Version: 3.1.0
wxListCtrl Class Reference

#include <wx/listctrl.h>

+ Inheritance diagram for wxListCtrl:

Detailed Description

A list control presents lists in a number of formats: list view, report view, icon view and small icon view.

In any case, elements are numbered from zero. For all these modes, the items are stored in the control and must be added to it using wxListCtrl::InsertItem method.

A special case of report view quite different from the other modes of the list control is a virtual control in which the items data (including text, images and attributes) is managed by the main program and is requested by the control itself only when needed which allows to have controls with millions of items without consuming much memory. To use virtual list control you must use wxListCtrl::SetItemCount first and override at least wxListCtrl::OnGetItemText (and optionally wxListCtrl::OnGetItemImage or wxListCtrl::OnGetItemColumnImage and wxListCtrl::OnGetItemAttr) to return the information about the items when the control requests it.

Virtual list control can be used as a normal one except that no operations which can take time proportional to the number of items in the control happen – this is required to allow having a practically infinite number of items. For example, in a multiple selection virtual list control, the selections won't be sent when many items are selected at once because this could mean iterating over all the items.

Using many of wxListCtrl features is shown in the corresponding sample.

To intercept events from a list control, use the event table macros described in wxListEvent.

wxMac Note: Starting with wxWidgets 2.8, wxListCtrl uses a native implementation for report mode, and uses a generic implementation for other modes. You can use the generic implementation for report mode as well by setting the mac.listctrl.always_use_generic system option (see wxSystemOptions) to 1.

Styles

This class supports the following styles:

  • wxLC_LIST:
    Multicolumn list view, with optional small icons. Columns are computed automatically, i.e. you don't set columns as in wxLC_REPORT. In other words, the list wraps, unlike a wxListBox.
  • wxLC_REPORT:
    Single or multicolumn report view, with optional header.
  • wxLC_VIRTUAL:
    The application provides items text on demand. May only be used with wxLC_REPORT.
  • wxLC_ICON:
    Large icon view, with optional labels.
  • wxLC_SMALL_ICON:
    Small icon view, with optional labels.
  • wxLC_ALIGN_TOP:
    Icons align to the top. Win32 default, Win32 only.
  • wxLC_ALIGN_LEFT:
    Icons align to the left.
  • wxLC_AUTOARRANGE:
    Icons arrange themselves. Win32 only.
  • wxLC_EDIT_LABELS:
    Labels are editable: the application will be notified when editing starts.
  • wxLC_NO_HEADER:
    No header in report mode.
  • wxLC_SINGLE_SEL:
    Single selection (default is multiple).
  • wxLC_SORT_ASCENDING:
    Sort in ascending order. (You must still supply a comparison callback in wxListCtrl::SortItems.)
  • wxLC_SORT_DESCENDING:
    Sort in descending order. (You must still supply a comparison callback in wxListCtrl::SortItems.)
  • wxLC_HRULES:
    Draws light horizontal rules between rows in report mode.
  • wxLC_VRULES:
    Draws light vertical rules between columns in report mode.

Events emitted by this class

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

void handlerFuncName(wxListEvent& event)

Event macros for events emitted by this class:

  • EVT_LIST_BEGIN_DRAG(id, func):
    Begin dragging with the left mouse button. Processes a wxEVT_LIST_BEGIN_DRAG event type.
  • EVT_LIST_BEGIN_RDRAG(id, func):
    Begin dragging with the right mouse button. Processes a wxEVT_LIST_BEGIN_RDRAG event type.
  • EVT_BEGIN_LABEL_EDIT(id, func):
    Begin editing a label. This can be prevented by calling Veto(). Processes a wxEVT_LIST_BEGIN_LABEL_EDIT event type.
  • EVT_LIST_END_LABEL_EDIT(id, func):
    Finish editing a label. This can be prevented by calling Veto(). Processes a wxEVT_LIST_END_LABEL_EDIT event type.
  • EVT_LIST_DELETE_ITEM(id, func):
    An item was deleted. Processes a wxEVT_LIST_DELETE_ITEM event type.
  • EVT_LIST_DELETE_ALL_ITEMS(id, func):
    All items were deleted. Processes a wxEVT_LIST_DELETE_ALL_ITEMS event type.
  • EVT_LIST_ITEM_SELECTED(id, func):
    The item has been selected. Processes a wxEVT_LIST_ITEM_SELECTED event type.
  • EVT_LIST_ITEM_DESELECTED(id, func):
    The item has been deselected. Processes a wxEVT_LIST_ITEM_DESELECTED event type.
  • EVT_LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED(id, func):
    The item has been activated (ENTER or double click). Processes a wxEVT_LIST_ITEM_ACTIVATED event type.
  • EVT_LIST_ITEM_FOCUSED(id, func):
    The currently focused item has changed. Processes a wxEVT_LIST_ITEM_FOCUSED event type.
  • EVT_LIST_ITEM_MIDDLE_CLICK(id, func):
    The middle mouse button has been clicked on an item. This is only supported by the generic control. Processes a wxEVT_LIST_ITEM_MIDDLE_CLICK event type.
  • EVT_LIST_ITEM_RIGHT_CLICK(id, func):
    The right mouse button has been clicked on an item. Processes a wxEVT_LIST_ITEM_RIGHT_CLICK event type.
  • EVT_LIST_KEY_DOWN(id, func):
    A key has been pressed. Processes a wxEVT_LIST_KEY_DOWN event type.
  • EVT_LIST_INSERT_ITEM(id, func):
    An item has been inserted. Processes a wxEVT_LIST_INSERT_ITEM event type.
  • EVT_LIST_COL_CLICK(id, func):
    A column (m_col) has been left-clicked. Processes a wxEVT_LIST_COL_CLICK event type.
  • EVT_LIST_COL_RIGHT_CLICK(id, func):
    A column (m_col) has been right-clicked. Processes a wxEVT_LIST_COL_RIGHT_CLICK event type.
  • EVT_LIST_COL_BEGIN_DRAG(id, func):
    The user started resizing a column - can be vetoed. Processes a wxEVT_LIST_COL_BEGIN_DRAG event type.
  • EVT_LIST_COL_DRAGGING(id, func):
    The divider between columns is being dragged. Processes a wxEVT_LIST_COL_DRAGGING event type.
  • EVT_LIST_COL_END_DRAG(id, func):
    A column has been resized by the user. Processes a wxEVT_LIST_COL_END_DRAG event type.
  • EVT_LIST_CACHE_HINT(id, func):
    Prepare cache for a virtual list control. Processes a wxEVT_LIST_CACHE_HINT event type.

Library:  wxCore
Category:  Controls
Appearance:
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wxMSW Appearance
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wxGTK Appearance
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wxOSX Appearance
See Also
wxListCtrl Overview, wxListView, wxListBox, wxTreeCtrl, wxImageList, wxListEvent, wxListItem, wxEditableListBox

Public Member Functions

 wxListCtrl ()
 Default constructor.
 
 wxListCtrl (wxWindow *parent, wxWindowID id, const wxPoint &pos=wxDefaultPosition, const wxSize &size=wxDefaultSize, long style=wxLC_ICON, const wxValidator &validator=wxDefaultValidator, const wxString &name=wxListCtrlNameStr)
 Constructor, creating and showing a list control.
 
virtual ~wxListCtrl ()
 Destructor, destroying the list control.
 
long AppendColumn (const wxString &heading, wxListColumnFormat format=wxLIST_FORMAT_LEFT, int width=-1)
 Adds a new column to the list control in report view mode.
 
bool Arrange (int flag=wxLIST_ALIGN_DEFAULT)
 Arranges the items in icon or small icon view.
 
void AssignImageList (wxImageList *imageList, int which)
 Sets the image list associated with the control and takes ownership of it (i.e.
 
void ClearAll ()
 Deletes all items and all columns.
 
bool Create (wxWindow *parent, wxWindowID id, const wxPoint &pos=wxDefaultPosition, const wxSize &size=wxDefaultSize, long style=wxLC_ICON, const wxValidator &validator=wxDefaultValidator, const wxString &name=wxListCtrlNameStr)
 Creates the list control.
 
bool DeleteAllItems ()
 Deletes all items in the list control.
 
bool DeleteColumn (int col)
 Deletes a column.
 
bool DeleteItem (long item)
 Deletes the specified item.
 
wxTextCtrlEditLabel (long item, wxClassInfo *textControlClass=wxCLASSINFO(wxTextCtrl))
 Starts editing the label of the given item.
 
void EnableAlternateRowColours (bool enable=true)
 Enable alternating row background colours (also called zebra striping).
 
void EnableBellOnNoMatch (bool on=true)
 Enable or disable a beep if there is no match for the currently entered text when searching for the item from keyboard.
 
bool EndEditLabel (bool cancel)
 Finish editing the label.
 
bool EnsureVisible (long item)
 Ensures this item is visible.
 
