Version: 3.2.5
wxTextCtrl Class Reference

#include <wx/textctrl.h>

+ Inheritance diagram for wxTextCtrl:

Detailed Description

A text control allows text to be displayed and edited.

It may be single line or multi-line. Notice that a lot of methods of the text controls are found in the base wxTextEntry class which is a common base class for wxTextCtrl and other controls using a single line text entry field (e.g. wxComboBox).

Styles

This class supports the following styles:

  • wxTE_PROCESS_ENTER:
    The control will generate the event wxEVT_TEXT_ENTER that can be handled by the program. Otherwise, i.e. either if this style not specified at all, or it is used, but there is no event handler for this event or the event handler called wxEvent::Skip() to avoid overriding the default handling, pressing Enter key is either processed internally by the control or used to activate the default button of the dialog, if any.
  • wxTE_PROCESS_TAB:
    Normally, TAB key is used for keyboard navigation and pressing it in a control switches focus to the next one. With this style, this won't happen and if the TAB is not otherwise processed (e.g. by wxEVT_CHAR event handler), a literal TAB character is inserted into the control. Notice that this style has no effect for single-line text controls when using wxGTK.
  • wxTE_MULTILINE:
    The text control allows multiple lines. If this style is not specified, line break characters should not be used in the controls value.
  • wxTE_PASSWORD:
    The text will be echoed as asterisks.
  • wxTE_READONLY:
    The text will not be user-editable.
  • wxTE_RICH:
    Use rich text control under MSW, this allows having more than 64KB of text in the control. This style is ignored under other platforms and it is recommended to use wxTE_RICH2 instead of it under MSW.
  • wxTE_RICH2:
    Use rich text control version 2.0 or higher under MSW, this style is ignored under other platforms. Note that this style may be turned on automatically even if it is not used explicitly when creating a text control with a long (i.e. much more than 64KiB) initial text, as creating the control would simply fail in this case under MSW if neither this style nor wxTE_RICH is used.
  • wxTE_AUTO_URL:
    Highlight the URLs and generate the wxTextUrlEvents when mouse events occur over them.
  • wxTE_NOHIDESEL:
    By default, the Windows text control doesn't show the selection when it doesn't have focus - use this style to force it to always show it. It doesn't do anything under other platforms.
  • wxHSCROLL:
    A horizontal scrollbar will be created and used, so that text won't be wrapped.
  • wxTE_NO_VSCROLL:
    For multiline controls only: vertical scrollbar will never be created. This limits the amount of text which can be entered into the control to what can be displayed in it under wxMSW but not under wxGTK or wxOSX. Currently not implemented for the other platforms.
  • wxTE_LEFT:
    The text in the control will be left-justified (default).
  • wxTE_CENTRE:
    The text in the control will be centered (wxMSW, wxGTK, wxOSX).
  • wxTE_RIGHT:
    The text in the control will be right-justified (wxMSW, wxGTK, wxOSX).
  • wxTE_DONTWRAP:
    Same as wxHSCROLL style: don't wrap at all, show horizontal scrollbar instead.
  • wxTE_CHARWRAP:
    For multiline controls only: wrap the lines too long to be shown entirely at any position (wxUniv, wxGTK, wxOSX).
  • wxTE_WORDWRAP:
    For multiline controls only: wrap the lines too long to be shown entirely at word boundaries (wxUniv, wxMSW, wxGTK, wxOSX).
  • wxTE_BESTWRAP:
    For multiline controls only: wrap the lines at word boundaries or at any other character if there are words longer than the window width (this is the default).
  • wxTE_CAPITALIZE:
    On PocketPC and Smartphone, causes the first letter to be capitalized.

Note that alignment styles (wxTE_LEFT, wxTE_CENTRE and wxTE_RIGHT) can be changed dynamically after control creation on wxMSW, wxGTK and wxOSX. wxTE_READONLY, wxTE_PASSWORD and wrapping styles can be dynamically changed under wxGTK but not wxMSW. The other styles can be only set during control creation.

wxTextCtrl Text Format

The multiline text controls always store the text as a sequence of lines separated by '\n' characters, i.e. in the Unix text format even on non-Unix platforms. This allows the user code to ignore the differences between the platforms but at a price: the indices in the control such as those returned by GetInsertionPoint() or GetSelection() can not be used as indices into the string returned by GetValue() as they're going to be slightly off for platforms using "\\r\\n" as separator (as Windows does).

Instead, if you need to obtain a substring between the 2 indices obtained from the control with the help of the functions mentioned above, you should use GetRange(). And the indices themselves can only be passed to other methods, for example SetInsertionPoint() or SetSelection().

To summarize: never use the indices returned by (multiline) wxTextCtrl as indices into the string it contains, but only as arguments to be passed back to the other wxTextCtrl methods. This problem doesn't arise for single-line platforms however where the indices in the control do correspond to the positions in the value string.

wxTextCtrl Positions and Coordinates

It is possible to use either linear positions, i.e. roughly (but not always exactly, as explained in the previous section) the index of the character in the text contained in the control or X-Y coordinates, i.e. column and line of the character when working with this class and it provides the functions PositionToXY() and XYToPosition() to convert between the two.

Additionally, a position in the control can be converted to its coordinates in pixels using PositionToCoords() which can be useful to e.g. show a popup menu near the given character. And, in the other direction, HitTest() can be used to find the character under, or near, the given pixel coordinates.

To be more precise, positions actually refer to the gaps between characters and not the characters themselves. Thus, position 0 is the one before the very first character in the control and so is a valid position even when the control is empty. And if the control contains a single character, it has two valid positions: 0 before this character and 1 – after it. This, when the documentation of various functions mentions "invalid position", it doesn't consider the position just after the last character of the line to be invalid, only the positions beyond that one (e.g. 2 and greater in the single character example) are actually invalid.

wxTextCtrl Styles.

Multi-line text controls support styling, i.e. provide a possibility to set colours and font for individual characters in it (note that under Windows wxTE_RICH style is required for style support). To use the styles you can either call SetDefaultStyle() before inserting the text or call SetStyle() later to change the style of the text already in the control (the first solution is much more efficient).

In either case, if the style doesn't specify some of the attributes (for example you only want to set the text colour but without changing the font nor the text background), the values of the default style will be used for them. If there is no default style, the attributes of the text control itself are used.

So the following code correctly describes what it does: the second call to SetDefaultStyle() doesn't change the text foreground colour (which stays red) while the last one doesn't change the background colour (which stays grey):

text->SetDefaultStyle(wxTextAttr(*wxRED));
text->AppendText("Red text\n");
text->SetDefaultStyle(wxTextAttr(wxNullColour, *wxLIGHT_GREY));
text->AppendText("Red on grey text\n");
text->SetDefaultStyle(wxTextAttr(*wxBLUE));
text->AppendText("Blue on grey text\n");
wxTextAttr represents the character and paragraph attributes, or style, for a range of text in a wxTe...
Definition: textctrl.h:283
wxColour * wxBLUE
Definition: colour.h:363
wxColour * wxRED
Definition: colour.h:368
wxColour * wxLIGHT_GREY
Definition: colour.h:367
wxColour wxNullColour
Definition: colour.h:360

wxTextCtrl and C++ Streams

This class multiply-inherits from std::streambuf (except for some really old compilers using non-standard iostream library), allowing code such as the following:

wxTextCtrl *control = new wxTextCtrl(...);
ostream stream(control)
stream << 123.456 << " some text\n";
stream.flush();
A text control allows text to be displayed and edited.
Definition: textctrl.h:1436
wxTextCtrl()
Default ctor.

Note that even if your build of wxWidgets doesn't support this (the symbol wxHAS_TEXT_WINDOW_STREAM has value of 0 then) you can still use wxTextCtrl itself in a stream-like manner:

wxTextCtrl *control = new wxTextCtrl(...);
*control << 123.456 << " some text\n";

However the possibility to create a std::ostream associated with wxTextCtrl may be useful if you need to redirect the output of a function taking a std::ostream as parameter to a text control.

Another commonly requested need is to redirect std::cout to the text control. This may be done in the following way:

#include <iostream>
wxTextCtrl *control = new wxTextCtrl(...);
std::streambuf *sbOld = std::cout.rdbuf();
std::cout.rdbuf(control);
// use cout as usual, the output appears in the text control
...
std::cout.rdbuf(sbOld);

But wxWidgets provides a convenient class to make it even simpler so instead you may just do

#include <iostream>
wxTextCtrl *control = new wxTextCtrl(...);
wxStreamToTextRedirector redirect(control);
// all output to cout goes into the text control until the exit from
// current scope
This class can be used to (temporarily) redirect all output sent to a C++ ostream object to a wxTextC...
Definition: textctrl.h:2028

See wxStreamToTextRedirector for more details.

Event Handling.

The following commands are processed by default event handlers in wxTextCtrl: wxID_CUT, wxID_COPY, wxID_PASTE, wxID_UNDO, wxID_REDO. The associated UI update events are also processed automatically, when the control has the focus.

Events emitted by this class

The following event handler macros redirect the events to member function handlers 'func' with prototypes like:

void handlerFuncName(wxCommandEvent& event)

Event macros for events emitted by this class:

  • EVT_TEXT(id, func):
    Respond to a wxEVT_TEXT event, generated when the text changes. Notice that this event will be sent when the text controls contents changes – whether this is due to user input or comes from the program itself (for example, if wxTextCtrl::SetValue() is called); see wxTextCtrl::ChangeValue() for a function which does not send this event. This event is however not sent during the control creation.
  • EVT_TEXT_ENTER(id, func):
    Respond to a wxEVT_TEXT_ENTER event, generated when enter is pressed in a text control which must have wxTE_PROCESS_ENTER style for this event to be generated.
  • EVT_TEXT_URL(id, func):
    A mouse event occurred over an URL in the text control.
  • EVT_TEXT_MAXLEN(id, func):
    This event is generated when the user tries to enter more text into the control than the limit set by wxTextCtrl::SetMaxLength(), see its description.

