Version: 3.3.0

#include <wx/palette.h>

+ Inheritance diagram for wxPalette:

Detailed Description

A palette is a table that maps pixel values to RGB colours.

It allows the colours of a low-depth bitmap, for example, to be mapped to the available colours in a display. The notion of palettes is becoming more and more obsolete nowadays and only the MSW port is still using a native palette. All other ports use generic code which is basically just an array of colours.

It is likely that in the future the only use for palettes within wxWidgets will be for representing colour indices from images (such as GIF or PNG). The image handlers for these formats have been modified to create a palette if there is such information in the original image file (usually 256 or less colour images). See wxImage for more information.

Library:  wxCore
Category:  Graphics Device Interface (GDI)

Predefined objects/pointers: wxNullPalette

See also
wxDC::SetPalette(), wxBitmap

Public Member Functions

 wxPalette ()
 Default constructor. More...
 
 wxPalette (const wxPalette &palette)
 Copy constructor, uses Reference Counting. More...
 
 wxPalette (int n, const unsigned char *red, const unsigned char *green, const unsigned char *blue)
 Creates a palette from arrays of size n, one for each red, blue or green component. More...
 
bool Create (int n, const unsigned char *red, const unsigned char *green, const unsigned char *blue)
 Creates a palette from arrays of size n, one for each red, blue or green component. More...
 
virtual int GetColoursCount () const
 Returns number of entries in palette. More...
 
int GetPixel (unsigned char red, unsigned char green, unsigned char blue) const
 Returns a pixel value (index into the palette) for the given RGB values. More...
 
bool GetRGB (int pixel, unsigned char *red, unsigned char *green, unsigned char *blue) const
 Returns RGB values for a given palette index. More...
 
virtual bool IsOk () const
 Returns true if palette data is present. More...
 
wxPaletteoperator= (const wxPalette &palette)
 Assignment operator, using Reference Counting. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from wxGDIObject
 wxGDIObject ()
 Default constructor. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from wxObject
 wxObject ()
 Default ctor; initializes to nullptr 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=nullptr, int lineNum=0)
 The new operator is defined for debugging versions of the library only, when the identifier __WXDEBUG__ is defined. More...
 

Additional Inherited Members

- 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

◆ wxPalette() [1/3]

wxPalette::wxPalette ( )

Default constructor.

◆ wxPalette() [2/3]

wxPalette::wxPalette ( const wxPalette palette)

Copy constructor, uses Reference Counting.

Parameters
paletteA reference to the palette to copy.

◆ wxPalette() [3/3]

wxPalette::wxPalette ( int  n,
const unsigned char *  red,
const unsigned char *  green,
const unsigned char *  blue 
)

Creates a palette from arrays of size n, one for each red, blue or green component.

Parameters
nThe number of indices in the palette.
redAn array of red values.
greenAn array of green values.
blueAn array of blue values.

wxPerl Note: In wxPerl this method takes as parameters 3 array references (they must be of the same length).

See also
Create()

Member Function Documentation

◆ Create()

bool wxPalette::Create ( int  n,
const unsigned char *  red,
const unsigned char *  green,
const unsigned char *  blue 
)

Creates a palette from arrays of size n, one for each red, blue or green component.

Parameters
nThe number of indices in the palette.
redAn array of red values.
greenAn array of green values.
blueAn array of blue values.
Returns
true if the creation was successful, false otherwise.
See also
wxPalette()

◆ GetColoursCount()

virtual int wxPalette::GetColoursCount ( ) const
virtual

Returns number of entries in palette.

◆ GetPixel()

int wxPalette::GetPixel ( unsigned char  red,
unsigned char  green,
unsigned char  blue 
) const

Returns a pixel value (index into the palette) for the given RGB values.

Parameters
redRed value.
greenGreen value.
blueBlue value.
Returns
The nearest palette index or wxNOT_FOUND for unexpected errors.
See also
GetRGB()

◆ GetRGB()

bool wxPalette::GetRGB ( int  pixel,
unsigned char *  red,
unsigned char *  green,
unsigned char *  blue 
) const

Returns RGB values for a given palette index.

Parameters
pixelThe palette index.
redReceives the red value.
greenReceives the green value.
blueReceives the blue value.
Returns
true if the operation was successful.

wxPerl Note: In wxPerl this method takes only the pixel parameter and returns a 3-element list (or the empty list upon failure).

See also
GetPixel()

◆ IsOk()

virtual bool wxPalette::IsOk ( ) const
virtual

Returns true if palette data is present.

◆ operator=()

wxPalette& wxPalette::operator= ( const wxPalette palette)

Assignment operator, using Reference Counting.