than what the standard tooltips provide.
 
 \wxheading{Derived from}
 
@@ -23,13 +24,48 @@ wxPopupWindow\\
 
 \membersection{wxTipWindow::wxTipWindow}\label{wxtipwindowwxtipwindow}
 
-\func{}{wxTipWindow}{\param{wxWindow* }{parent}, \param{const wxString\& }{text}, \param{wxCoord }{maxLength = 100}}
+\func{}{wxTipWindow}{\param{wxWindow* }{parent}, \param{const wxString\& }{text}, \param{wxCoord }{maxLength = 100}, \param{wxTipWindow** }{windowPtr}}
 
 Constructor. The tip is shown immediately the window is constructed.
 
-\membersection{wxTipWindow::Adjust}\label{wxtipwindowadjust}
+\wxheading{Parameters}
 
-\func{void}{Adjust}{\param{const wxString\& }{text}, \param{wxCoord }{maxLength}}
+\docparam{parent}{The parent window, must be non {\tt NULL}}
 
-Calculates the client rect we need to display the text.
+\docparam{text}{The text to show, may contain the new line characters}
+
+\docparam{windowPtr}{Simply passed to 
+\helpref{SetTipWindowPtr}{wxtipwindowsettipwindowptr} below, please see its
+documentation for the description of this parameter}
+
+\docparam{rectBounds}{If non {\tt NULL}, passed to 
+\helpref{SetBoundingRect}{wxtipwindowsetboundingrect} below, please see its
+documentation for the description of this parameter}
+
+
+\membersection{wxTipWindow::SetTipWindowPtr}\label{wxtipwindowsettipwindowptr}
+
+\func{void}{SetTipWindowPtr}{\param{wxTipWindow** }{windowPtr}}
+
+When the tip window closes itself (which may happen at any moment and
+unexpectedly to the caller) it may {\tt NULL} out the pointer pointed to by 
+{\it windowPtr}. This is helpful to avoid dereferencing the tip window which
+had been already closed and deleted.
+
+
+\membersection{wxTipWindow::SetBoundingRect}{wxtipwindowsetboundingrect}
+
+\func{void}{SetBoundingRect}{\param{const wxRect\& }{rectBound}}
+
+By default, the tip window disappears when the user clicks the mouse or presses
+a keyboard key or if it loses focus in any other way - for example because the
+user switched to another application window.
+
+Additionally, if a non empty {\it rectBound} is provided, the tip window will
+also automatically close if the mouse leaves this area. This is useful to
+dismiss the tip mouse when the mouse leaves the object it is associated with.
+
+\wxheading{Parameters}
+
+\docparam{rectBound}{The bounding rectangle for the mouse in the screen coordinates}
 
index 3a82a5c064e2b97d673bd58f93cc93e68fbff4f8..ceab97f7feab0034d67a0787fee53298a2539f0f 100644 (file)
 #if wxUSE_TIPWINDOW
 
 #if wxUSE_POPUPWIN
-#include "wx/popupwin.h"
+    #include "wx/popupwin.h"
+
+    #define wxTipWindowBase wxPopupTransientWindow
 #else
-#include "wx/frame.h"
+    #include "wx/frame.h"
+
+    #define wxTipWindowBase wxFrame
 #endif
 
+class WXDLLEXPORT wxTipWindowView;
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // wxTipWindow
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-#if wxUSE_POPUPWIN
-class WXDLLEXPORT wxTipWindow : public wxPopupTransientWindow
-#else
-class WXDLLEXPORT wxTipWindow : public wxFrame
-#endif
+class WXDLLEXPORT wxTipWindow : public wxTipWindowBase
 {
-    friend class wxTipWindowView;
 public:
-    // Supply windowPtr for it to null the given address
-    // when the window has closed.
+    // the mandatory ctor parameters are: the parent window and the text to
+    // show
+    //
+    // optionally you may also specify the length at which the lines are going
+    // to be broken in rows (100 pixels by default)
+    //
+    // windowPtr and rectBound are just passed to SetTipWindowPtr() and
+    // SetBoundingRect() - see below
     wxTipWindow(wxWindow *parent,
                 const wxString& text,
-                wxCoord maxLength = 100, wxTipWindow** windowPtr = NULL);
-    ~wxTipWindow();
+                wxCoord maxLength = 100,
+                wxTipWindow** windowPtr = NULL,
+                wxRect *rectBound = NULL);
 