Library:  wxCore
Category:  Controls

Appearance:

wxMSW Appearance

wxGTK Appearance

wxOSX Appearance

See also
wxTextCtrl::Create, wxValidator

Public Member Functions

 wxTextCtrl ()
 Default ctor. More...
 
 wxTextCtrl (wxWindow *parent, wxWindowID id, const wxString &value=wxEmptyString, const wxPoint &pos=wxDefaultPosition, const wxSize &size=wxDefaultSize, long style=0, const wxValidator &validator=wxDefaultValidator, const wxString &name=wxTextCtrlNameStr)
 Constructor, creating and showing a text control. More...
 
virtual ~wxTextCtrl ()
 Destructor, destroying the text control. More...
 
bool Create (wxWindow *parent, wxWindowID id, const wxString &value=wxEmptyString, const wxPoint &pos=wxDefaultPosition, const wxSize &size=wxDefaultSize, long style=0, const wxValidator &validator=wxDefaultValidator, const wxString &name=wxTextCtrlNameStr)
 Creates the text control for two-step construction. More...
 
virtual void DiscardEdits ()
 Resets the internal modified flag as if the current changes had been saved. More...
 
virtual void EmptyUndoBuffer ()
 Delete the undo history. More...
 
virtual bool EmulateKeyPress (const wxKeyEvent &event)
 This function inserts into the control the character which would have been inserted if the given key event had occurred in the text control. More...
 
virtual bool EnableProofCheck (const wxTextProofOptions &options=wxTextProofOptions::Default())
 Enable or disable native spell checking on this text control if it is available on the current platform. More...
 
virtual const wxTextAttrGetDefaultStyle () const
 Returns the style currently used for the new text. More...
 
virtual int GetLineLength (long lineNo) const
 Gets the length of the specified line, not including any trailing newline character(s). More...
 
virtual wxString GetLineText (long lineNo) const
 Returns the contents of a given line in the text control, not including any trailing newline character(s). More...
 
virtual int GetNumberOfLines () const
 Returns the number of lines in the text control buffer. More...
 
virtual bool GetStyle (long position, wxTextAttr &style)
 Returns the style at this position in the text control. More...
 
wxTextCtrlHitTestResult HitTest (const wxPoint &pt, long *pos) const
 Finds the position of the character at the specified point. More...
 
wxTextCtrlHitTestResult HitTest (const wxPoint &pt, wxTextCoord *col, wxTextCoord *row) const
 Finds the row and column of the character at the specified point. More...
 
virtual bool IsModified () const
 Returns true if the text has been modified by user. More...
 
bool IsMultiLine () const
 Returns true if this is a multi line edit control and false otherwise. More...
 
bool IsSingleLine () const
 Returns true if this is a single line edit control and false otherwise. More...
 
virtual wxTextProofOptions GetProofCheckOptions ()
 Returns the current text proofing options. More...
 
bool LoadFile (const wxString &filename, int fileType=wxTEXT_TYPE_ANY)
 Loads and displays the named file, if it exists. More...
 
virtual void MarkDirty ()
 Mark text as modified (dirty). More...
 
void OnDropFiles (wxDropFilesEvent &event)
 This event handler function implements default drag and drop behaviour, which is to load the first dropped file into the control. More...
 
virtual bool PositionToXY (long pos, long *x, long *y) const
 Converts given position to a zero-based column, line number pair. More...
 
wxPoint PositionToCoords (long pos) const
 Converts given text position to client coordinates in pixels. More...
 
bool SaveFile (const wxString &filename=wxEmptyString, int fileType=wxTEXT_TYPE_ANY)
 Saves the contents of the control in a text file. More...
 
virtual bool SetDefaultStyle (const wxTextAttr &style)
 Changes the default style to use for the new text which is going to be added to the control. More...
 
void SetModified (bool modified)
 Marks the control as being modified by the user or not. More...
 
virtual bool SetStyle (long start, long end, const wxTextAttr &style)
 Changes the style of the given range. More...
 
virtual void ShowPosition (long pos)
 Makes the line containing the given position visible. More...
 
virtual long XYToPosition (long x, long y) const
 Converts the given zero based column and line number to a position. More...
 
Mac-specific functions
void OSXEnableNewLineReplacement (bool enable)
 Enables the automatic replacement of new lines characters in a single-line text field with spaces under macOS. More...
 
void OSXEnableAutomaticQuoteSubstitution (bool enable)
 Enables the automatic replacement of ASCII quotation marks and apostrophes with their typographic symbols. More...
 
void OSXEnableAutomaticDashSubstitution (bool enable)
 Enables the automatic conversion of two ASCII hyphens into an m-dash. More...
 
void OSXDisableAllSmartSubstitutions ()
 Disables all automatic character substitutions. More...
 
wxTextCtrloperator<< (const wxString &s)
 Operator definitions for appending to a text control. More...
 
wxTextCtrloperator<< (int i)
 Operator definitions for appending to a text control. More...
 
wxTextCtrloperator<< (long i)
 Operator definitions for appending to a text control. More...
 
wxTextCtrloperator<< (float f)
 Operator definitions for appending to a text control. More...
 
wxTextCtrloperator<< (double d)
 Operator definitions for appending to a text control. More...
 
wxTextCtrloperator<< (char c)
 Operator definitions for appending to a text control. More...
 
wxTextCtrloperator<< (wchar_t c)
 Operator definitions for appending to a text control. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from wxControl
 wxControl (wxWindow *parent, wxWindowID id, const wxPoint &pos=wxDefaultPosition, const wxSize &size=wxDefaultSize, long style=0, const wxValidator &validator=wxDefaultValidator, const wxString &name=wxControlNameStr)
 Constructs a control. More...
 
 wxControl ()
 Default constructor to allow 2-phase creation. More...
 
bool Create (wxWindow *parent, wxWindowID id, const wxPoint &pos=wxDefaultPosition, const wxSize &size=wxDefaultSize, long style=0, const wxValidator &validator=wxDefaultValidator, const wxString &name=wxControlNameStr)
 
virtual void Command (wxCommandEvent &event)
 Simulates the effect of the user issuing a command to the item. More...
 
wxString GetLabel () const
 Returns the control's label, as it was passed to SetLabel(). More...
 
wxString GetLabelText () const
 Returns the control's label without mnemonics. More...
 
wxSize GetSizeFromTextSize (int xlen, int ylen=-1) const
 Determine the size needed by the control to leave the given area for its text. More...
 
wxSize GetSizeFromTextSize (const wxSize &tsize) const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts. More...
 
wxSize GetSizeFromText (const wxString &text) const
 Determine the minimum size needed by the control to display the given text. More...
 
void SetLabel (const wxString &label)
 Sets the control's label. More...
 
void SetLabelText (const wxString &text)
 Sets the control's label to exactly the given string. More...
 
bool SetLabelMarkup (const wxString &markup)
 Sets the controls label to a string using markup. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from wxWindow
 wxWindow ()
 Default constructor. More...
 
 wxWindow (wxWindow *parent, wxWindowID id, const wxPoint &pos=wxDefaultPosition, const wxSize &size=wxDefaultSize, long style=0, const wxString &name=wxPanelNameStr)
 Constructs a window, which can be a child of a frame, dialog or any other non-control window. More...
 
virtual ~wxWindow ()
 Destructor. More...
 
bool Create (wxWindow *parent, wxWindowID id, const wxPoint &pos=wxDefaultPosition, const wxSize &size=wxDefaultSize, long style=0, const wxString &name=wxPanelNameStr)
 Construct the actual window object after creating the C++ object. More...
 
virtual bool AcceptsFocus () const
 This method may be overridden in the derived classes to return false to indicate that this control doesn't accept input at all (i.e. behaves like e.g. wxStaticText) and so doesn't need focus. More...
 
virtual bool AcceptsFocusFromKeyboard () const
 This method may be overridden in the derived classes to return false to indicate that while this control can, in principle, have focus if the user clicks it with the mouse, it shouldn't be included in the TAB traversal chain when using the keyboard. More...
 
virtual bool AcceptsFocusRecursively () const
 Overridden to indicate whether this window or one of its children accepts focus. More...
 
void DisableFocusFromKeyboard ()
 Disable giving focus to this window using the keyboard navigation keys. More...
 
bool IsFocusable () const
 Can this window itself have focus? More...
 
bool CanAcceptFocus () const
 Can this window have focus right now? More...
 
bool CanAcceptFocusFromKeyboard () const
 Can this window be assigned focus from keyboard right now? More...
 
virtual bool HasFocus () const
 Returns true if the window (or in case of composite controls, its main child window) has focus. More...
 
virtual void SetCanFocus (bool canFocus)
 This method is only implemented by ports which have support for native TAB traversal (such as GTK+ 2.0). More...
 
virtual void EnableVisibleFocus (bool enable)
 Enables or disables visible indication of keyboard focus. More...
 
virtual void SetFocus ()
 This sets the window to receive keyboard input. More...
 
virtual void SetFocusFromKbd ()
 This function is called by wxWidgets keyboard navigation code when the user gives the focus to this window from keyboard (e.g. using TAB key). More...
 
virtual void AddChild (wxWindow *child)
 Adds a child window. More...
 
bool DestroyChildren ()
 Destroys all children of a window. More...
 
wxWindowFindWindow (long id) const
 Find a child of this window, by id. More...
 
wxWindowFindWindow (const wxString &name) const
 Find a child of this window, by name. More...
 
wxWindowList & GetChildren ()
 Returns a reference to the list of the window's children. More...
 
const wxWindowList & GetChildren () const
 Returns a const reference to the list of the window's children. More...
 
virtual void RemoveChild (wxWindow *child)
 Removes a child window. More...
 
wxWindowGetGrandParent () const
 Returns the grandparent of a window, or NULL if there isn't one. More...
 
wxWindowGetNextSibling () const
 Returns the next window after this one among the parent's children or NULL if this window is the last child. More...
 
wxWindowGetParent () const
 Returns the parent of the window, or NULL if there is no parent. More...
 
wxWindowGetPrevSibling () const
 Returns the previous window before this one among the parent's children or NULL if this window is the first child. More...
 
bool IsDescendant (wxWindow *win) const
 Check if the specified window is a descendant of this one. More...
 
virtual bool Reparent (wxWindow *newParent)
 Reparents the window, i.e. the window will be removed from its current parent window (e.g. More...
 