long FindItem (long start, const wxString &str, bool partial=false)
 Find an item whose label matches this string, starting from start or the beginning if start is -1.
 
long FindItem (long start, wxUIntPtr data)
 Find an item whose data matches this data, starting from start or the beginning if 'start' is -1.
 
long FindItem (long start, const wxPoint &pt, int direction)
 Find an item nearest this position in the specified direction, starting from start or the beginning if start is -1.
 
bool GetColumn (int col, wxListItem &item) const
 Gets information about this column.
 
int GetColumnCount () const
 Returns the number of columns.
 
int GetColumnIndexFromOrder (int pos) const
 Gets the column index from its position in visual order.
 
int GetColumnOrder (int col) const
 Gets the column visual order position.
 
int GetColumnWidth (int col) const
 Gets the column width (report view only).
 
wxArrayInt GetColumnsOrder () const
 Returns the array containing the orders of all columns.
 
int GetCountPerPage () const
 Gets the number of items that can fit vertically in the visible area of the list control (list or report view) or the total number of items in the list control (icon or small icon view).
 
wxTextCtrlGetEditControl () const
 Returns the edit control being currently used to edit a label.
 
wxImageListGetImageList (int which) const
 Returns the specified image list.
 
bool GetItem (wxListItem &info) const
 Gets information about the item.
 
wxColour GetItemBackgroundColour (long item) const
 Returns the colour for this item.
 
int GetItemCount () const
 Returns the number of items in the list control.
 
wxUIntPtr GetItemData (long item) const
 Gets the application-defined data associated with this item.
 
wxFont GetItemFont (long item) const
 Returns the item's font.
 
bool GetItemPosition (long item, wxPoint &pos) const
 Returns the position of the item, in icon or small icon view.
 
bool GetItemRect (long item, wxRect &rect, int code=wxLIST_RECT_BOUNDS) const
 Returns the rectangle representing the item's size and position, in physical coordinates.
 
wxSize GetItemSpacing () const
 Retrieves the spacing between icons in pixels: horizontal spacing is returned as x component of the wxSize object and the vertical spacing as its y component.
 
int GetItemState (long item, long stateMask) const
 Gets the item state.
 
wxString GetItemText (long item, int col=0) const
 Gets the item text for this item.
 
wxColour GetItemTextColour (long item) const
 Returns the colour for this item.
 
long GetNextItem (long item, int geometry=wxLIST_NEXT_ALL, int state=wxLIST_STATE_DONTCARE) const
 Searches for an item with the given geometry or state, starting from item but excluding the item itself.
 
int GetSelectedItemCount () const
 Returns the number of selected items in the list control.
 
bool GetSubItemRect (long item, long subItem, wxRect &rect, int code=wxLIST_RECT_BOUNDS) const
 Returns the rectangle representing the size and position, in physical coordinates, of the given subitem, i.e.
 
wxColour GetTextColour () const
 Gets the text colour of the list control.
 
long GetTopItem () const
 Gets the index of the topmost visible item when in list or report view.
 
wxRect GetViewRect () const
 Returns the rectangle taken by all items in the control.
 
void SetAlternateRowColour (const wxColour &colour)
 Set the alternative row background colour to a specific colour.
 
long HitTest (const wxPoint &point, int &flags, long *ptrSubItem=NULL) const
 Determines which item (if any) is at the specified point, giving details in flags.
 
bool InReportView () const
 Returns true if the control is currently using wxLC_REPORT style.
 
long InsertColumn (long col, const wxListItem &info)
 For report view mode (only), inserts a column.
 
long InsertColumn (long col, const wxString &heading, int format=wxLIST_FORMAT_LEFT, int width=wxLIST_AUTOSIZE)
 For report view mode (only), inserts a column.
 
long InsertItem (wxListItem &info)
 Inserts an item, returning the index of the new item if successful, -1 otherwise.
 
long InsertItem (long index, const wxString &label)
 Insert an string item.
 
long InsertItem (long index, int imageIndex)
 Insert an image item.
 
long InsertItem (long index, const wxString &label, int imageIndex)
 Insert an image/string item.
 
bool IsVirtual () const
 Returns true if the control is currently in virtual report view.
 
void RefreshItem (long item)
 Redraws the given item.
 
void RefreshItems (long itemFrom, long itemTo)
 Redraws the items between itemFrom and itemTo.
 
bool ScrollList (int dx, int dy)
 Scrolls the list control.
 
virtual bool SetBackgroundColour (const wxColour &col)
 Sets the background colour.
 
bool SetColumn (int col, wxListItem &item)
 Sets information about this column.
 
bool SetColumnWidth (int col, int width)
 Sets the column width.
 
bool SetColumnsOrder (const wxArrayInt &orders)
 Changes the order in which the columns are shown.
 
void SetImageList (wxImageList *imageList, int which)
 Sets the image list associated with the control.
 
bool SetItem (wxListItem &info)
 Sets the data of an item.
 
long SetItem (long index, int column, const wxString &label, int imageId=-1)
 Sets an item string field at a particular column.
 
void SetItemBackgroundColour (long item, const wxColour &col)
 Sets the background colour for this item.
 
bool SetItemColumnImage (long item, long column, int image)
 Sets the image associated with the item.
 
void SetItemCount (long count)
 This method can only be used with virtual list controls.
 
bool SetItemData (long item, long data)
 Associates application-defined data with this item.
 
void SetItemFont (long item, const wxFont &font)
 Sets the item's font.
 
bool SetItemImage (long item, int image, int selImage=-1)
 Sets the unselected and selected images associated with the item.
 
bool SetItemPosition (long item, const wxPoint &pos)
 Sets the position of the item, in icon or small icon view.
 
bool SetItemPtrData (long item, wxUIntPtr data)
 Associates application-defined data with this item.
 
bool SetItemState (long item, long state, long stateMask)
 Sets the item state.
 
void SetItemText (long item, const wxString &text)
 Sets the item text for this item.
 
void SetItemTextColour (long item, const wxColour &col)
 Sets the colour for this item.
 
void SetSingleStyle (long style, bool add=true)
 Adds or removes a single window style.
 
void SetTextColour (const wxColour &col)
 Sets the text colour of the list control.
 
void SetWindowStyleFlag (long style)
 Sets the whole window style, deleting all items.
 
bool SortItems (wxListCtrlCompare fnSortCallBack, wxIntPtr data)
 Call this function to sort the items in the list control.
 
- 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.
 
 wxControl ()
 Default constructor to allow 2-phase creation.
 
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.
 
wxString GetLabel () const
 Returns the control's label, as it was passed to SetLabel().
 
wxString GetLabelText () const
 Returns the control's label without mnemonics.
 
wxSize GetSizeFromTextSize (int xlen, int ylen=-1) const
 Determine the size needed by the control to leave the given area for its text.
 
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.
 
void SetLabel (const wxString &label)
 Sets the control's label.
 
void SetLabelText (const wxString &text)
 Sets the control's label to exactly the given string.
 
bool SetLabelMarkup (const wxString &markup)
 Sets the controls label to a string using markup.
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from wxWindow
 wxWindow ()
 Default constructor.
 
 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.
 
virtual ~wxWindow ()
 Destructor.
 
bool Create (wxWindow *parent, wxWindowID id, const wxPoint &pos=wxDefaultPosition, const wxSize &size=wxDefaultSize, long style=0, const wxString &name=wxPanelNameStr)
 
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.
 
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.
 
virtual bool AcceptsFocusRecursively () const
 Overridden to indicate whether this window or one of its children accepts focus.
 
bool IsFocusable () const
 Can this window itself have focus?
 
bool CanAcceptFocus () const
 Can this window have focus right now?
 
bool CanAcceptFocusFromKeyboard () const
 Can this window be assigned focus from keyboard right now?
 
virtual bool HasFocus () const
 Returns true if the window (or in case of composite controls, its main child window) has focus.
 
virtual void SetCanFocus (bool canFocus)
 This method is only implemented by ports which have support for native TAB traversal (such as GTK+ 2.0).
 
virtual void SetFocus ()
 This sets the window to receive keyboard input.
 
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.
 
virtual void AddChild (wxWindow *child)
 Adds a child window.
 
bool DestroyChildren ()
 Destroys all children of a window.
 
wxWindowFindWindow (long id) const
 Find a child of this window, by id.
 
wxWindowFindWindow (const wxString &name) const
 Find a child of this window, by name.
 
wxWindowList & GetChildren ()
 Returns a reference to the list of the window's children.
 
const wxWindowList & GetChildren () const
 This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.
 
virtual void RemoveChild (wxWindow *child)
 Removes a child window.
 
wxWindowGetGrandParent () const
 Returns the grandparent of a window, or NULL if there isn't one.
 
wxWindowGetNextSibling () const
 Returns the next window after this one among the parent's children or NULL if this window is the last child.
 
wxWindowGetParent () const
 Returns the parent of the window, or NULL if there is no parent.
 
wxWindowGetPrevSibling () const
 Returns the previous window before this one among the parent's children or NULL if this window is the first child.
 
bool IsDescendant (wxWindowBase *win) const
 Check if the specified window is a descendant of this one.
 
virtual bool Reparent (wxWindow *newParent)
 Reparents the window, i.e. the window will be removed from its current parent window (e.g.
 