+    virtual ~wxTipWindow();
+
+    // If windowPtr is not NULL the given address will be NULLed when the
+    // window has closed
     void SetTipWindowPtr(wxTipWindow** windowPtr) { m_windowPtr = windowPtr; }
 
+    // If rectBound is not NULL, the window will disappear automatically when
+    // the mouse leave the specified rect: note that rectBound should be in the
+    // screen coordinates!
+    void SetBoundingRect(const wxRect& rectBound);
+
+    // Hide and destroy the window
     void Close();
 
 protected:
+    // called by wxTipWindowView only
+    bool CheckMouseInBounds(const wxPoint& pos);
+
     // event handlers
     void OnMouseClick(wxMouseEvent& event);
+
 #if !wxUSE_POPUPWIN
     void OnActivate(wxActivateEvent& event);
     void OnKillFocus(wxFocusEvent& event);
-#endif
+#else // wxUSE_POPUPWIN
+    virtual void OnDismiss();
+#endif // wxUSE_POPUPWIN/!wxUSE_POPUPWIN
 
 private:
     wxArrayString m_textLines;
     wxCoord m_heightLine;
+
+    wxTipWindowView *m_view;
+
     wxTipWindow** m_windowPtr;
+    wxRect m_rectBound;
 
     DECLARE_EVENT_TABLE()
+
+    friend class wxTipWindowView;
 };
 
 #endif // wxUSE_TIPWINDOW
+
 #endif // _WX_TIPWIN_H_
index 01c0e5151eb183faa1057c9a8586138d8ef49523..30d3b8cda99b0e7d7b64a2d55ba20350625464df 100644 (file)
 static const wxCoord TEXT_MARGIN_X = 3;
 static const wxCoord TEXT_MARGIN_Y = 3;
 
-// ============================================================================
-// implementation
-// ============================================================================
-
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// event tables
+// wxTipWindowView
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-#if wxUSE_POPUPWIN
-BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE(wxTipWindow, wxPopupTransientWindow)
-#else
-BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE(wxTipWindow, wxFrame)
-#endif
-    EVT_LEFT_DOWN(wxTipWindow::OnMouseClick)
-    EVT_RIGHT_DOWN(wxTipWindow::OnMouseClick)
-    EVT_MIDDLE_DOWN(wxTipWindow::OnMouseClick)
-#if !wxUSE_POPUPWIN
-    EVT_KILL_FOCUS(wxTipWindow::OnKillFocus)
-    EVT_ACTIVATE(wxTipWindow::OnActivate)
-#endif
-END_EVENT_TABLE()
-
-
 // Viewer window to put in the frame
-class wxTipWindowView: public wxWindow
+class WXDLLEXPORT wxTipWindowView : public wxWindow
 {
 public:
     wxTipWindowView(wxWindow *parent);
@@ -78,27 +59,56 @@ public:
     // event handlers
     void OnPaint(wxPaintEvent& event);
     void OnMouseClick(wxMouseEvent& event);
+    void OnMouseMove(wxMouseEvent& event);
+
 #if !wxUSE_POPUPWIN
     void OnKillFocus(wxFocusEvent& event);
-#endif
+#endif // wxUSE_POPUPWIN
+
     // calculate the client rect we need to display the text
     void Adjust(const wxString& text, wxCoord maxLength);
 
 private:
-    long m_creationTime;
     wxTipWindow* m_parent;
 
-  DECLARE_EVENT_TABLE()
+#if !wxUSE_POPUPWIN
+    long m_creationTime;
+#endif // !wxUSE_POPUPWIN
+
+    DECLARE_EVENT_TABLE()
 };
 