virtual void AlwaysShowScrollbars (bool hflag=true, bool vflag=true)
 Call this function to force one or both scrollbars to be always shown, even if the window is big enough to show its entire contents without scrolling. More...
 
virtual int GetScrollPos (int orientation) const
 Returns the built-in scrollbar position. More...
 
virtual int GetScrollRange (int orientation) const
 Returns the built-in scrollbar range. More...
 
virtual int GetScrollThumb (int orientation) const
 Returns the built-in scrollbar thumb size. More...
 
bool CanScroll (int orient) const
 Returns true if this window can have a scroll bar in this orientation. More...
 
bool HasScrollbar (int orient) const
 Returns true if this window currently has a scroll bar for this orientation. More...
 
virtual bool IsScrollbarAlwaysShown (int orient) const
 Return whether a scrollbar is always shown. More...
 
virtual bool ScrollLines (int lines)
 Scrolls the window by the given number of lines down (if lines is positive) or up. More...
 
virtual bool ScrollPages (int pages)
 Scrolls the window by the given number of pages down (if pages is positive) or up. More...
 
virtual void ScrollWindow (int dx, int dy, const wxRect *rect=NULL)
 Physically scrolls the pixels in the window and move child windows accordingly. More...
 
bool LineUp ()
 Same as ScrollLines (-1). More...
 
bool LineDown ()
 Same as ScrollLines (1). More...
 
bool PageUp ()
 Same as ScrollPages (-1). More...
 
bool PageDown ()
 Same as ScrollPages (1). More...
 
virtual void SetScrollPos (int orientation, int pos, bool refresh=true)
 Sets the position of one of the built-in scrollbars. More...
 
virtual void SetScrollbar (int orientation, int position, int thumbSize, int range, bool refresh=true)
 Sets the scrollbar properties of a built-in scrollbar. More...
 
void Center (int dir=wxBOTH)
 A synonym for Centre(). More...
 
void CenterOnParent (int dir=wxBOTH)
 A synonym for CentreOnParent(). More...
 
void Centre (int direction=wxBOTH)
 Centres the window. More...
 
void CentreOnParent (int direction=wxBOTH)
 Centres the window on its parent. More...
 
void GetPosition (int *x, int *y) const
 This gets the position of the window in pixels, relative to the parent window for the child windows or relative to the display origin for the top level windows. More...
 
wxPoint GetPosition () const
 This gets the position of the window in pixels, relative to the parent window for the child windows or relative to the display origin for the top level windows. More...
 
wxRect GetRect () const
 Returns the position and size of the window as a wxRect object. More...
 
void GetScreenPosition (int *x, int *y) const
 Returns the window position in screen coordinates, whether the window is a child window or a top level one. More...
 
wxPoint GetScreenPosition () const
 Returns the window position in screen coordinates, whether the window is a child window or a top level one. More...
 
wxRect GetScreenRect () const
 Returns the position and size of the window on the screen as a wxRect object. More...
 
virtual wxPoint GetClientAreaOrigin () const
 Get the origin of the client area of the window relative to the window top left corner (the client area may be shifted because of the borders, scrollbars, other decorations...) More...
 
wxRect GetClientRect () const
 Get the client rectangle in window (i.e. client) coordinates. More...
 
void Move (int x, int y, int flags=wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING)
 Moves the window to the given position. More...
 
void Move (const wxPoint &pt, int flags=wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING)
 Moves the window to the given position. More...
 
void SetPosition (const wxPoint &pt)
 Moves the window to the specified position. More...
 
void ClientToScreen (int *x, int *y) const
 Converts to screen coordinates from coordinates relative to this window. More...
 
wxPoint ClientToScreen (const wxPoint &pt) const
 Converts to screen coordinates from coordinates relative to this window. More...
 
wxPoint ConvertDialogToPixels (const wxPoint &pt) const
 Converts a point or size from dialog units to pixels. More...
 
wxSize ConvertDialogToPixels (const wxSize &sz) const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts. More...
 
wxPoint ConvertPixelsToDialog (const wxPoint &pt) const
 Converts a point or size from pixels to dialog units. More...
 
wxSize ConvertPixelsToDialog (const wxSize &sz) const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts. More...
 
void ScreenToClient (int *x, int *y) const
 Converts from screen to client window coordinates. More...
 
wxPoint ScreenToClient (const wxPoint &pt) const
 Converts from screen to client window coordinates. More...
 
virtual void ClearBackground ()
 Clears the window by filling it with the current background colour. More...
 
void Freeze ()
 Freezes the window or, in other words, prevents any updates from taking place on screen, the window is not redrawn at all. More...
 
void Thaw ()
 Re-enables window updating after a previous call to Freeze(). More...
 
bool IsFrozen () const
 Returns true if the window is currently frozen by a call to Freeze(). More...
 
wxColour GetBackgroundColour () const
 Returns the background colour of the window. More...
 
virtual wxBackgroundStyle GetBackgroundStyle () const
 Returns the background style of the window. More...
 
virtual int GetCharHeight () const
 Returns the character height for this window. More...
 
virtual int GetCharWidth () const
 Returns the average character width for this window. More...
 
virtual wxVisualAttributes GetDefaultAttributes () const
 Currently this is the same as calling wxWindow::GetClassDefaultAttributes(wxWindow::GetWindowVariant()). More...
 
virtual wxSize GetDPI () const
 Return the DPI of the display used by this window. More...
 
wxFont GetFont () const
 Returns the font for this window. More...
 
wxColour GetForegroundColour () const
 Returns the foreground colour of the window. More...
 
void GetTextExtent (const wxString &string, int *w, int *h, int *descent=NULL, int *externalLeading=NULL, const wxFont *font=NULL) const
 Gets the dimensions of the string as it would be drawn on the window with the currently selected font. More...
 
wxSize GetTextExtent (const wxString &string) const
 Gets the dimensions of the string as it would be drawn on the window with the currently selected font. More...
 
const wxRegionGetUpdateRegion () const
 Returns the region specifying which parts of the window have been damaged. More...
 
wxRect GetUpdateClientRect () const
 Get the update rectangle bounding box in client coords. More...
 
virtual bool HasTransparentBackground ()
 Returns true if this window background is transparent (as, for example, for wxStaticText) and should show the parent window background. More...
 
virtual void Refresh (bool eraseBackground=true, const wxRect *rect=NULL)
 Causes this window, and all of its children recursively, to be repainted. More...
 
void RefreshRect (const wxRect &rect, bool eraseBackground=true)
 Redraws the contents of the given rectangle: only the area inside it will be repainted. More...
 
virtual void Update ()
 Calling this method immediately repaints the invalidated area of the window and all of its children recursively (this normally only happens when the flow of control returns to the event loop). More...
 
virtual bool SetBackgroundColour (const wxColour &colour)
 Sets the background colour of the window. More...
 
virtual bool SetBackgroundStyle (wxBackgroundStyle style)
 Sets the background style of the window. More...
 
virtual bool IsTransparentBackgroundSupported (wxString *reason=NULL) const
 Checks whether using transparent background might work. More...
 
virtual bool SetFont (const wxFont &font)
 Sets the font for this window. More...
 
virtual bool SetForegroundColour (const wxColour &colour)
 Sets the foreground colour of the window. More...
 
void SetOwnBackgroundColour (const wxColour &colour)
 Sets the background colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited by the children of this window. More...
 
bool InheritsBackgroundColour () const
 Return true if this window inherits the background colour from its parent. More...
 
bool UseBgCol () const
 Return true if a background colour has been set for this window. More...
 
bool UseBackgroundColour () const
 Return true if a background colour has been set for this window. More...
 
void SetOwnFont (const wxFont &font)
 Sets the font of the window but prevents it from being inherited by the children of this window. More...
 
void SetOwnForegroundColour (const wxColour &colour)
 Sets the foreground colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited by the children of this window. More...
 
bool UseForegroundColour () const
 Return true if a foreground colour has been set for this window. More...
 
bool InheritsForegroundColour () const
 Return true if this window inherits the foreground colour from its parent. More...
 
void SetPalette (const wxPalette &pal)
 
virtual bool ShouldInheritColours () const
 Return true from here to allow the colours of this window to be changed by InheritAttributes(). More...
 
virtual void SetThemeEnabled (bool enable)
 This function tells a window if it should use the system's "theme" code to draw the windows' background instead of its own background drawing code. More...
 
virtual bool GetThemeEnabled () const
 Returns true if the window uses the system theme for drawing its background. More...
 
virtual bool CanSetTransparent ()
 Returns true if the system supports transparent windows and calling SetTransparent() may succeed. More...
 
virtual bool SetTransparent (wxByte alpha)
 Set the transparency of the window. More...
 
wxEvtHandlerGetEventHandler () const
 Returns the event handler for this window. More...
 
bool HandleAsNavigationKey (const wxKeyEvent &event)
 This function will generate the appropriate call to Navigate() if the key event is one normally used for keyboard navigation and return true in this case. More...
 
bool HandleWindowEvent (wxEvent &event) const
 Shorthand for: More...
 
bool ProcessWindowEvent (wxEvent &event)
 Convenient wrapper for ProcessEvent(). More...
 
bool ProcessWindowEventLocally (wxEvent &event)
 Wrapper for wxEvtHandler::ProcessEventLocally(). More...
 
wxEvtHandlerPopEventHandler (bool deleteHandler=false)
 Removes and returns the top-most event handler on the event handler stack. More...
 
void PushEventHandler (wxEvtHandler *handler)
 Pushes this event handler onto the event stack for the window. More...
 
bool RemoveEventHandler (wxEvtHandler *handler)
 Find the given handler in the windows event handler stack and removes (but does not delete) it from the stack. More...
 
void SetEventHandler (wxEvtHandler *handler)
 Sets the event handler for this window. More...
 
virtual void SetNextHandler (wxEvtHandler *handler)
 wxWindows cannot be used to form event handler chains; this function thus will assert when called. More...
 
virtual void SetPreviousHandler (wxEvtHandler *handler)
 wxWindows cannot be used to form event handler chains; this function thus will assert when called. More...
 
long GetExtraStyle () const
 Returns the extra style bits for the window. More...
 
virtual long GetWindowStyleFlag () const
 Gets the window style that was passed to the constructor or Create() method. More...
 