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.
 
virtual int GetScrollPos (int orientation) const
 Returns the built-in scrollbar position.
 
virtual int GetScrollRange (int orientation) const
 Returns the built-in scrollbar range.
 
virtual int GetScrollThumb (int orientation) const
 Returns the built-in scrollbar thumb size.
 
bool CanScroll (int orient) const
 Returns true if this window can have a scroll bar in this orientation.
 
bool HasScrollbar (int orient) const
 Returns true if this window currently has a scroll bar for this orientation.
 
virtual bool IsScrollbarAlwaysShown (int orient) const
 Return whether a scrollbar is always shown.
 
virtual bool ScrollLines (int lines)
 Scrolls the window by the given number of lines down (if lines is positive) or up.
 
virtual bool ScrollPages (int pages)
 Scrolls the window by the given number of pages down (if pages is positive) or up.
 
virtual void ScrollWindow (int dx, int dy, const wxRect *rect=NULL)
 Physically scrolls the pixels in the window and move child windows accordingly.
 
bool LineUp ()
 Same as ScrollLines (-1).
 
bool LineDown ()
 Same as ScrollLines (1).
 
bool PageUp ()
 Same as ScrollPages (-1).
 
bool PageDown ()
 Same as ScrollPages (1).
 
virtual void SetScrollPos (int orientation, int pos, bool refresh=true)
 Sets the position of one of the built-in scrollbars.
 
virtual void SetScrollbar (int orientation, int position, int thumbSize, int range, bool refresh=true)
 Sets the scrollbar properties of a built-in scrollbar.
 
bool BeginRepositioningChildren ()
 Prepare for changing positions of multiple child windows.
 
void EndRepositioningChildren ()
 Fix child window positions after setting all of them at once.
 
void CacheBestSize (const wxSize &size) const
 Sets the cached best size value.
 
virtual wxSize ClientToWindowSize (const wxSize &size) const
 Converts client area size size to corresponding window size.
 
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.
 
virtual void Fit ()
 Sizes the window so that it fits around its subwindows.
 
virtual void FitInside ()
 Similar to Fit(), but sizes the interior (virtual) size of a window.
 
wxSize GetBestSize () const
 This functions returns the best acceptable minimal size for the window.
 
int GetBestHeight (int width) const
 Returns the best height needed by this window if it had the given width.
 
int GetBestWidth (int height) const
 Returns the best width needed by this window if it had the given height.
 
void GetClientSize (int *width, int *height) const
 Returns the size of the window 'client area' in pixels.
 
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.
 
virtual wxSize GetEffectiveMinSize () const
 Merges the window's best size into the min size and returns the result.
 
virtual wxSize GetMaxClientSize () const
 Returns the maximum size of window's client area.
 
virtual wxSize GetMaxSize () const
 Returns the maximum size of the window.
 
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.
 
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.
 
int GetMinWidth () const
 Returns the horizontal component of window minimal size.
 
int GetMinHeight () const
 Returns the vertical component of window minimal size.
 
int GetMaxWidth () const
 Returns the horizontal component of window maximal size.
 
int GetMaxHeight () const
 Returns the vertical component of window maximal size.
 
void GetSize (int *width, int *height) const
 Returns the size of the entire window in pixels, including title bar, border, scrollbars, etc.
 
wxSize GetSize () const
 See the GetSize(int*,int*) overload for more info.
 
wxSize GetVirtualSize () const
 This gets the virtual size of the window in pixels.
 
void GetVirtualSize (int *width, int *height) const
 Like the other GetVirtualSize() overload but uses pointers instead.
 
virtual wxSize GetBestVirtualSize () const
 Return the largest of ClientSize and BestSize (as determined by a sizer, interior children, or other means)
 
virtual double GetContentScaleFactor () const
 Returns the magnification of the backing store of this window, eg 2.0 for a window on a retina screen.
 
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.
 
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.
 
void InvalidateBestSize ()
 Resets the cached best size value so it will be recalculated the next time it is needed.
 
void PostSizeEvent ()
 Posts a size event to the window.
 
void PostSizeEventToParent ()
 Posts a size event to the parent of this window.
 
virtual void SendSizeEvent (int flags=0)
 This function sends a dummy size event to the window allowing it to re-layout its children positions.
 
void SendSizeEventToParent (int flags=0)
 Safe wrapper for GetParent()->SendSizeEvent().
 
void SetClientSize (int width, int height)
 This sets the size of the window client area in pixels.
 
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.
 
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.
 
void SetContainingSizer (wxSizer *sizer)
 This normally does not need to be called by user code.
 
void SetInitialSize (const wxSize &size=wxDefaultSize)
 A smart SetSize that will fill in default size components with the window's best size values.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
void SetSize (int x, int y, int width, int height, int sizeFlags=wxSIZE_AUTO)
 Sets the size of the window in pixels.
 
void SetSize (const wxRect &rect)
 Sets the size of the window in pixels.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
void SetVirtualSize (int width, int height)
 Sets the virtual size of the window in pixels.
 
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.
 
void Center (int dir=wxBOTH)
 A synonym for Centre().
 
void CenterOnParent (int dir=wxBOTH)
 A synonym for CentreOnParent().
 
void Centre (int direction=wxBOTH)
 Centres the window.
 
void CentreOnParent (int direction=wxBOTH)
 Centres the window on its parent.
 
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.
 
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.
 
wxRect GetRect () const
 Returns the position and size of the window as a wxRect object.
 
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.
 
wxPoint GetScreenPosition () const
 Returns the window position in screen coordinates, whether the window is a child window or a top level one.
 
wxRect GetScreenRect () const
 Returns the position and size of the window on the screen as a wxRect object.
 
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...)
 
wxRect GetClientRect () const
 Get the client rectangle in window (i.e. client) coordinates.
 
void Move (int x, int y, int flags=wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING)
 Moves the window to the given position.
 
void Move (const wxPoint &pt, int flags=wxSIZE_USE_EXISTING)
 Moves the window to the given position.
 
void SetPosition (const wxPoint &pt)
 A synonym for Centre().
 
void ClientToScreen (int *x, int *y) const
 Converts to screen coordinates from coordinates relative to this window.
 
wxPoint ClientToScreen (const wxPoint &pt) const
 Converts to screen coordinates from coordinates relative to this window.
 
wxPoint ConvertDialogToPixels (const wxPoint &pt) const
 Converts a point or size from dialog units to pixels.
 
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.
 
wxPoint ConvertPixelsToDialog (const wxPoint &pt) const
 Converts a point or size from pixels to dialog units.
 
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.
 
void ScreenToClient (int *x, int *y) const
 Converts from screen to client window coordinates.
 
wxPoint ScreenToClient (const wxPoint &pt) const
 Converts from screen to client window coordinates.
 
virtual void ClearBackground ()
 Clears the window by filling it with the current background colour.
 
void Freeze ()
 Freezes the window or, in other words, prevents any updates from taking place on screen, the window is not redrawn at all.
 
void Thaw ()
 Re-enables window updating after a previous call to Freeze().
 
bool IsFrozen () const
 Returns true if the window is currently frozen by a call to Freeze().
 
wxColour GetBackgroundColour () const
 Returns the background colour of the window.
 
virtual wxBackgroundStyle GetBackgroundStyle () const
 Returns the background style of the window.
 
virtual int GetCharHeight () const
 Returns the character height for this window.
 
virtual int GetCharWidth () const
 Returns the average character width for this window.
 
virtual wxVisualAttributes GetDefaultAttributes () const
 Currently this is the same as calling wxWindow::GetClassDefaultAttributes(wxWindow::GetWindowVariant()).
 
wxFont GetFont () const
 Returns the font for this window.
 
wxColour GetForegroundColour () const
 Returns the foreground colour of the window.
 
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.
 
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.
 
const wxRegionGetUpdateRegion () const
 Returns the region specifying which parts of the window have been damaged.
 
wxRect GetUpdateClientRect () const
 Get the update rectangle bounding box in client coords.
 
virtual bool HasTransparentBackground ()
 Returns true if this window background is transparent (as, for example, for wxStaticText) and should show the parent window background.
 
virtual void Refresh (bool eraseBackground=true, const wxRect *rect=NULL)
 Causes this window, and all of its children recursively (except under wxGTK1 where this is not implemented), to be repainted.
 
void RefreshRect (const wxRect &rect, bool eraseBackground=true)
 Redraws the contents of the given rectangle: only the area inside it will be repainted.
 