+// ============================================================================
+// implementation
+// ============================================================================
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// event tables
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE(wxTipWindow, wxTipWindowBase)
+    EVT_LEFT_DOWN(wxTipWindow::OnMouseClick)
+    EVT_RIGHT_DOWN(wxTipWindow::OnMouseClick)
+    EVT_MIDDLE_DOWN(wxTipWindow::OnMouseClick)
+
+#if !wxUSE_POPUPWIN
+    EVT_KILL_FOCUS(wxTipWindow::OnKillFocus)
+    EVT_ACTIVATE(wxTipWindow::OnActivate)
+#endif // !wxUSE_POPUPWIN
+END_EVENT_TABLE()
+
 BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE(wxTipWindowView, wxWindow)
     EVT_PAINT(wxTipWindowView::OnPaint)
+
     EVT_LEFT_DOWN(wxTipWindowView::OnMouseClick)
     EVT_RIGHT_DOWN(wxTipWindowView::OnMouseClick)
     EVT_MIDDLE_DOWN(wxTipWindowView::OnMouseClick)
+
+    EVT_MOTION(wxTipWindowView::OnMouseMove)
+
 #if !wxUSE_POPUPWIN
     EVT_KILL_FOCUS(wxTipWindowView::OnKillFocus)
-#endif
+#endif // !wxUSE_POPUPWIN
 END_EVENT_TABLE()
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -107,7 +117,9 @@ END_EVENT_TABLE()
 
 wxTipWindow::wxTipWindow(wxWindow *parent,
                          const wxString& text,
-                         wxCoord maxLength, wxTipWindow** windowPtr)
+                         wxCoord maxLength,
+                         wxTipWindow** windowPtr,
+                         wxRect *rectBounds)
 #if wxUSE_POPUPWIN
            : wxPopupTransientWindow(parent)
 #else
@@ -116,36 +128,50 @@ wxTipWindow::wxTipWindow(wxWindow *parent,
                      wxNO_BORDER | wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR )
 #endif
 {
-    m_windowPtr = windowPtr;
+    SetTipWindowPtr(windowPtr);
+    if ( rectBounds )
+    {
+        SetBoundingRect(*rectBounds);
+    }
 
     // set colours
-    SetForegroundColour(*wxBLACK);
-
+    //
+    // VZ: why don't we use wxSystemSettings for !MSW? (FIXME)
 #ifdef __WXMSW__
-    wxColour bkCol(wxSystemSettings::GetColour(wxSYS_COLOUR_INFOBK));
+    SetForegroundColour(wxSystemSettings::GetColour(wxSYS_COLOUR_INFOTEXT));
+    SetBackgroundColour(wxSystemSettings::GetColour(wxSYS_COLOUR_INFOBK));
 #else
-    wxColour bkCol(wxColour(255, 255, 225));
+    SetForegroundColour(*wxBLACK);
+    SetBackgroundColour(*wxWHITE);
 #endif
-    SetBackgroundColour(bkCol);
 
     // set size, position and show it
-    wxTipWindowView* tipWindowView = new wxTipWindowView(this);
-    tipWindowView->Adjust(text, maxLength);
-    tipWindowView->SetFocus();
+    m_view = new wxTipWindowView(this);
+    m_view->Adjust(text, maxLength);
+    m_view->SetFocus();
+
     int x, y;
     wxGetMousePosition(&x, &y);
+
+    // we want to show the tip below the mouse, not over it
+    //
+    // NB: the reason we use "/ 2" here is that we don't know where the current
+    //     cursors hot spot is... it would be nice if we could find this out
+    //     though
+    y += wxSystemSettings::GetMetric(wxSYS_CURSOR_Y) / 2;
+
 #if wxUSE_POPUPWIN
-    Position(wxPoint(x, y+10), wxSize(0,0));
-    Popup(tipWindowView);
+    Position(wxPoint(x, y), wxSize(0, 0));
+    Popup(m_view);
 #else
-    Move(x, y + 10);
+    Move(x, y);
     Show(TRUE);
 #endif
 }
 
 wxTipWindow::~wxTipWindow()
 {
-    if (m_windowPtr)
+    if ( m_windowPtr )
     {
         *m_windowPtr = NULL;
     }
@@ -156,7 +182,15 @@ void wxTipWindow::OnMouseClick(wxMouseEvent& WXUNUSED(event))
     Close();
 }
 