long GetWindowStyle () const
 See GetWindowStyleFlag() for more info. More...
 
bool HasExtraStyle (int exFlag) const
 Returns true if the window has the given exFlag bit set in its extra styles. More...
 
bool HasFlag (int flag) const
 Returns true if the window has the given flag bit set. More...
 
virtual void SetExtraStyle (long exStyle)
 Sets the extra style bits for the window. More...
 
virtual void SetWindowStyleFlag (long style)
 Sets the style of the window. More...
 
void SetWindowStyle (long style)
 See SetWindowStyleFlag() for more info. More...
 
bool ToggleWindowStyle (int flag)
 Turns the given flag on if it's currently turned off and vice versa. More...
 
void MoveAfterInTabOrder (wxWindow *win)
 Moves this window in the tab navigation order after the specified win. More...
 
void MoveBeforeInTabOrder (wxWindow *win)
 Same as MoveAfterInTabOrder() except that it inserts this window just before win instead of putting it right after it. More...
 
bool Navigate (int flags=wxNavigationKeyEvent::IsForward)
 Performs a keyboard navigation action starting from this window. More...
 
bool NavigateIn (int flags=wxNavigationKeyEvent::IsForward)
 Performs a keyboard navigation action inside this window. More...
 
virtual void Lower ()
 Lowers the window to the bottom of the window hierarchy (Z-order). More...
 
virtual void Raise ()
 Raises the window to the top of the window hierarchy (Z-order). More...
 
bool Hide ()
 Equivalent to calling wxWindow::Show(false). More...
 
virtual bool HideWithEffect (wxShowEffect effect, unsigned int timeout=0)
 This function hides a window, like Hide(), but using a special visual effect if possible. More...
 
bool IsEnabled () const
 Returns true if the window is enabled, i.e. if it accepts user input, false otherwise. More...
 
bool IsExposed (int x, int y) const
 Returns true if the given point or rectangle area has been exposed since the last repaint. More...
 
bool IsExposed (wxPoint &pt) const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts. More...
 
bool IsExposed (int x, int y, int w, int h) const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts. More...
 
bool IsExposed (wxRect &rect) const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts. More...
 
virtual bool IsShown () const
 Returns true if the window is shown, false if it has been hidden. More...
 
virtual bool IsShownOnScreen () const
 Returns true if the window is physically visible on the screen, i.e. it is shown and all its parents up to the toplevel window are shown as well. More...
 
bool Disable ()
 Disables the window. More...
 
virtual bool Enable (bool enable=true)
 Enable or disable the window for user input. More...
 
virtual bool Show (bool show=true)
 Shows or hides the window. More...
 
virtual bool ShowWithEffect (wxShowEffect effect, unsigned int timeout=0)
 This function shows a window, like Show(), but using a special visual effect if possible. More...
 
wxString GetHelpText () const
 Gets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window. More...
 
void SetHelpText (const wxString &helpText)
 Sets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window. More...
 
virtual wxString GetHelpTextAtPoint (const wxPoint &point, wxHelpEvent::Origin origin) const
 Gets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window. More...
 
wxToolTipGetToolTip () const
 Get the associated tooltip or NULL if none. More...
 
wxString GetToolTipText () const
 Get the text of the associated tooltip or empty string if none. More...
 
void SetToolTip (const wxString &tipString)
 Attach a tooltip to the window. More...
 
void SetToolTip (wxToolTip *tip)
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts. More...
 
void UnsetToolTip ()
 Unset any existing tooltip. More...
 
int GetPopupMenuSelectionFromUser (wxMenu &menu, const wxPoint &pos=wxDefaultPosition)
 This function shows a popup menu at the given position in this window and returns the selected id. More...
 
int GetPopupMenuSelectionFromUser (wxMenu &menu, int x, int y)
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts. More...
 
bool PopupMenu (wxMenu *menu, const wxPoint &pos=wxDefaultPosition)
 Pops up the given menu at the specified coordinates, relative to this window, and returns control when the user has dismissed the menu. More...
 
bool PopupMenu (wxMenu *menu, int x, int y)
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts. More...
 
virtual wxValidatorGetValidator ()
 Validator functions. More...
 
virtual void SetValidator (const wxValidator &validator)
 Deletes the current validator (if any) and sets the window validator, having called wxValidator::Clone to create a new validator of this type. More...
 
virtual bool TransferDataFromWindow ()
 Transfers values from child controls to data areas specified by their validators. More...
 
virtual bool TransferDataToWindow ()
 Transfers values to child controls from data areas specified by their validators. More...
 
virtual bool Validate ()
 Validates the current values of the child controls using their validators. More...
 
wxWindowID GetId () const
 Returns the identifier of the window. More...
 
virtual wxLayoutDirection GetLayoutDirection () const
 Returns the layout direction for this window, Note that wxLayout_Default is returned if layout direction is not supported. More...
 
virtual wxCoord AdjustForLayoutDirection (wxCoord x, wxCoord width, wxCoord widthTotal) const
 Mirror coordinates for RTL layout if this window uses it and if the mirroring is not done automatically like Win32. More...
 
virtual wxString GetName () const
 Returns the window's name. More...
 
wxWindowVariant GetWindowVariant () const
 Returns the value previously passed to SetWindowVariant(). More...
 
void SetId (wxWindowID winid)
 Sets the identifier of the window. More...
 
virtual void SetLayoutDirection (wxLayoutDirection dir)
 Sets the layout direction for this window. More...
 
virtual void SetName (const wxString &name)
 Sets the window's name. More...
 
void SetWindowVariant (wxWindowVariant variant)
 Chooses a different variant of the window display to use. More...
 
wxAcceleratorTableGetAcceleratorTable ()
 Gets the accelerator table for this window. More...
 
wxAccessibleGetAccessible ()
 Returns the accessible object for this window, if any. More...
 
virtual void SetAcceleratorTable (const wxAcceleratorTable &accel)
 Sets the accelerator table for this window. More...
 
void SetAccessible (wxAccessible *accessible)
 Sets the accessible for this window. More...
 
virtual wxAccessibleCreateAccessible ()
 Override to create a specific accessible object. More...
 
wxAccessibleGetOrCreateAccessible ()
 Returns the accessible object, calling CreateAccessible if necessary. More...
 
bool Close (bool force=false)
 This function simply generates a wxCloseEvent whose handler usually tries to close the window. More...
 
virtual bool Destroy ()
 Destroys the window safely. More...
 
bool IsBeingDeleted () const
 Returns true if this window is in process of being destroyed. More...
 
virtual wxDropTargetGetDropTarget () const
 Returns the associated drop target, which may be NULL. More...
 
virtual void SetDropTarget (wxDropTarget *target)
 Associates a drop target with this window. More...
 
virtual void DragAcceptFiles (bool accept)
 Enables or disables eligibility for drop file events (OnDropFiles). More...
 
wxSizerGetContainingSizer () const
 Returns the sizer of which this window is a member, if any, otherwise NULL. More...
 
wxSizerGetSizer () const
 Returns the sizer associated with the window by a previous call to SetSizer(), or NULL. More...
 
void SetSizer (wxSizer *sizer, bool deleteOld=true)
 Sets the window to have the given layout sizer. More...
 
void SetSizerAndFit (wxSizer *sizer, bool deleteOld=true)
 Associate the sizer with the window and set the window size and minimal size accordingly. More...
 
wxLayoutConstraintsGetConstraints () const
 Returns a pointer to the window's layout constraints, or NULL if there are none. More...
 
void SetConstraints (wxLayoutConstraints *constraints)
 Sets the window to have the given layout constraints. More...
 
virtual bool Layout ()
 Lays out the children of this window using the associated sizer. More...
 
void SetAutoLayout (bool autoLayout)
 Determines whether the Layout() function will be called automatically when the window is resized. More...
 
bool GetAutoLayout () const
 Returns true if Layout() is called automatically when the window is resized. More...
 
void CaptureMouse ()
 Directs all mouse input to this window. More...
 
wxCaretGetCaret () const
 Returns the caret() associated with the window. More...
 
const wxCursorGetCursor () const
 Return the cursor associated with this window. More...
 
virtual bool HasCapture () const
 Returns true if this window has the current mouse capture. More...
 
void ReleaseMouse ()
 Releases mouse input captured with CaptureMouse(). More...
 
void SetCaret (wxCaret *caret)
 Sets the caret() associated with the window. More...
 
virtual bool SetCursor (const wxCursor &cursor)
 Sets the window's cursor. More...
 
virtual void WarpPointer (int x, int y)
 Moves the pointer to the given position on the window. More...
 
virtual bool EnableTouchEvents (int eventsMask)
 Request generation of touch events for this window. More...
 
wxHitTest HitTest (wxCoord x, wxCoord y) const
 Return where the given point lies, exactly. More...
 
wxHitTest HitTest (const wxPoint &pt) const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts. More...
 
wxBorder GetBorder (long flags) const
 Get the window border style from the given flags: this is different from simply doing flags & wxBORDER_MASK because it uses GetDefaultBorder() to translate wxBORDER_DEFAULT to something reasonable. More...
 
wxBorder GetBorder () const
 Get border for the flags of this window. More...
 
virtual void DoUpdateWindowUI (wxUpdateUIEvent &event)
 Does the window-specific updating after processing the update event. More...
 
virtual WXWidget GetHandle () const
 Returns the platform-specific handle of the physical window. More...
 
virtual bool HasMultiplePages () const
 This method should be overridden to return true if this window has multiple pages. More...
 
virtual void InheritAttributes ()
 This function is (or should be, in case of custom controls) called during window creation to intelligently set up the window visual attributes, that is the font and the foreground and background colours. More...
 
virtual void InitDialog ()
 Sends an wxEVT_INIT_DIALOG event, whose handler usually transfers data to the dialog via validators. More...
 
virtual bool IsDoubleBuffered () const
 Returns true if the window contents is double-buffered by the system, i.e. if any drawing done on the window is really done on a temporary backing surface and transferred to the screen all at once later. More...
 
void SetDoubleBuffered (bool on)
 Turn on or off double buffering of the window if the system supports it. More...
 
virtual bool IsRetained () const
 Returns true if the window is retained, false otherwise. More...
 