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).
 
virtual bool SetBackgroundStyle (wxBackgroundStyle style)
 Sets the background style of the window.
 
virtual bool IsTransparentBackgroundSupported (wxString *reason=NULL) const
 Checks whether using transparent background might work.
 
virtual bool SetFont (const wxFont &font)
 Sets the font for this window.
 
virtual bool SetForegroundColour (const wxColour &colour)
 Sets the foreground colour of the window.
 
void SetOwnBackgroundColour (const wxColour &colour)
 Sets the background colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited by the children of this window.
 
bool InheritsBackgroundColour () const
 Return true if this window inherits the background colour from its parent.
 
bool UseBgCol () const
 Return true if a background colour has been set for this window.
 
void SetOwnFont (const wxFont &font)
 Sets the font of the window but prevents it from being inherited by the children of this window.
 
void SetOwnForegroundColour (const wxColour &colour)
 Sets the foreground colour of the window but prevents it from being inherited by the children of this window.
 
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().
 
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.
 
virtual bool GetThemeEnabled () const
 Clears the window by filling it with the current background colour.
 
virtual bool CanSetTransparent ()
 Returns true if the system supports transparent windows and calling SetTransparent() may succeed.
 
virtual bool SetTransparent (wxByte alpha)
 Set the transparency of the window.
 
wxEvtHandlerGetEventHandler () const
 Returns the event handler for this window.
 
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.
 
bool HandleWindowEvent (wxEvent &event) const
 Shorthand for:
 
bool ProcessWindowEvent (wxEvent &event)
 Convenient wrapper for ProcessEvent().
 
bool ProcessWindowEventLocally (wxEvent &event)
 Wrapper for wxEvtHandler::ProcessEventLocally().
 
wxEvtHandlerPopEventHandler (bool deleteHandler=false)
 Removes and returns the top-most event handler on the event handler stack.
 
void PushEventHandler (wxEvtHandler *handler)
 Pushes this event handler onto the event stack for the window.
 
bool RemoveEventHandler (wxEvtHandler *handler)
 Find the given handler in the windows event handler stack and removes (but does not delete) it from the stack.
 
void SetEventHandler (wxEvtHandler *handler)
 Sets the event handler for this window.
 
virtual void SetNextHandler (wxEvtHandler *handler)
 wxWindows cannot be used to form event handler chains; this function thus will assert when called.
 
virtual void SetPreviousHandler (wxEvtHandler *handler)
 wxWindows cannot be used to form event handler chains; this function thus will assert when called.
 
long GetExtraStyle () const
 Returns the extra style bits for the window.
 
virtual long GetWindowStyleFlag () const
 Gets the window style that was passed to the constructor or Create() method.
 
long GetWindowStyle () const
 See GetWindowStyleFlag() for more info.
 
bool HasExtraStyle (int exFlag) const
 Returns true if the window has the given exFlag bit set in its extra styles.
 
bool HasFlag (int flag) const
 Returns true if the window has the given flag bit set.
 
virtual void SetExtraStyle (long exStyle)
 Sets the extra style bits for the window.
 
void SetWindowStyle (long style)
 See SetWindowStyleFlag() for more info.
 
bool ToggleWindowStyle (int flag)
 Turns the given flag on if it's currently turned off and vice versa.
 
void MoveAfterInTabOrder (wxWindow *win)
 Moves this window in the tab navigation order after the specified win.
 
void MoveBeforeInTabOrder (wxWindow *win)
 Same as MoveAfterInTabOrder() except that it inserts this window just before win instead of putting it right after it.
 
bool Navigate (int flags=wxNavigationKeyEvent::IsForward)
 Performs a keyboard navigation action starting from this window.
 
bool NavigateIn (int flags=wxNavigationKeyEvent::IsForward)
 Performs a keyboard navigation action inside this window.
 
virtual void Lower ()
 Lowers the window to the bottom of the window hierarchy (Z-order).
 
virtual void Raise ()
 Raises the window to the top of the window hierarchy (Z-order).
 
bool Hide ()
 Equivalent to calling wxWindow::Show(false).
 
virtual bool HideWithEffect (wxShowEffect effect, unsigned int timeout=0)
 This function hides a window, like Hide(), but using a special visual effect if possible.
 
bool IsEnabled () const
 Returns true if the window is enabled, i.e. if it accepts user input, false otherwise.
 
bool IsExposed (int x, int y) const
 Returns true if the given point or rectangle area has been exposed since the last repaint.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
virtual bool IsShown () const
 Returns true if the window is shown, false if it has been hidden.
 
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.
 
bool Disable ()
 Disables the window.
 
virtual bool Enable (bool enable=true)
 Enable or disable the window for user input.
 
virtual bool Show (bool show=true)
 Shows or hides the window.
 
virtual bool ShowWithEffect (wxShowEffect effect, unsigned int timeout=0)
 This function shows a window, like Show(), but using a special visual effect if possible.
 
wxString GetHelpText () const
 Gets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
 
void SetHelpText (const wxString &helpText)
 Sets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
 
virtual wxString GetHelpTextAtPoint (const wxPoint &point, wxHelpEvent::Origin origin) const
 Gets the help text to be used as context-sensitive help for this window.
 
wxToolTipGetToolTip () const
 Get the associated tooltip or NULL if none.
 
wxString GetToolTipText () const
 Get the text of the associated tooltip or empty string if none.
 
void SetToolTip (const wxString &tipString)
 Attach a tooltip to the window.
 
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.
 
void UnsetToolTip ()
 Unset any existing tooltip.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
virtual wxValidatorGetValidator ()
 Validator functions.
 
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.
 
virtual bool TransferDataFromWindow ()
 Transfers values from child controls to data areas specified by their validators.
 
virtual bool TransferDataToWindow ()
 Transfers values to child controls from data areas specified by their validators.
 
virtual bool Validate ()
 Validates the current values of the child controls using their validators.
 
wxWindowID GetId () const
 Returns the identifier of the window.
 
virtual wxLayoutDirection GetLayoutDirection () const
 Returns the layout direction for this window, Note that wxLayout_Default is returned if layout direction is not supported.
 
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.
 
virtual wxString GetName () const
 Returns the window's name.
 
wxWindowVariant GetWindowVariant () const
 Returns the value previously passed to SetWindowVariant().
 
void SetId (wxWindowID winid)
 Sets the identifier of the window.
 
virtual void SetLayoutDirection (wxLayoutDirection dir)
 Sets the layout direction for this window.
 
virtual void SetName (const wxString &name)
 Sets the window's name.
 
void SetWindowVariant (wxWindowVariant variant)
 Chooses a different variant of the window display to use.
 
wxAcceleratorTableGetAcceleratorTable ()
 Gets the accelerator table for this window.
 
wxAccessibleGetAccessible ()
 Returns the accessible object for this window, if any.
 
virtual void SetAcceleratorTable (const wxAcceleratorTable &accel)
 Sets the accelerator table for this window.
 
void SetAccessible (wxAccessible *accessible)
 Sets the accessible for this window.
 
bool Close (bool force=false)
 This function simply generates a wxCloseEvent whose handler usually tries to close the window.
 
virtual bool Destroy ()
 Destroys the window safely.
 
bool IsBeingDeleted () const
 Returns true if this window is in process of being destroyed.
 
virtual wxDropTargetGetDropTarget () const
 Returns the associated drop target, which may be NULL.
 
virtual void SetDropTarget (wxDropTarget *target)
 Associates a drop target with this window.
 
virtual void DragAcceptFiles (bool accept)
 Enables or disables eligibility for drop file events (OnDropFiles).
 
wxSizerGetContainingSizer () const
 Returns the sizer of which this window is a member, if any, otherwise NULL.
 
wxSizerGetSizer () const
 Returns the sizer associated with the window by a previous call to SetSizer(), or NULL.
 
void SetSizer (wxSizer *sizer, bool deleteOld=true)
 Sets the window to have the given layout sizer.
 
void SetSizerAndFit (wxSizer *sizer, bool deleteOld=true)
 This method calls SetSizer() and then wxSizer::SetSizeHints which sets the initial window size to the size needed to accommodate all sizer elements and sets the size hints which, if this window is a top level one, prevent the user from resizing it to be less than this minimal size.
 
wxLayoutConstraintsGetConstraints () const
 Returns a pointer to the window's layout constraints, or NULL if there are none.
 
void SetConstraints (wxLayoutConstraints *constraints)
 Sets the window to have the given layout constraints.
 
virtual bool Layout ()
 Invokes the constraint-based layout algorithm or the sizer-based algorithm for this window.
 
void SetAutoLayout (bool autoLayout)
 Determines whether the Layout() function will be called automatically when the window is resized.
 
bool GetAutoLayout () const
 Returns the sizer of which this window is a member, if any, otherwise NULL.
 
void CaptureMouse ()
 Directs all mouse input to this window.
 
wxCaretGetCaret () const
 Returns the caret() associated with the window.
 
const wxCursorGetCursor () const
 Return the cursor associated with this window.
 
virtual bool HasCapture () const
 Returns true if this window has the current mouse capture.
 
void ReleaseMouse ()
 Releases mouse input captured with CaptureMouse().
 
void SetCaret (wxCaret *caret)
 Sets the caret() associated with the window.
 
virtual bool SetCursor (const wxCursor &cursor)
 Sets the window's cursor.
 
virtual void WarpPointer (int x, int y)
 Moves the pointer to the given position on the window.
 
wxHitTest HitTest (wxCoord x, wxCoord y) 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.
 
wxHitTest HitTest (const wxPoint &pt) 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.
 