-#if !wxUSE_POPUPWIN
+#if wxUSE_POPUPWIN
+
+void wxTipWindow::OnDismiss()
+{
+    Close();
+}
+
+#else // !wxUSE_POPUPWIN
+
 void wxTipWindow::OnActivate(wxActivateEvent& event)
 {
     if (!event.GetActive())
@@ -172,11 +206,22 @@ void wxTipWindow::OnKillFocus(wxFocusEvent& WXUNUSED(event))
     Close();
 #endif
 }
-#endif
 
+#endif // wxUSE_POPUPWIN // !wxUSE_POPUPWIN
+
+void wxTipWindow::SetBoundingRect(const wxRect& rectBound)
+{
+    m_rectBound = rectBound;
+}
 
 void wxTipWindow::Close()
 {
+    if ( m_windowPtr )
+    {
+        *m_windowPtr = NULL;
+        m_windowPtr = NULL;
+    }
+
 #if wxUSE_POPUPWIN
     Show(FALSE);
     Destroy();
@@ -190,19 +235,25 @@ void wxTipWindow::Close()
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 wxTipWindowView::wxTipWindowView(wxWindow *parent)
-           : wxWindow(parent, -1,
-                     wxDefaultPosition, wxDefaultSize,
-                     wxNO_BORDER)
+               : wxWindow(parent, -1,
+                          wxDefaultPosition, wxDefaultSize,
+                          wxNO_BORDER)
 {
     // set colours
-    SetForegroundColour(*wxBLACK);
+    //
+    // VZ: why don't we use wxSystemSettings for !MSW? (FIXME)
 #ifdef __WXMSW__
-    wxColour bkCol(wxSystemSettings::GetColour(wxSYS_COLOUR_INFOBK));
+    SetForegroundColour(wxSystemSettings::GetColour(wxSYS_COLOUR_INFOTEXT));
+    SetBackgroundColour(wxSystemSettings::GetColour(wxSYS_COLOUR_INFOBK));
 #else
-    wxColour bkCol(wxColour(255, 255, 225));
+    SetForegroundColour(*wxBLACK);
+    SetBackgroundColour(*wxWHITE);
 #endif
-    SetBackgroundColour(bkCol);
+
+#if !wxUSE_POPUPWIN
     m_creationTime = wxGetLocalTime();
+#endif // !wxUSE_POPUPWIN
+
     m_parent = (wxTipWindow*)parent;
 }
 
@@ -306,6 +357,22 @@ void wxTipWindowView::OnMouseClick(wxMouseEvent& WXUNUSED(event))
     m_parent->Close();
 }
 
+void wxTipWindowView::OnMouseMove(wxMouseEvent& event)
+{
+    const wxRect& rectBound = m_parent->m_rectBound;
+
+    if ( rectBound.width &&
+            !rectBound.Inside(ClientToScreen(event.GetPosition())) )
+    {
+        // mouse left the bounding rect, disappear
+        m_parent->Close();
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        event.Skip();
+    }
+}
+
 #if !wxUSE_POPUPWIN
 void wxTipWindowView::OnKillFocus(wxFocusEvent& WXUNUSED(event))
 {
@@ -313,6 +380,6 @@ void wxTipWindowView::OnKillFocus(wxFocusEvent& WXUNUSED(event))
     if (wxGetLocalTime() > m_creationTime + 1)
         m_parent->Close();
 }
-#endif
+#endif // !wxUSE_POPUPWIN
 
-#endif
+#endif // wxUSE_TIPWINDOW