bool IsThisEnabled () const
 Returns true if this window is intrinsically enabled, false otherwise, i.e. if Enable() Enable(false) had been called. More...
 
virtual bool IsTopLevel () const
 Returns true if the given window is a top-level one. More...
 
virtual void OnInternalIdle ()
 This virtual function is normally only used internally, but sometimes an application may need it to implement functionality that should not be disabled by an application defining an OnIdle handler in a derived class. More...
 
virtual bool SendIdleEvents (wxIdleEvent &event)
 Send idle event to window and all subwindows. More...
 
virtual bool RegisterHotKey (int hotkeyId, int modifiers, int virtualKeyCode)
 Registers a system wide hotkey. More...
 
virtual bool UnregisterHotKey (int hotkeyId)
 Unregisters a system wide hotkey. More...
 
virtual void UpdateWindowUI (long flags=wxUPDATE_UI_NONE)
 This function sends one or more wxUpdateUIEvent to the window. More...
 
bool BeginRepositioningChildren ()
 Prepare for changing positions of multiple child windows. More...
 
void EndRepositioningChildren ()
 Fix child window positions after setting all of them at once. More...
 
void CacheBestSize (const wxSize &size) const
 Sets the cached best size value. More...
 
virtual wxSize ClientToWindowSize (const wxSize &size) const
 Converts client area size size to corresponding window size. More...
 
virtual wxSize WindowToClientSize (const wxSize &size) const
 Converts window size size to corresponding client area size In other words, the returned value is what would GetClientSize() return if this window had given window size. More...
 
virtual void Fit ()
 Sizes the window to fit its best size. More...
 
virtual void FitInside ()
 Similar to Fit(), but sizes the interior (virtual) size of a window. More...
 
wxSize FromDIP (const wxSize &sz) const
 Convert DPI-independent pixel values to the value in pixels appropriate for the current toolkit. More...
 
wxPoint FromDIP (const wxPoint &pt) const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts. More...
 
int FromDIP (int d) const
 Convert DPI-independent distance in pixels to the value in pixels appropriate for the current toolkit. More...
 
wxSize ToDIP (const wxSize &sz) const
 Convert pixel values of the current toolkit to DPI-independent pixel values. More...
 
wxPoint ToDIP (const wxPoint &pt) const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts. More...
 
int ToDIP (int d) const
 Convert pixel values of the current toolkit to DPI-independent pixel values. More...
 
wxSize FromPhys (const wxSize &sz) const
 Convert from physical pixels to logical pixels. More...
 
wxPoint FromPhys (const wxPoint &pt) const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts. More...
 
int FromPhys (int d) const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts. More...
 
wxSize ToPhys (const wxSize &sz) const
 Convert from logical pixels to physical pixels. More...
 
wxPoint ToPhys (const wxPoint &pt) const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts. More...
 
int ToPhys (int d) const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts. More...
 
wxSize GetBestSize () const
 This functions returns the best acceptable minimal size for the window. More...
 
int GetBestHeight (int width) const
 Returns the best height needed by this window if it had the given width. More...
 
int GetBestWidth (int height) const
 Returns the best width needed by this window if it had the given height. More...
 
void GetClientSize (int *width, int *height) const
 Returns the size of the window 'client area' in pixels. More...
 
wxSize GetClientSize () const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts. More...
 
virtual wxSize GetEffectiveMinSize () const
 Merges the window's best size into the min size and returns the result. More...
 
virtual wxSize GetMaxClientSize () const
 Returns the maximum size of window's client area. More...
 
virtual wxSize GetMaxSize () const
 Returns the maximum size of the window. More...
 
virtual wxSize GetMinClientSize () const
 Returns the minimum size of window's client area, an indication to the sizer layout mechanism that this is the minimum required size of its client area. More...
 
virtual wxSize GetMinSize () const
 Returns the minimum size of the window, an indication to the sizer layout mechanism that this is the minimum required size. More...
 
int GetMinWidth () const
 Returns the horizontal component of window minimal size. More...
 
int GetMinHeight () const
 Returns the vertical component of window minimal size. More...
 
int GetMaxWidth () const
 Returns the horizontal component of window maximal size. More...
 
int GetMaxHeight () const
 Returns the vertical component of window maximal size. More...
 
void GetSize (int *width, int *height) const
 Returns the size of the entire window in pixels, including title bar, border, scrollbars, etc. More...
 
wxSize GetSize () const
 See the GetSize(int*,int*) overload for more info. More...
 
wxSize GetVirtualSize () const
 This gets the virtual size of the window in pixels. More...
 
void GetVirtualSize (int *width, int *height) const
 Like the other GetVirtualSize() overload but uses pointers instead. More...
 
virtual wxSize GetBestVirtualSize () const
 Return the largest of ClientSize and BestSize (as determined by a sizer, interior children, or other means) More...
 
double GetContentScaleFactor () const
 Returns the factor mapping logical pixels of this window to physical pixels. More...
 
double GetDPIScaleFactor () const
 Returns the ratio of the DPI used by this window to the standard DPI. More...
 
virtual wxSize GetWindowBorderSize () const
 Returns the size of the left/right and top/bottom borders of this window in x and y components of the result respectively. More...
 
virtual bool InformFirstDirection (int direction, int size, int availableOtherDir)
 wxSizer and friends use this to give a chance to a component to recalc its min size once one of the final size components is known. More...
 
void InvalidateBestSize ()
 Resets the cached best size value so it will be recalculated the next time it is needed. More...
 
void PostSizeEvent ()
 Posts a size event to the window. More...
 
void PostSizeEventToParent ()
 Posts a size event to the parent of this window. More...
 
virtual void SendSizeEvent (int flags=0)
 This function sends a dummy size event to the window allowing it to re-layout its children positions. More...
 
void SendSizeEventToParent (int flags=0)
 Safe wrapper for GetParent()->SendSizeEvent(). More...
 
void SetClientSize (int width, int height)
 This sets the size of the window client area in pixels. More...
 
void SetClientSize (const wxSize &size)
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts. More...
 
void SetClientSize (const wxRect &rect)
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts. More...
 
void SetContainingSizer (wxSizer *sizer)
 Used by wxSizer internally to notify the window about being managed by the given sizer. More...
 
void SetInitialSize (const wxSize &size=wxDefaultSize)
 A smart SetSize that will fill in default size components with the window's best size values. More...
 
virtual void SetMaxClientSize (const wxSize &size)
 Sets the maximum client size of the window, to indicate to the sizer layout mechanism that this is the maximum possible size of its client area. More...
 
virtual void SetMaxSize (const wxSize &size)
 Sets the maximum size of the window, to indicate to the sizer layout mechanism that this is the maximum possible size. More...
 
virtual void SetMinClientSize (const wxSize &size)
 Sets the minimum client size of the window, to indicate to the sizer layout mechanism that this is the minimum required size of window's client area. More...
 
virtual void SetMinSize (const wxSize &size)
 Sets the minimum size of the window, to indicate to the sizer layout mechanism that this is the minimum required size. More...
 
void SetSize (int x, int y, int width, int height, int sizeFlags=wxSIZE_AUTO)
 Sets the size of the window in pixels. More...
 
void SetSize (const wxRect &rect)
 Sets the size of the window in pixels. More...
 
void SetSize (const wxSize &size)
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts. More...
 
void SetSize (int width, int height)
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts. More...
 
virtual void SetSizeHints (const wxSize &minSize, const wxSize &maxSize=wxDefaultSize, const wxSize &incSize=wxDefaultSize)
 Use of this function for windows which are not toplevel windows (such as wxDialog or wxFrame) is discouraged. More...
 
virtual void SetSizeHints (int minW, int minH, int maxW=-1, int maxH=-1, int incW=-1, int incH=-1)
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts. More...
 
void SetVirtualSize (int width, int height)
 Sets the virtual size of the window in pixels. More...
 
void SetVirtualSize (const wxSize &size)
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from wxEvtHandler
 wxEvtHandler ()
 Constructor. More...
 
virtual ~wxEvtHandler ()
 Destructor. More...
 
template<typename T , typename T1 , ... >
void CallAfter (void(T::*method)(T1,...), T1 x1,...)
 Asynchronously call the given method. More...
 
template<typename T >
void CallAfter (const T &functor)
 Asynchronously call the given functor. More...
 
bool ProcessEventLocally (wxEvent &event)
 Try to process the event in this handler and all those chained to it. More...
 
bool SafelyProcessEvent (wxEvent &event)
 Processes an event by calling ProcessEvent() and handles any exceptions that occur in the process. More...
 
void ProcessPendingEvents ()
 Processes the pending events previously queued using QueueEvent() or AddPendingEvent(); you must call this function only if you are sure there are pending events for this handler, otherwise a wxCHECK will fail. More...
 
void DeletePendingEvents ()
 Deletes all events queued on this event handler using QueueEvent() or AddPendingEvent(). More...
 
void Connect (int id, int lastId, wxEventType eventType, wxObjectEventFunction function, wxObject *userData=NULL, wxEvtHandler *eventSink=NULL)
 Connects the given function dynamically with the event handler, id and event type. More...
 
void Connect (int id, wxEventType eventType, wxObjectEventFunction function, wxObject *userData=NULL, wxEvtHandler *eventSink=NULL)
 See the Connect(int, int, wxEventType, wxObjectEventFunction, wxObject*, wxEvtHandler*) overload for more info. More...
 
void Connect (wxEventType eventType, wxObjectEventFunction function, wxObject *userData=NULL, wxEvtHandler *eventSink=NULL)
 See the Connect(int, int, wxEventType, wxObjectEventFunction, wxObject*, wxEvtHandler*) overload for more info. More...
 
bool Disconnect (wxEventType eventType, wxObjectEventFunction function, wxObject *userData=NULL, wxEvtHandler *eventSink=NULL)
 Disconnects the given function dynamically from the event handler, using the specified parameters as search criteria and returning true if a matching function has been found and removed. More...
 
bool Disconnect (int id=wxID_ANY, wxEventType eventType=wxEVT_NULL, wxObjectEventFunction function=NULL, wxObject *userData=NULL, wxEvtHandler *eventSink=NULL)
 See the Disconnect(wxEventType, wxObjectEventFunction, wxObject*, wxEvtHandler*) overload for more info. More...
 