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.
 
wxBorder GetBorder () const
 Get border for the flags of this window.
 
virtual void DoUpdateWindowUI (wxUpdateUIEvent &event)
 Does the window-specific updating after processing the update event.
 
virtual WXWidget GetHandle () const
 Returns the platform-specific handle of the physical window.
 
virtual bool HasMultiplePages () const
 This method should be overridden to return true if this window has multiple pages.
 
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.
 
virtual void InitDialog ()
 Sends an wxEVT_INIT_DIALOG event, whose handler usually transfers data to the dialog via validators.
 
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.
 
void SetDoubleBuffered (bool on)
 Turn on or off double buffering of the window if the system supports it.
 
virtual bool IsRetained () const
 Returns true if the window is retained, false otherwise.
 
bool IsThisEnabled () const
 Returns true if this window is intrinsically enabled, false otherwise, i.e. if Enable() Enable(false) had been called.
 
virtual bool IsTopLevel () const
 Returns true if the given window is a top-level one.
 
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.
 
virtual bool SendIdleEvents (wxIdleEvent &event)
 Send idle event to window and all subwindows.
 
virtual bool RegisterHotKey (int hotkeyId, int modifiers, int virtualKeyCode)
 Registers a system wide hotkey.
 
virtual bool UnregisterHotKey (int hotkeyId)
 Unregisters a system wide hotkey.
 
virtual void UpdateWindowUI (long flags=wxUPDATE_UI_NONE)
 This function sends one or more wxUpdateUIEvent to the window.
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from wxEvtHandler
 wxEvtHandler ()
 Constructor.
 
virtual ~wxEvtHandler ()
 Destructor.
 
template<typename T , typename T1 , ... >
void CallAfter (void(T::*method)(T1,...), T1 x1,...)
 Asynchronously call the given method.
 
template<typename T >
void CallAfter (const T &functor)
 Asynchronously call the given functor.
 
bool ProcessEventLocally (wxEvent &event)
 Try to process the event in this handler and all those chained to it.
 
bool SafelyProcessEvent (wxEvent &event)
 Processes an event by calling ProcessEvent() and handles any exceptions that occur in the process.
 
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.
 
void DeletePendingEvents ()
 Deletes all events queued on this event handler using QueueEvent() or AddPendingEvent().
 
virtual bool SearchEventTable (wxEventTable &table, wxEvent &event)
 Searches the event table, executing an event handler function if an appropriate one is found.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
void * GetClientData () const
 Returns user-supplied client data.
 
wxClientDataGetClientObject () const
 Returns a pointer to the user-supplied client data object.
 
void SetClientData (void *data)
 Sets user-supplied client data.
 
void SetClientObject (wxClientData *data)
 Set the client data object.
 
bool GetEvtHandlerEnabled () const
 Returns true if the event handler is enabled, false otherwise.
 
wxEvtHandlerGetNextHandler () const
 Returns the pointer to the next handler in the chain.
 
wxEvtHandlerGetPreviousHandler () const
 Returns the pointer to the previous handler in the chain.
 
void SetEvtHandlerEnabled (bool enabled)
 Enables or disables the event handler.
 
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).
 
bool IsUnlinked () const
 Returns true if the next and the previous handler pointers of this event handler instance are NULL.
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from wxObject
 wxObject ()
 Default ctor; initializes to NULL the internal reference data.
 
 wxObject (const wxObject &other)
 Copy ctor.
 
virtual ~wxObject ()
 Destructor.
 
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).
 
wxObjectRefDataGetRefData () const
 Returns the wxObject::m_refData pointer, i.e. the data referenced by this object.
 
bool IsKindOf (const wxClassInfo *info) const
 Determines whether this class is a subclass of (or the same class as) the given class.
 
bool IsSameAs (const wxObject &obj) const
 Returns true if this object has the same data pointer as obj.
 
void Ref (const wxObject &clone)
 Makes this object refer to the data in clone.
 
void SetRefData (wxObjectRefData *data)
 Sets the wxObject::m_refData pointer.
 
void UnRef ()
 Decrements the reference count in the associated data, and if it is zero, deletes the data.
 
void UnShare ()
 This is the same of AllocExclusive() but this method is public.
 
void operator delete (void *buf)
 The delete operator is defined for debugging versions of the library only, when the identifier WXDEBUG is defined.
 
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.
 

Protected Member Functions

virtual wxListItemAttrOnGetItemAttr (long item) const
 This function may be overridden in the derived class for a control with wxLC_VIRTUAL style.
 
virtual wxListItemAttrOnGetItemColumnAttr (long item, long column) const
 This function may be overridden in the derived class for a control with wxLC_VIRTUAL style.
 
virtual int OnGetItemColumnImage (long item, long column) const
 Override this function in the derived class for a control with wxLC_VIRTUAL and wxLC_REPORT styles in order to specify the image index for the given line and column.
 
virtual int OnGetItemImage (long item) const
 This function must be overridden in the derived class for a control with wxLC_VIRTUAL style having an "image list" (see SetImageList(); if the control doesn't have an image list, it is not necessary to override it).
 
virtual wxString OnGetItemText (long item, long column) const
 This function must be overridden in the derived class for a control with wxLC_VIRTUAL style.
 

Additional Inherited Members

- Static Public Member Functions inherited from wxControl
static wxString GetLabelText (const wxString &label)
 Returns the given label string without mnemonics ("&" characters).
 
static wxString RemoveMnemonics (const wxString &str)
 Returns the given str string without mnemonics ("&" characters).
 
static wxString EscapeMnemonics (const wxString &text)
 Escapes the special mnemonics characters ("&") in the given string.
 
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.
 
- Protected Attributes inherited from wxObject
wxObjectRefDatam_refData
 Pointer to an object which is the object's reference-counted data.
 

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

wxListCtrl::wxListCtrl ( )

Default constructor.

wxListCtrl::wxListCtrl ( wxWindow parent,
wxWindowID  id,
const wxPoint pos = wxDefaultPosition,
const wxSize size = wxDefaultSize,
long  style = wxLC_ICON,
const wxValidator validator = wxDefaultValidator,
const wxString name = wxListCtrlNameStr 
)

Constructor, creating and showing a list control.

Parameters
parentParent window. Must not be NULL.
idWindow identifier. The value wxID_ANY indicates a default value.
posWindow position. If wxDefaultPosition is specified then a default position is chosen.
sizeWindow size. If wxDefaultSize is specified then the window is sized appropriately.
styleWindow style. See wxListCtrl.
validatorWindow validator.
nameWindow name.
See Also
Create(), wxValidator
virtual wxListCtrl::~wxListCtrl ( )
virtual

Destructor, destroying the list control.

Member Function Documentation

long wxListCtrl::AppendColumn ( const wxString heading,
wxListColumnFormat  format = wxLIST_FORMAT_LEFT,
int  width = -1 
)

Adds a new column to the list control in report view mode.

This is just a convenient wrapper for InsertColumn() which adds the new column after all the existing ones without having to specify its position explicitly.

Since
2.9.4
bool wxListCtrl::Arrange ( int  flag = wxLIST_ALIGN_DEFAULT)

Arranges the items in icon or small icon view.

This only has effect on Win32. flag is one of:

  • wxLIST_ALIGN_DEFAULT: Default alignment.
  • wxLIST_ALIGN_LEFT: Align to the left side of the control.
  • wxLIST_ALIGN_TOP: Align to the top side of the control.
  • wxLIST_ALIGN_SNAP_TO_GRID: Snap to grid.
void wxListCtrl::AssignImageList ( wxImageList imageList,
int  which 
)

Sets the image list associated with the control and takes ownership of it (i.e.

the control will, unlike when using SetImageList(), delete the list when destroyed). which is one of wxIMAGE_LIST_NORMAL, wxIMAGE_LIST_SMALL, wxIMAGE_LIST_STATE (the last is unimplemented).

See Also
SetImageList()
void wxListCtrl::ClearAll ( )

Deletes all items and all columns.

Note
This sends an event of type wxEVT_LIST_DELETE_ALL_ITEMS under all platforms.
bool wxListCtrl::Create ( wxWindow parent,
wxWindowID  id,
const wxPoint pos = wxDefaultPosition,
const wxSize size = wxDefaultSize,
long  style = wxLC_ICON,
const wxValidator validator = wxDefaultValidator,
const wxString name = wxListCtrlNameStr 
)

Creates the list control.