bool Disconnect (int id, int lastId, wxEventType eventType, wxObjectEventFunction function=NULL, wxObject *userData=NULL, wxEvtHandler *eventSink=NULL)
 See the Disconnect(wxEventType, wxObjectEventFunction, wxObject*, wxEvtHandler*) overload for more info. More...
 
template<typename EventTag , typename Functor >
void Bind (const EventTag &eventType, Functor functor, int id=wxID_ANY, int lastId=wxID_ANY, wxObject *userData=NULL)
 Binds the given function, functor or method dynamically with the event. More...
 
template<typename EventTag , typename Class , typename EventArg , typename EventHandler >
void Bind (const EventTag &eventType, void(Class::*method)(EventArg &), EventHandler *handler, int id=wxID_ANY, int lastId=wxID_ANY, wxObject *userData=NULL)
 See the Bind<>(const EventTag&, Functor, int, int, wxObject*) overload for more info. More...
 
template<typename EventTag , typename Functor >
bool Unbind (const EventTag &eventType, Functor functor, int id=wxID_ANY, int lastId=wxID_ANY, wxObject *userData=NULL)
 Unbinds the given function, functor or method dynamically from the event handler, using the specified parameters as search criteria and returning true if a matching function has been found and removed. More...
 
template<typename EventTag , typename Class , typename EventArg , typename EventHandler >
bool Unbind (const EventTag &eventType, void(Class::*method)(EventArg &), EventHandler *handler, int id=wxID_ANY, int lastId=wxID_ANY, wxObject *userData=NULL)
 See the Unbind<>(const EventTag&, Functor, int, int, wxObject*) overload for more info. More...
 
void * GetClientData () const
 Returns user-supplied client data. More...
 
wxClientDataGetClientObject () const
 Returns a pointer to the user-supplied client data object. More...
 
void SetClientData (void *data)
 Sets user-supplied client data. More...
 
void SetClientObject (wxClientData *data)
 Set the client data object. More...
 
bool GetEvtHandlerEnabled () const
 Returns true if the event handler is enabled, false otherwise. More...
 
wxEvtHandlerGetNextHandler () const
 Returns the pointer to the next handler in the chain. More...
 
wxEvtHandlerGetPreviousHandler () const
 Returns the pointer to the previous handler in the chain. More...
 
void SetEvtHandlerEnabled (bool enabled)
 Enables or disables the event handler. More...
 
void Unlink ()
 Unlinks this event handler from the chain it's part of (if any); then links the "previous" event handler to the "next" one (so that the chain won't be interrupted). More...
 
bool IsUnlinked () const
 Returns true if the next and the previous handler pointers of this event handler instance are NULL. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from wxObject
 wxObject ()
 Default ctor; initializes to NULL the internal reference data. More...
 
 wxObject (const wxObject &other)
 Copy ctor. More...
 
virtual ~wxObject ()
 Destructor. More...
 
virtual wxClassInfoGetClassInfo () const
 This virtual function is redefined for every class that requires run-time type information, when using the wxDECLARE_CLASS macro (or similar). More...
 
wxObjectRefDataGetRefData () const
 Returns the wxObject::m_refData pointer, i.e. the data referenced by this object. More...
 
bool IsKindOf (const wxClassInfo *info) const
 Determines whether this class is a subclass of (or the same class as) the given class. More...
 
bool IsSameAs (const wxObject &obj) const
 Returns true if this object has the same data pointer as obj. More...
 
void Ref (const wxObject &clone)
 Makes this object refer to the data in clone. More...
 
void SetRefData (wxObjectRefData *data)
 Sets the wxObject::m_refData pointer. More...
 
void UnRef ()
 Decrements the reference count in the associated data, and if it is zero, deletes the data. More...
 
void UnShare ()
 This is the same of AllocExclusive() but this method is public. More...
 
void operator delete (void *buf)
 The delete operator is defined for debugging versions of the library only, when the identifier __WXDEBUG__ is defined. More...
 
void * operator new (size_t size, const wxString &filename=NULL, int lineNum=0)
 The new operator is defined for debugging versions of the library only, when the identifier __WXDEBUG__ is defined. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from wxTextEntry
virtual void AppendText (const wxString &text)
 Appends the text to the end of the text control. More...
 
bool AutoComplete (const wxArrayString &choices)
 Call this function to enable auto-completion of the text typed in a single-line text control using the given choices. More...
 
bool AutoComplete (wxTextCompleter *completer)
 Enable auto-completion using the provided completer object. More...
 
bool AutoCompleteFileNames ()
 Call this function to enable auto-completion of the text typed in a single-line text control using all valid file system paths. More...
 
bool AutoCompleteDirectories ()
 Call this function to enable auto-completion of the text using the file system directories. More...
 
virtual bool CanCopy () const
 Returns true if the selection can be copied to the clipboard. More...
 
virtual bool CanCut () const
 Returns true if the selection can be cut to the clipboard. More...
 
virtual bool CanPaste () const
 Returns true if the contents of the clipboard can be pasted into the text control. More...
 
virtual bool CanRedo () const
 Returns true if there is a redo facility available and the last operation can be redone. More...
 
virtual bool CanUndo () const
 Returns true if there is an undo facility available and the last operation can be undone. More...
 
virtual void ChangeValue (const wxString &value)
 Sets the new text control value. More...
 
virtual void Clear ()
 Clears the text in the control. More...
 
virtual void Copy ()
 Copies the selected text to the clipboard. More...
 
virtual void Cut ()
 Copies the selected text to the clipboard and removes it from the control. More...
 
void ForceUpper ()
 Convert all text entered into the control to upper case. More...
 
virtual long GetInsertionPoint () const
 Returns the insertion point, or cursor, position. More...
 
virtual wxTextPos GetLastPosition () const
 Returns the zero based index of the last position in the text control, which is equal to the number of characters in the control. More...
 
virtual wxString GetRange (long from, long to) const
 Returns the string containing the text starting in the positions from and up to to in the control. More...
 
virtual void GetSelection (long *from, long *to) const
 Gets the current selection span. More...
 
virtual wxString GetStringSelection () const
 Gets the text currently selected in the control. More...
 
virtual wxString GetValue () const
 Gets the contents of the control. More...
 
virtual bool IsEditable () const
 Returns true if the controls contents may be edited by user (note that it always can be changed by the program). More...
 
virtual bool IsEmpty () const
 Returns true if the control is currently empty. More...
 
virtual void Paste ()
 Pastes text from the clipboard to the text item. More...
 
virtual void Redo ()
 If there is a redo facility and the last operation can be redone, redoes the last operation. More...
 
virtual void Remove (long from, long to)
 Removes the text starting at the first given position up to (but not including) the character at the last position. More...
 
virtual void Replace (long from, long to, const wxString &value)
 Replaces the text starting at the first position up to (but not including) the character at the last position with the given text. More...
 
virtual void SetEditable (bool editable)
 Makes the text item editable or read-only, overriding the wxTE_READONLY flag. More...
 
virtual void SetInsertionPoint (long pos)
 Sets the insertion point at the given position. More...
 
virtual void SetInsertionPointEnd ()
 Sets the insertion point at the end of the text control. More...
 
virtual void SetMaxLength (unsigned long len)
 This function sets the maximum number of characters the user can enter into the control. More...
 
virtual void SetSelection (long from, long to)
 Selects the text starting at the first position up to (but not including) the character at the last position. More...
 
virtual void SelectAll ()
 Selects all text in the control. More...
 
virtual void SelectNone ()
 Deselects selected text in the control. More...
 
virtual bool SetHint (const wxString &hint)
 Sets a hint shown in an empty unfocused text control. More...
 
virtual wxString GetHint () const
 Returns the current hint string. More...
 
wxPoint GetMargins () const
 Returns the margins used by the control. More...
 
virtual void SetValue (const wxString &value)
 Sets the new text control value. More...
 
virtual void Undo ()
 If there is an undo facility and the last operation can be undone, undoes the last operation. More...
 
virtual void WriteText (const wxString &text)
 Writes the text into the text control at the current insertion position. More...
 
bool SetMargins (const wxPoint &pt)
 Attempts to set the control margins. More...
 
bool SetMargins (wxCoord left, wxCoord top=-1)
 Attempts to set the control margins. More...
 

Additional Inherited Members

- Static Public Member Functions inherited from wxControl
static wxString GetLabelText (const wxString &label)
 Returns the given label string without mnemonics ("&" characters). More...
 
static wxString RemoveMnemonics (const wxString &str)
 Returns the given str string without mnemonics ("&" characters). More...
 
static wxString EscapeMnemonics (const wxString &text)
 Escapes the special mnemonics characters ("&") in the given string. More...
 
static wxString Ellipsize (const wxString &label, const wxDC &dc, wxEllipsizeMode mode, int maxWidth, int flags=wxELLIPSIZE_FLAGS_DEFAULT)
 Replaces parts of the label string with ellipsis, if needed, so that it fits into maxWidth pixels if possible. More...
 