See wxListCtrl() for further details.

bool wxListCtrl::DeleteAllItems ( )

Deletes all items in the list control.

This function does not send the wxEVT_LIST_DELETE_ITEM event because deleting many items from the control would be too slow then (unlike wxListCtrl::DeleteItem) but it does send the special wxEVT_LIST_DELETE_ALL_ITEMS event if the control was not empty. If it was already empty, nothing is done and no event is sent.

Returns
true if the items were successfully deleted or if the control was already empty, false if an error occurred while deleting the items.
bool wxListCtrl::DeleteColumn ( int  col)

Deletes a column.

bool wxListCtrl::DeleteItem ( long  item)

Deletes the specified item.

This function sends the wxEVT_LIST_DELETE_ITEM event for the item being deleted.

See Also
DeleteAllItems()
wxTextCtrl* wxListCtrl::EditLabel ( long  item,
wxClassInfo textControlClass = wxCLASSINFO(wxTextCtrl) 
)

Starts editing the label of the given item.

This function generates a EVT_LIST_BEGIN_LABEL_EDIT event which can be vetoed so that no text control will appear for in-place editing.

If the user changed the label (i.e. s/he does not press ESC or leave the text control without changes, a EVT_LIST_END_LABEL_EDIT event will be sent which can be vetoed as well.

void wxListCtrl::EnableAlternateRowColours ( bool  enable = true)

Enable alternating row background colours (also called zebra striping).

This method can only be called for the control in virtual report mode, i.e. having wxLC_REPORT and wxLC_VIRTUAL styles.

When enabling alternating colours, the appropriate colour for the even rows is chosen automatically depending on the default foreground and background colours which are used for the odd rows.

Parameters
enableIf true, enable alternating row background colours, i.e. different colours for the odd and even rows. If false, disable this feature and use the same background colour for all rows.
Since
2.9.5
See Also
SetAlternateRowColour()
void wxListCtrl::EnableBellOnNoMatch ( bool  on = true)

Enable or disable a beep if there is no match for the currently entered text when searching for the item from keyboard.

The default is to not beep in this case except in wxMSW where the beep is always generated by the native control and cannot be disabled, i.e. calls to this function do nothing there.

Since
2.9.5
bool wxListCtrl::EndEditLabel ( bool  cancel)

Finish editing the label.

This method allows to programmatically end editing a list control item in place. Usually it will only be called when editing is in progress, i.e. if GetEditControl() returns non-NULL. In particular, do not call it from EVT_LIST_BEGIN_LABEL_EDIT handler as the edit control is not yet fully created by then, just veto the event in this handler instead to prevent the editing from even starting.

Notice that calling this method will result in EVT_LIST_END_LABEL_EDIT event being generated.

Currently only implemented in wxMSW.

Parameters
cancelIf true, discard the changes made by user, as if Escape key was pressed. Otherwise, accept the changes as if Return was pressed.
Returns
true if item editing was finished or false if no item as being edited.
bool wxListCtrl::EnsureVisible ( long  item)

Ensures this item is visible.

long wxListCtrl::FindItem ( long  start,
const wxString str,
bool  partial = false 
)

Find an item whose label matches this string, starting from start or the beginning if start is -1.

The string comparison is case insensitive.

If partial is true then this method will look for items which begin with str.

Returns
The next matching item if any or -1 (wxNOT_FOUND) otherwise.
long wxListCtrl::FindItem ( long  start,
wxUIntPtr  data 
)

Find an item whose data matches this data, starting from start or the beginning if 'start' is -1.

wxPerl Note: In wxPerl this method is implemented as FindItemData(start, data).

Returns
The next matching item if any or -1 (wxNOT_FOUND) otherwise.
long wxListCtrl::FindItem ( long  start,
const wxPoint pt,
int  direction 
)

Find an item nearest this position in the specified direction, starting from start or the beginning if start is -1.

wxPerl Note: In wxPerl this method is implemented as FindItemAtPos(start, pt, direction).

Returns
The next matching item if any or -1 (wxNOT_FOUND) otherwise.
bool wxListCtrl::GetColumn ( int  col,
wxListItem item 
) const

Gets information about this column.

See SetItem() for more information.

wxPerl Note: In wxPerl this method takes only the col parameter and returns a Wx::ListItem (or undef).

int wxListCtrl::GetColumnCount ( ) const

Returns the number of columns.

int wxListCtrl::GetColumnIndexFromOrder ( int  pos) const

Gets the column index from its position in visual order.

After calling SetColumnsOrder(), the index returned by this function corresponds to the value of the element number pos in the array returned by GetColumnsOrder().

Please see SetColumnsOrder() documentation for an example and additional remarks about the columns ordering.

See Also
GetColumnOrder()
int wxListCtrl::GetColumnOrder ( int  col) const

Gets the column visual order position.

This function returns the index of the column which appears at the given visual position, e.g. calling it with col equal to 0 returns the index of the first shown column.

Please see SetColumnsOrder() documentation for an example and additional remarks about the columns ordering.

See Also
GetColumnsOrder(), GetColumnIndexFromOrder()
wxArrayInt wxListCtrl::GetColumnsOrder ( ) const

Returns the array containing the orders of all columns.

On error, an empty array is returned.

Please see SetColumnsOrder() documentation for an example and additional remarks about the columns ordering.

See Also
GetColumnOrder(), GetColumnIndexFromOrder()
int wxListCtrl::GetColumnWidth ( int  col) const

Gets the column width (report view only).

int wxListCtrl::GetCountPerPage ( ) const

Gets the number of items that can fit vertically in the visible area of the list control (list or report view) or the total number of items in the list control (icon or small icon view).

wxTextCtrl* wxListCtrl::GetEditControl ( ) const

Returns the edit control being currently used to edit a label.

Returns NULL if no label is being edited.

Note
It is currently only implemented for wxMSW and the generic version, not for the native Mac OS X version.
wxImageList* wxListCtrl::GetImageList ( int  which) const

Returns the specified image list.

which may be one of:

  • wxIMAGE_LIST_NORMAL: The normal (large icon) image list.
  • wxIMAGE_LIST_SMALL: The small icon image list.
  • wxIMAGE_LIST_STATE: The user-defined state image list (unimplemented).
bool wxListCtrl::GetItem ( wxListItem info) const

Gets information about the item.

See SetItem() for more information.

You must call info.SetId() to set the ID of item you're interested in before calling this method, and info.SetMask() with the flags indicating what fields you need to retrieve from info.

wxPerl Note: In wxPerl this method takes as parameter the ID of the item and (optionally) the column, and returns a Wx::ListItem object.

wxColour wxListCtrl::GetItemBackgroundColour ( long  item) const

Returns the colour for this item.

If the item has no specific colour, returns an invalid colour (and not the default background control of the control itself).

See Also
GetItemTextColour()
int wxListCtrl::GetItemCount ( ) const

Returns the number of items in the list control.

wxUIntPtr wxListCtrl::GetItemData ( long  item) const

Gets the application-defined data associated with this item.

wxFont wxListCtrl::GetItemFont ( long  item) const

Returns the item's font.

bool wxListCtrl::GetItemPosition ( long  item,
wxPoint pos 
) const

Returns the position of the item, in icon or small icon view.

wxPerl Note: In wxPerl this method takes only the item parameter and returns a Wx::Point (or undef).

bool wxListCtrl::GetItemRect ( long  item,
wxRect rect,
int  code = wxLIST_RECT_BOUNDS 
) const

Returns the rectangle representing the item's size and position, in physical coordinates.

code is one of wxLIST_RECT_BOUNDS, wxLIST_RECT_ICON, wxLIST_RECT_LABEL.

wxPerl Note: In wxPerl this method takes only the item and code parameters and returns a Wx::Rect (or undef).

wxSize wxListCtrl::GetItemSpacing ( ) const

Retrieves the spacing between icons in pixels: horizontal spacing is returned as x component of the wxSize object and the vertical spacing as its y component.

int wxListCtrl::GetItemState ( long  item,
long  stateMask 
) const

Gets the item state.

For a list of state flags, see SetItem(). The stateMask indicates which state flags are of interest.

wxString wxListCtrl::GetItemText ( long  item,
int  col = 0 
) const

Gets the item text for this item.

Parameters
itemItem (zero-based) index.
colItem column (zero-based) index. Column 0 is the default. This parameter is new in wxWidgets 2.9.1.
wxColour wxListCtrl::GetItemTextColour ( long  item) const

Returns the colour for this item.

If the item has no specific colour, returns an invalid colour (and not the default foreground control of the control itself as this wouldn't allow distinguishing between items having the same colour as the current control foreground and items with default colour which, hence, have always the same colour as the control).

long wxListCtrl::GetNextItem ( long  item,
int  geometry = wxLIST_NEXT_ALL,
int  state = wxLIST_STATE_DONTCARE 
) const

Searches for an item with the given geometry or state, starting from item but excluding the item itself.