- Static Public Member Functions inherited from wxWindow
static wxVisualAttributes GetClassDefaultAttributes (wxWindowVariant variant=wxWINDOW_VARIANT_NORMAL)
 Returns the default font and colours which are used by the control. More...
 
static wxWindowFindFocus ()
 Finds the window or control which currently has the keyboard focus. More...
 
static wxWindowFindWindowById (long id, const wxWindow *parent=0)
 Find the first window with the given id. More...
 
static wxWindowFindWindowByLabel (const wxString &label, const wxWindow *parent=0)
 Find a window by its label. More...
 
static wxWindowFindWindowByName (const wxString &name, const wxWindow *parent=0)
 Find a window by its name (as given in a window constructor or Create() function call). More...
 
static wxWindowGetCapture ()
 Returns the currently captured window. More...
 
static wxWindowID NewControlId (int count=1)
 Create a new ID or range of IDs that are not currently in use. More...
 
static void UnreserveControlId (wxWindowID id, int count=1)
 Unreserve an ID or range of IDs that was reserved by NewControlId(). More...
 
static wxSize FromDIP (const wxSize &sz, const wxWindow *w)
 Non window-specific DPI-independent pixels conversion functions. More...
 
static wxPoint FromDIP (const wxPoint &pt, const wxWindow *w)
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts. More...
 
static int FromDIP (int d, const wxWindow *w)
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts. More...
 
static wxSize ToDIP (const wxSize &sz, const wxWindow *w)
 Non window-specific pixel to DPI-independent pixels conversion functions. More...
 
static wxPoint ToDIP (const wxPoint &pt, const wxWindow *w)
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts. More...
 
static int ToDIP (int d, const wxWindow *w)
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts. More...
 
static wxSize FromPhys (const wxSize &sz, const wxWindow *w)
 Convert from physical pixels to logical pixels for any window. More...
 
static wxPoint FromPhys (const wxPoint &pt, const wxWindow *w)
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts. More...
 
static int FromPhys (int d, const wxWindow *w)
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts. More...
 
static wxSize ToPhys (const wxSize &sz, const wxWindow *w)
 Convert from logical pixels to physical pixels for any window. More...
 
static wxPoint ToPhys (const wxPoint &pt, const wxWindow *w)
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts. More...
 
static int ToPhys (int d, const wxWindow *w)
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts. More...
 
- Static Public Member Functions inherited from wxEvtHandler
static void AddFilter (wxEventFilter *filter)
 Add an event filter whose FilterEvent() method will be called for each and every event processed by wxWidgets. More...
 
static void RemoveFilter (wxEventFilter *filter)
 Remove a filter previously installed with AddFilter(). More...
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from wxWindow
virtual void DoCentre (int direction)
 Centres the window. More...
 
virtual wxSize DoGetBestSize () const
 Implementation of GetBestSize() that can be overridden. More...
 
virtual wxSize DoGetBestClientSize () const
 Override this method to return the best size for a custom control. More...
 
virtual int DoGetBestClientHeight (int width) const
 Override this method to implement height-for-width best size calculation. More...
 
virtual int DoGetBestClientWidth (int height) const
 Override this method to implement width-for-height best size calculation. More...
 
virtual void SetInitialBestSize (const wxSize &size)
 Sets the initial window size if none is given (i.e. at least one of the components of the size passed to ctor/Create() is wxDefaultCoord). More...
 
void SendDestroyEvent ()
 Generate wxWindowDestroyEvent for this window. More...
 
virtual bool ProcessEvent (wxEvent &event)
 This function is public in wxEvtHandler but protected in wxWindow because for wxWindows you should always call ProcessEvent() on the pointer returned by GetEventHandler() and not on the wxWindow object itself. More...
 
bool SafelyProcessEvent (wxEvent &event)
 See ProcessEvent() for more info about why you shouldn't use this function and the reason for making this function protected in wxWindow. More...
 
virtual void QueueEvent (wxEvent *event)
 See ProcessEvent() for more info about why you shouldn't use this function and the reason for making this function protected in wxWindow. More...
 
virtual void AddPendingEvent (const wxEvent &event)
 See ProcessEvent() for more info about why you shouldn't use this function and the reason for making this function protected in wxWindow. More...
 
void ProcessPendingEvents ()
 See ProcessEvent() for more info about why you shouldn't use this function and the reason for making this function protected in wxWindow. More...
 
bool ProcessThreadEvent (const wxEvent &event)
 See ProcessEvent() for more info about why you shouldn't use this function and the reason for making this function protected in wxWindow. More...
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from wxEvtHandler
virtual bool TryBefore (wxEvent &event)
 Method called by ProcessEvent() before examining this object event tables. More...
 
virtual bool TryAfter (wxEvent &event)
 Method called by ProcessEvent() as last resort. More...
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from wxObject
void AllocExclusive ()
 Ensure that this object's data is not shared with any other object. More...
 
virtual wxObjectRefDataCreateRefData () const
 Creates a new instance of the wxObjectRefData-derived class specific to this object and returns it. More...
 
virtual wxObjectRefDataCloneRefData (const wxObjectRefData *data) const
 Creates a new instance of the wxObjectRefData-derived class specific to this object and initializes it copying data. More...
 
- Protected Attributes inherited from wxObject
wxObjectRefDatam_refData
 Pointer to an object which is the object's reference-counted data. More...
 

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ wxTextCtrl() [1/2]

wxTextCtrl::wxTextCtrl ( )

Default ctor.

◆ wxTextCtrl() [2/2]

wxTextCtrl::wxTextCtrl ( wxWindow parent,
wxWindowID  id,
const wxString value = wxEmptyString,
const wxPoint pos = wxDefaultPosition,
const wxSize size = wxDefaultSize,
long  style = 0,
const wxValidator validator = wxDefaultValidator,
const wxString name = wxTextCtrlNameStr 
)

Constructor, creating and showing a text control.

Parameters
parentParent window. Should not be NULL.
idControl identifier. A value of -1 denotes a default value.
valueDefault text value.
posText control position.
sizeText control size.
styleWindow style. See wxTextCtrl.
validatorWindow validator.
nameWindow name.
Remarks
The horizontal scrollbar (wxHSCROLL style flag) will only be created for multi-line text controls. Without a horizontal scrollbar, text lines that don't fit in the control's size will be wrapped (but no newline character is inserted). Single line controls don't have a horizontal scrollbar, the text is automatically scrolled so that the insertion point is always visible.
See also
Create(), wxValidator

◆ ~wxTextCtrl()

virtual wxTextCtrl::~wxTextCtrl ( )
virtual

Destructor, destroying the text control.

Member Function Documentation

◆ Create()

bool wxTextCtrl::Create ( wxWindow parent,
wxWindowID  id,
const wxString value = wxEmptyString,
const wxPoint pos = wxDefaultPosition,
const wxSize size = wxDefaultSize,
long  style = 0,
const wxValidator validator = wxDefaultValidator,
const wxString name = wxTextCtrlNameStr 
)

Creates the text control for two-step construction.

This method should be called if the default constructor was used for the control creation. Its parameters have the same meaning as for the non-default constructor.

◆ DiscardEdits()

virtual void wxTextCtrl::DiscardEdits ( )
virtual

Resets the internal modified flag as if the current changes had been saved.

◆ EmptyUndoBuffer()

virtual void wxTextCtrl::EmptyUndoBuffer ( )
virtual

Delete the undo history.

Currently only implemented in wxMSW (for controls using wxTE_RICH2 style only) and wxOSX (for multiline text controls only), does nothing in the other ports or for the controls not using the appropriate styles.

Since
3.1.6

◆ EmulateKeyPress()

virtual bool wxTextCtrl::EmulateKeyPress ( const wxKeyEvent event)
virtual

This function inserts into the control the character which would have been inserted if the given key event had occurred in the text control.

The event object should be the same as the one passed to EVT_KEY_DOWN handler previously by wxWidgets. Please note that this function doesn't currently work correctly for all keys under any platform but MSW.

Returns
true if the event resulted in a change to the control, false otherwise.

◆ EnableProofCheck()

virtual bool wxTextCtrl::EnableProofCheck ( const wxTextProofOptions options = wxTextProofOptions::Default())
virtual

Enable or disable native spell checking on this text control if it is available on the current platform.

Currently this is supported in wxMSW (when running under Windows 8 or later), wxGTK when using GTK 3 and wxOSX. In addition, wxMSW requires that the text control has the wxTE_RICH2 style set, while wxOSX requires that the control has the wxTE_MULTILINE style.

When using wxGTK, this method only works if gspell library was available during the library build.

Parameters
optionsA wxTextProofOptions object specifying the desired behaviour of the proof checker (e.g. language to use, spell check, grammar check, etc.) and whether the proof checks should be enabled at all. By default, spelling checks for the current language are enabled. Passing wxTextProofOptions::Disable() disables all the checks.
Returns
true if proof checking has been successfully enabled or disabled, false otherwise (usually because the corresponding functionality is not available under the current platform or for this type of text control).
Since
3.1.6

◆ GetDefaultStyle()

virtual const wxTextAttr& wxTextCtrl::GetDefaultStyle ( ) const
virtual

Returns the style currently used for the new text.

See also
SetDefaultStyle()

◆ GetLineLength()

virtual int wxTextCtrl::GetLineLength ( long  lineNo) const
virtual

Gets the length of the specified line, not including any trailing newline character(s).

Parameters
lineNoLine number (starting from zero).
Returns
The length of the line, or -1 if lineNo was invalid.

◆ GetLineText()

virtual wxString wxTextCtrl::GetLineText ( long  lineNo) const
virtual

Returns the contents of a given line in the text control, not including any trailing newline character(s).

Parameters
lineNoThe line number, starting from zero.
Returns
The contents of the line.

◆ GetNumberOfLines()

virtual int wxTextCtrl::GetNumberOfLines ( ) const
virtual

Returns the number of lines in the text control buffer.

The returned number is the number of logical lines, i.e. just the count of the number of newline characters in the control + 1, for wxGTK and wxOSX/Cocoa ports while it is the number of physical lines, i.e. the count of lines actually shown in the control, in wxMSW. Because of this discrepancy, it is not recommended to use this function.

Remarks
Note that even empty text controls have one line (where the insertion point is), so GetNumberOfLines() never returns 0.

◆ GetProofCheckOptions()

virtual wxTextProofOptions wxTextCtrl::GetProofCheckOptions ( )
virtual

Returns the current text proofing options.

This function is implemented for the same platforms as EnableProofCheck() and returns wxTextProofOptions with all checks disabled, i.e. such that wxTextProofOptions::AnyChecksEnabled() returns false.

Since
3.1.6

◆ GetStyle()

virtual bool wxTextCtrl::GetStyle ( long  position,
wxTextAttr style 
)
virtual

Returns the style at this position in the text control.

Not all platforms support this function.

Returns
true on success, false if an error occurred (this may also mean that the styles are not supported under this platform).
See also
SetStyle(), wxTextAttr

◆ HitTest() [1/2]

wxTextCtrlHitTestResult wxTextCtrl::HitTest ( const wxPoint pt,
long *  pos 
) const

Finds the position of the character at the specified point.

If the return code is not wxTE_HT_UNKNOWN the position of the character closest to this position is returned, otherwise the output parameter is not modified.