If item is -1, the first item that matches the specified flags will be returned. Returns the first item with given state following item or -1 if no such item found. This function may be used to find all selected items in the control like this:

long item = -1;
for ( ;; )
{
item = listctrl->GetNextItem(item,
if ( item == -1 )
break;
// this item is selected - do whatever is needed with it
wxLogMessage("Item %ld is selected.", item);
}

geometry can be one of:

  • wxLIST_NEXT_ABOVE: Searches for an item above the specified item.
  • wxLIST_NEXT_ALL: Searches for subsequent item by index.
  • wxLIST_NEXT_BELOW: Searches for an item below the specified item.
  • wxLIST_NEXT_LEFT: Searches for an item to the left of the specified item.
  • wxLIST_NEXT_RIGHT: Searches for an item to the right of the specified item.
Note
this parameter is only supported by wxMSW currently and ignored on other platforms.

state can be a bitlist of the following:

  • wxLIST_STATE_DONTCARE: Don't care what the state is.
  • wxLIST_STATE_DROPHILITED: The item indicates it is a drop target.
  • wxLIST_STATE_FOCUSED: The item has the focus.
  • wxLIST_STATE_SELECTED: The item is selected.
  • wxLIST_STATE_CUT: The item is selected as part of a cut and paste operation.
int wxListCtrl::GetSelectedItemCount ( ) const

Returns the number of selected items in the list control.

bool wxListCtrl::GetSubItemRect ( long  item,
long  subItem,
wxRect rect,
int  code = wxLIST_RECT_BOUNDS 
) const

Returns the rectangle representing the size and position, in physical coordinates, of the given subitem, i.e.

the part of the row item in the column subItem.

This method is only meaningful when the wxListCtrl is in the report mode. If subItem parameter is equal to the special value wxLIST_GETSUBITEMRECT_WHOLEITEM the return value is the same as for GetItemRect().

code can be one of wxLIST_RECT_BOUNDS, wxLIST_RECT_ICON or wxLIST_RECT_LABEL.

Since
2.7.0
wxColour wxListCtrl::GetTextColour ( ) const

Gets the text colour of the list control.

long wxListCtrl::GetTopItem ( ) const

Gets the index of the topmost visible item when in list or report view.

wxRect wxListCtrl::GetViewRect ( ) const

Returns the rectangle taken by all items in the control.

In other words, if the controls client size were equal to the size of this rectangle, no scrollbars would be needed and no free space would be left.

Note that this function only works in the icon and small icon views, not in list or report views (this is a limitation of the native Win32 control).

long wxListCtrl::HitTest ( const wxPoint point,
int &  flags,
long *  ptrSubItem = NULL 
) const

Determines which item (if any) is at the specified point, giving details in flags.

Returns index of the item or wxNOT_FOUND if no item is at the specified point.

flags will be a combination of the following flags:

  • wxLIST_HITTEST_ABOVE: Above the client area.
  • wxLIST_HITTEST_BELOW: Below the client area.
  • wxLIST_HITTEST_NOWHERE: In the client area but below the last item.
  • wxLIST_HITTEST_ONITEMICON: On the bitmap associated with an item.
  • wxLIST_HITTEST_ONITEMLABEL: On the label (string) associated with an item.
  • wxLIST_HITTEST_ONITEMRIGHT: In the area to the right of an item.
  • wxLIST_HITTEST_ONITEMSTATEICON: On the state icon for a tree view item that is in a user-defined state.
  • wxLIST_HITTEST_TOLEFT: To the right of the client area.
  • wxLIST_HITTEST_TORIGHT: To the left of the client area.
  • wxLIST_HITTEST_ONITEM: Combination of wxLIST_HITTEST_ONITEMICON, wxLIST_HITTEST_ONITEMLABEL, wxLIST_HITTEST_ONITEMSTATEICON.

If ptrSubItem is not NULL and the wxListCtrl is in the report mode the subitem (or column) number will also be provided. This feature is only available in version 2.7.0 or higher and is currently only implemented under wxMSW and requires at least comctl32.dll of version 4.70 on the host system or the value stored in ptrSubItem will be always -1. To compile this feature into wxWidgets library you need to have access to commctrl.h of version 4.70 that is provided by Microsoft.

wxPerl Note: In wxPerl this method only takes the point parameter and returns a 2-element list (item, flags).

bool wxListCtrl::InReportView ( ) const

Returns true if the control is currently using wxLC_REPORT style.

long wxListCtrl::InsertColumn ( long  col,
const wxListItem info 
)

For report view mode (only), inserts a column.

For more details, see SetItem(). Also see InsertColumn(long, const wxString&, int, int) overload for a usually more convenient alternative to this method and the description of how the item width is interpreted by this method.

long wxListCtrl::InsertColumn ( long  col,
const wxString heading,
int  format = wxLIST_FORMAT_LEFT,
int  width = wxLIST_AUTOSIZE 
)

For report view mode (only), inserts a column.

Insert a new column in the list control in report view mode at the given position specifying its most common attributes.

Notice that to set the image for the column you need to use Insert(long, const wxListItem&) overload and specify wxLIST_MASK_IMAGE in the item mask.

Parameters
colThe index where the column should be inserted. Valid indices are from 0 up to GetColumnCount() inclusive and the latter can be used to append the new column after the last existing one.
headingThe string specifying the column heading.
formatThe flags specifying the control heading text alignment.
widthIf positive, the width of the column in pixels. Otherwise it can be wxLIST_AUTOSIZE to choose the default size for the column or wxLIST_AUTOSIZE_USEHEADER to fit the column width to heading or to extend to fill all the remaining space for the last column. Notice that in case of wxLIST_AUTOSIZE fixed width is used as there are no items in this column to use for determining its best size yet. If you want to fit the column to its contents, use SetColumnWidth() after adding the items with values in this column.
Returns
The index of the inserted column or -1 if adding it failed.
long wxListCtrl::InsertItem ( wxListItem info)

Inserts an item, returning the index of the new item if successful, -1 otherwise.

Parameters
infowxListItem object
long wxListCtrl::InsertItem ( long  index,
const wxString label 
)

Insert an string item.

Parameters
indexIndex of the new item, supplied by the application
labelString label

wxPerl Note: In wxPerl this method is implemented as InsertStringItem(index, label).

long wxListCtrl::InsertItem ( long  index,
int  imageIndex 
)

Insert an image item.

Parameters
indexIndex of the new item, supplied by the application
imageIndexIndex into the image list associated with this control and view style

wxPerl Note: In wxPerl this method is implemented as InsertImageItem(index, imageIndex).

long wxListCtrl::InsertItem ( long  index,
const wxString label,
int  imageIndex 
)

Insert an image/string item.

Parameters
indexIndex of the new item, supplied by the application
labelString label
imageIndexIndex into the image list associated with this control and view style

wxPerl Note: In wxPerl this method is implemented as InsertImageStringItem(index, label, imageIndex).

bool wxListCtrl::IsVirtual ( ) const

Returns true if the control is currently in virtual report view.

virtual wxListItemAttr* wxListCtrl::OnGetItemAttr ( long  item) const
protectedvirtual

This function may be overridden in the derived class for a control with wxLC_VIRTUAL style.

It should return the attribute for the specified item or NULL to use the default appearance parameters.

wxListCtrl will not delete the pointer or keep a reference of it. You can return the same wxListItemAttr pointer for every OnGetItemAttr() call.

The base class version always returns NULL.

See Also
OnGetItemImage(), OnGetItemColumnImage(), OnGetItemText(), OnGetItemColumnAttr()
virtual wxListItemAttr* wxListCtrl::OnGetItemColumnAttr ( long  item,
long  column 
) const
protectedvirtual

This function may be overridden in the derived class for a control with wxLC_VIRTUAL style.

It should return the attribute for the for the specified item and column or NULL to use the default appearance parameters.

The base class version returns OnGetItemAttr(item).

Note
Currently this function is only called under wxMSW, the other ports only support OnGetItemAttr()
See Also
OnGetItemAttr(), OnGetItemText(), OnGetItemImage(), OnGetItemColumnImage(),
virtual int wxListCtrl::OnGetItemColumnImage ( long  item,
long  column 
) const
protectedvirtual

Override this function in the derived class for a control with wxLC_VIRTUAL and wxLC_REPORT styles in order to specify the image index for the given line and column.

The base class version always calls OnGetItemImage() for the first column, else it returns -1.

See Also
OnGetItemText(), OnGetItemImage(), OnGetItemAttr(), OnGetItemColumnAttr()
virtual int wxListCtrl::OnGetItemImage ( long  item) const
protectedvirtual

This function must be overridden in the derived class for a control with wxLC_VIRTUAL style having an "image list" (see SetImageList(); if the control doesn't have an image list, it is not necessary to override it).

It should return the index of the items image in the controls image list or -1 for no image.

In a control with wxLC_REPORT style, OnGetItemImage() only gets called for the first column of each line.

The base class version always returns -1.

See Also
OnGetItemText(), OnGetItemColumnImage(), OnGetItemAttr()
virtual wxString wxListCtrl::OnGetItemText ( long  item,
long  column 
) const
protectedvirtual

This function must be overridden in the derived class for a control with wxLC_VIRTUAL style.

It should return the string containing the text of the given column for the specified item.

See Also
SetItemCount(), OnGetItemImage(), OnGetItemColumnImage(), OnGetItemAttr()
void wxListCtrl::RefreshItem ( long  item)

Redraws the given item.

This is only useful for the virtual list controls as without calling this function the displayed value of the item doesn't change even when the underlying data does change.

See Also
RefreshItems()
void wxListCtrl::RefreshItems ( long  itemFrom,
long  itemTo 
)

Redraws the items between itemFrom and itemTo.

The starting item must be less than or equal to the ending one.

Just as RefreshItem() this is only useful for virtual list controls.

bool wxListCtrl::ScrollList ( int  dx,
int  dy 
)

Scrolls the list control.

If in icon, small icon or report view mode, dx specifies the number of pixels to scroll. If in list view mode, dx specifies the number of columns to scroll. dy always specifies the number of pixels to scroll vertically.

Note
This method is currently only implemented in the Windows version.
void wxListCtrl::SetAlternateRowColour ( const wxColour colour)

Set the alternative row background colour to a specific colour.

It is recommended to call EnableAlternateRowColours() instead of using these methods as native implementations of this control might support alternating row colours but not setting the exact colour to be used for them.

As EnableAlternateRowColours(), this method can only be used with controls having wxLC_REPORT and wxLC_VIRTUAL styles.

Parameters
colourA valid alternative row background colour to enable alternating rows or invalid colour to disable them and use the same colour for all rows.
Since
2.9.5
virtual bool wxListCtrl::SetBackgroundColour ( const wxColour col)
virtual

Sets the background colour.

Note that the wxWindow::GetBackgroundColour() function of wxWindow base class can be used to retrieve the current background colour.

Reimplemented from wxWindow.

bool wxListCtrl::SetColumn ( int  col,
wxListItem item 
)

Sets information about this column.

See SetItem() for more information.

bool wxListCtrl::SetColumnsOrder ( const wxArrayInt orders)

Changes the order in which the columns are shown.

By default, the columns of a list control appear on the screen in order of their indices, i.e. the column 0 appears first, the column 1 next and so on. However by using this function it is possible to arbitrarily reorder the columns visual order and the user can also rearrange the columns interactively by dragging them. In this case, the index of the column is not the same as its order and the functions GetColumnOrder() and GetColumnIndexFromOrder() should be used to translate between them. Notice that all the other functions still work with the column indices, i.e. the visual positioning of the columns on screen doesn't affect the code setting or getting their values for example.

The orders array must have the same number elements as the number of columns and contain each position exactly once. Its n-th element contains the index of the column to be shown in n-th position, so for a control with three columns passing an array with elements 2, 0 and 1 results in the third column being displayed first, the first one next and the second one last.

Example of using it:

wxListCtrl *list = new wxListCtrl(...);
for ( int i = 0; i < 3; i++ )
list->InsertColumn(i, wxString::Format("Column %d", i));
wxArrayInt order(3);
order[0] = 2;
order[1] = 0;
order[2] = 1;
list->SetColumnsOrder(order);
// now list->GetColumnsOrder() will return order and
// list->GetColumnIndexFromOrder(n) will return order[n] and
// list->GetColumnOrder() will return 1, 2 and 0 for the column 0,
// 1 and 2 respectively

Please notice that this function makes sense for report view only and currently is only implemented in wxMSW port. To avoid explicit tests for WXMSW in your code, please use wxHAS_LISTCTRL_COLUMN_ORDER as this will allow it to start working under the other platforms when support for the column reordering is added there.

See Also
GetColumnsOrder()
bool wxListCtrl::SetColumnWidth ( int  col,
int  width 
)

Sets the column width.

width can be a width in pixels or wxLIST_AUTOSIZE (-1) or wxLIST_AUTOSIZE_USEHEADER (-2).

wxLIST_AUTOSIZE will resize the column to the length of its longest item.

wxLIST_AUTOSIZE_USEHEADER will resize the column to the length of the header (Win32) or 80 pixels (other platforms).

In small or normal icon view, col must be -1, and the column width is set for all columns.

void wxListCtrl::SetImageList ( wxImageList imageList,
int  which 
)

Sets the image list associated with the control.

which is one of wxIMAGE_LIST_NORMAL, wxIMAGE_LIST_SMALL, wxIMAGE_LIST_STATE (the last is unimplemented).

This method does not take ownership of the image list, you have to delete it yourself.

See Also
AssignImageList()
bool wxListCtrl::SetItem ( wxListItem info)

Sets the data of an item.

Using the wxListItem's mask and state mask, you can change only selected attributes of a wxListCtrl item.

long wxListCtrl::SetItem ( long  index,
int  column,
const wxString label,
int  imageId = -1 
)

Sets an item string field at a particular column.

void wxListCtrl::SetItemBackgroundColour ( long  item,
const wxColour col 
)

Sets the background colour for this item.

This function only works in report view mode. The colour can be retrieved using GetItemBackgroundColour().

bool wxListCtrl::SetItemColumnImage ( long  item,
long  column,
int  image 
)

Sets the image associated with the item.

In report view, you can specify the column. The image is an index into the image list associated with the list control.

void wxListCtrl::SetItemCount ( long  count)

This method can only be used with virtual list controls.

It is used to indicate to the control the number of items it contains. After calling it, the main program should be ready to handle calls to various item callbacks (such as wxListCtrl::OnGetItemText) for all items in the range from 0 to count.

Notice that the control is not necessarily redrawn after this call as it may be undesirable if an item which is not visible on the screen anyhow was added to or removed from a control displaying many items, if you do need to refresh the display you can just call Refresh() manually.

bool wxListCtrl::SetItemData ( long  item,
long  data 
)

Associates application-defined data with this item.

Notice that this function cannot be used to associate pointers with the control items, use SetItemPtrData() instead.

void wxListCtrl::SetItemFont ( long  item,
const wxFont font 
)

Sets the item's font.

bool wxListCtrl::SetItemImage ( long  item,
int  image,
int  selImage = -1 
)

Sets the unselected and selected images associated with the item.

The images are indices into the image list associated with the list control.

bool wxListCtrl::SetItemPosition ( long  item,
const wxPoint pos 
)

Sets the position of the item, in icon or small icon view.

Windows only.

bool wxListCtrl::SetItemPtrData ( long  item,
wxUIntPtr  data 
)

Associates application-defined data with this item.

The data parameter may be either an integer or a pointer cast to the wxUIntPtr type which is guaranteed to be large enough to be able to contain all integer types and pointers.

Since
2.8.4
bool wxListCtrl::SetItemState ( long  item,
long  state,
long  stateMask 
)

Sets the item state.

The stateMask is a combination of wxLIST_STATE_XXX constants described in wxListItem documentation. For each of the bits specified in stateMask, the corresponding state is set or cleared depending on whether state argument contains the same bit or not.

So to select an item you can use

while to deselect it you should use

Consider using wxListView if possible to avoid dealing with this error-prone and confusing method.

void wxListCtrl::SetItemText ( long  item,
const wxString text 
)

Sets the item text for this item.

void wxListCtrl::SetItemTextColour ( long  item,
const wxColour col 
)

Sets the colour for this item.

This function only works in report view. The colour can be retrieved using GetItemTextColour().

void wxListCtrl::SetSingleStyle ( long  style,
bool  add = true 
)

Adds or removes a single window style.

void wxListCtrl::SetTextColour ( const wxColour col)

Sets the text colour of the list control.

void wxListCtrl::SetWindowStyleFlag ( long  style)
virtual

Sets the whole window style, deleting all items.

Reimplemented from wxWindow.

bool wxListCtrl::SortItems ( wxListCtrlCompare  fnSortCallBack,
wxIntPtr  data 
)

Call this function to sort the items in the list control.

Sorting is done using the specified fnSortCallBack function. This function must have the following prototype:

int wxCALLBACK wxListCompareFunction(wxIntPtr item1, wxIntPtr item2, wxIntPtr sortData)

It is called each time when the two items must be compared and should return 0 if the items are equal, negative value if the first item is less than the second one and positive value if the first one is greater than the second one (the same convention as used by qsort(3)).

The parameter item1 is the client data associated with the first item (NOT the index). The parameter item2 is the client data associated with the second item (NOT the index). The parameter data is the value passed to SortItems() itself.

Notice that the control may only be sorted on client data associated with the items, so you must use SetItemData if you want to be able to sort the items in the control.

Please see the List Control Sample for an example of using this function.

wxPerl Note: In wxPerl the comparison function must take just two parameters; however, you may use a closure to achieve an effect similar to the SortItems third parameter.