Please note that this function is currently only implemented in wxUniv, wxMSW and wxGTK ports and always returns wxTE_HT_UNKNOWN in the other ports.

wxPerl Note: In wxPerl this function takes only the pt argument and returns a 2-element list (result, pos).

Parameters
ptThe position of the point to check, in window device coordinates. In wxGTK, and only there, the coordinates can be negative, but in portable code only positive values should be used.
posReceives the position of the character at the given position. May be NULL.
See also
PositionToXY(), XYToPosition()

◆ HitTest() [2/2]

wxTextCtrlHitTestResult wxTextCtrl::HitTest ( const wxPoint pt,
wxTextCoord col,
wxTextCoord row 
) const

Finds the row and column of the character at the specified point.

If the return code is not wxTE_HT_UNKNOWN the row and column of the character closest to this position are returned, otherwise the output parameters are not modified.

Please note that this function is currently only implemented in wxUniv, wxMSW and wxGTK ports and always returns wxTE_HT_UNKNOWN in the other ports.

wxPerl Note: In wxPerl this function takes only the pt argument and returns a 3-element list (result, col, row).

Parameters
ptThe position of the point to check, in window device coordinates.
colReceives the column of the character at the given position. May be NULL.
rowReceives the row of the character at the given position. May be NULL.
See also
PositionToXY(), XYToPosition()

◆ IsModified()

virtual bool wxTextCtrl::IsModified ( ) const
virtual

Returns true if the text has been modified by user.

Note that calling SetValue() doesn't make the control modified.

See also
MarkDirty()

◆ IsMultiLine()

bool wxTextCtrl::IsMultiLine ( ) const

Returns true if this is a multi line edit control and false otherwise.

See also
IsSingleLine()

◆ IsSingleLine()

bool wxTextCtrl::IsSingleLine ( ) const

Returns true if this is a single line edit control and false otherwise.

See also
IsSingleLine(), IsMultiLine()

◆ LoadFile()

bool wxTextCtrl::LoadFile ( const wxString filename,
int  fileType = wxTEXT_TYPE_ANY 
)

Loads and displays the named file, if it exists.

Parameters
filenameThe filename of the file to load.
fileTypeThe type of file to load. This is currently ignored in wxTextCtrl.
Returns
true if successful, false otherwise.

◆ MarkDirty()

virtual void wxTextCtrl::MarkDirty ( )
virtual

Mark text as modified (dirty).

See also
IsModified()

◆ OnDropFiles()

void wxTextCtrl::OnDropFiles ( wxDropFilesEvent event)

This event handler function implements default drag and drop behaviour, which is to load the first dropped file into the control.

Parameters
eventThe drop files event.
Remarks
This is not implemented on non-Windows platforms.
See also
wxDropFilesEvent

◆ operator<<() [1/7]

wxTextCtrl& wxTextCtrl::operator<< ( char  c)

Operator definitions for appending to a text control.

These operators can be used as with the standard C++ streams, for example:

wxTextCtrl *wnd = new wxTextCtrl(my_frame);
(*wnd) << "Welcome to text control number " << 1 << ".\n";

◆ operator<<() [2/7]

wxTextCtrl& wxTextCtrl::operator<< ( const wxString s)

Operator definitions for appending to a text control.

These operators can be used as with the standard C++ streams, for example:

wxTextCtrl *wnd = new wxTextCtrl(my_frame);
(*wnd) << "Welcome to text control number " << 1 << ".\n";

◆ operator<<() [3/7]

wxTextCtrl& wxTextCtrl::operator<< ( double  d)

Operator definitions for appending to a text control.

These operators can be used as with the standard C++ streams, for example:

wxTextCtrl *wnd = new wxTextCtrl(my_frame);
(*wnd) << "Welcome to text control number " << 1 << ".\n";

◆ operator<<() [4/7]

wxTextCtrl& wxTextCtrl::operator<< ( float  f)

Operator definitions for appending to a text control.

These operators can be used as with the standard C++ streams, for example:

wxTextCtrl *wnd = new wxTextCtrl(my_frame);
(*wnd) << "Welcome to text control number " << 1 << ".\n";

◆ operator<<() [5/7]

wxTextCtrl& wxTextCtrl::operator<< ( int  i)

Operator definitions for appending to a text control.

These operators can be used as with the standard C++ streams, for example:

wxTextCtrl *wnd = new wxTextCtrl(my_frame);
(*wnd) << "Welcome to text control number " << 1 << ".\n";

◆ operator<<() [6/7]

wxTextCtrl& wxTextCtrl::operator<< ( long  i)

Operator definitions for appending to a text control.

These operators can be used as with the standard C++ streams, for example:

wxTextCtrl *wnd = new wxTextCtrl(my_frame);
(*wnd) << "Welcome to text control number " << 1 << ".\n";

◆ operator<<() [7/7]

wxTextCtrl& wxTextCtrl::operator<< ( wchar_t  c)

Operator definitions for appending to a text control.

These operators can be used as with the standard C++ streams, for example:

wxTextCtrl *wnd = new wxTextCtrl(my_frame);
(*wnd) << "Welcome to text control number " << 1 << ".\n";

◆ OSXDisableAllSmartSubstitutions()

void wxTextCtrl::OSXDisableAllSmartSubstitutions ( )

Disables all automatic character substitutions.

Availability:  only available for the wxOSX/Cocoa port.
Since
3.1.1
See also
OSXEnableAutomaticQuoteSubstitution(), OSXEnableAutomaticDashSubstitution()

◆ OSXEnableAutomaticDashSubstitution()

void wxTextCtrl::OSXEnableAutomaticDashSubstitution ( bool  enable)

Enables the automatic conversion of two ASCII hyphens into an m-dash.

This feature is enabled by default.

Availability:  only available for the wxOSX/Cocoa port.
Since
3.1.1

◆ OSXEnableAutomaticQuoteSubstitution()

void wxTextCtrl::OSXEnableAutomaticQuoteSubstitution ( bool  enable)

Enables the automatic replacement of ASCII quotation marks and apostrophes with their typographic symbols.

This feature is enabled by default.

Availability:  only available for the wxOSX/Cocoa port.
Since
3.1.1

◆ OSXEnableNewLineReplacement()

void wxTextCtrl::OSXEnableNewLineReplacement ( bool  enable)

Enables the automatic replacement of new lines characters in a single-line text field with spaces under macOS.

This feature is enabled by default and will replace any new line (\n) character entered into a single-line text field with the space character. Usually single-line text fields are not expected to hold multiple lines of text (that is what wxTE_MULTILINE is for, after all) and it is impossible to have multiple lines of text in them under non-Mac platforms. However, under macOS/Cocoa, a single-line text control can still show multiple lines and this function allows to lift the restriction preventing multiple lines from being entered unless wxTE_MULTILINE is specified.

Note
Has no effect if the wxTE_MULTILINE flag is set on a text control.
Availability:  only available for the wxOSX/Cocoa port.
Since
3.1.6

◆ PositionToCoords()

wxPoint wxTextCtrl::PositionToCoords ( long  pos) const

Converts given text position to client coordinates in pixels.

This function allows finding where is the character at the given position displayed in the text control.

Availability:  only available for the wxMSW, wxGTK ports.

. Additionally, wxGTK only implements this method for multiline controls and wxDefaultPosition is always returned for the single line ones.

Parameters
posText position in 0 to GetLastPosition() range (inclusive).
Returns
On success returns a wxPoint which contains client coordinates for the given position in pixels, otherwise returns wxDefaultPosition.
Since
2.9.3
See also
XYToPosition(), PositionToXY()

◆ PositionToXY()

virtual bool wxTextCtrl::PositionToXY ( long  pos,
long *  x,
long *  y 
) const
virtual

Converts given position to a zero-based column, line number pair.

Parameters
posPosition.
xReceives zero based column number.
yReceives zero based line number.
Returns
true on success, false on failure (most likely due to a too large position parameter).

wxPerl Note: In wxPerl this function takes only the pos argument and returns a 2-element list (x, y).

See also
XYToPosition()

◆ SaveFile()

bool wxTextCtrl::SaveFile ( const wxString filename = wxEmptyString,
int  fileType = wxTEXT_TYPE_ANY 
)

Saves the contents of the control in a text file.

Parameters
filenameThe name of the file in which to save the text.
fileTypeThe type of file to save. This is currently ignored in wxTextCtrl.
Returns
true if the operation was successful, false otherwise.

◆ SetDefaultStyle()

virtual bool wxTextCtrl::SetDefaultStyle ( const wxTextAttr style)
virtual

Changes the default style to use for the new text which is going to be added to the control.

This applies both to the text added programmatically using WriteText() or AppendText() and to the text entered by the user interactively.

If either of the font, foreground, or background colour is not set in style, the values of the previous default style are used for them. If the previous default style didn't set them either, the global font or colours of the text control itself are used as fall back.

However if the style parameter is the default wxTextAttr, then the default style is just reset (instead of being combined with the new style which wouldn't change it at all).

Parameters
styleThe style for the new text.
Returns
true on success, false if an error occurred (this may also mean that the styles are not supported under this platform).
See also
GetDefaultStyle()

◆ SetModified()

void wxTextCtrl::SetModified ( bool  modified)

Marks the control as being modified by the user or not.

See also
MarkDirty(), DiscardEdits()

◆ SetStyle()

virtual bool wxTextCtrl::SetStyle ( long  start,
long  end,
const wxTextAttr style 
)
virtual

Changes the style of the given range.

If any attribute within style is not set, the corresponding attribute from GetDefaultStyle() is used.

Parameters
startThe start of the range to change.
endThe end of the range to change.
styleThe new style for the range.
Returns
true on success, false if an error occurred (this may also mean that the styles are not supported under this platform).
See also
GetStyle(), wxTextAttr

◆ ShowPosition()

virtual void wxTextCtrl::ShowPosition ( long  pos)
virtual

Makes the line containing the given position visible.

Parameters
posThe position that should be visible.

◆ XYToPosition()

virtual long wxTextCtrl::XYToPosition ( long  x,
long  y 
) const
virtual

Converts the given zero based column and line number to a position.

Parameters
xThe column number.
yThe line number.
Returns
The position value, or -1 if x or y was invalid.