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Events

Detailed Description

Below are a number of functions/macros used with wxWidgets event-handling system.

Related class group: Events

Macros

#define wxDEFINE_EVENT(name, cls)   const wxEventTypeTag< cls > name(wxNewEventType())
 Define a new event type associated with the specified event class.
 
#define wxDECLARE_EVENT(name, cls)   wxDECLARE_EXPORTED_EVENT(wxEMPTY_PARAMETER_VALUE, name, cls)
 Declares a custom event type.
 
#define wxDECLARE_EXPORTED_EVENT(expdecl, name, cls)   extern const expdecl wxEventTypeTag< cls > name;
 Variant of wxDECLARE_EVENT() used for event types defined inside a shared library.
 
#define wxEVENT_HANDLER_CAST(functype, func)   (&func)
 Helper macro for definition of custom event table macros.
 
#define wx__DECLARE_EVT1(evt, id, fn)   wx__DECLARE_EVT2(evt, id, wxID_ANY, fn)
 This macro is used to define event table macros for handling custom events.
 
#define wx__DECLARE_EVT2(evt, id1, id2, fn)   DECLARE_EVENT_TABLE_ENTRY(evt, id1, id2, fn, NULL),
 Generalized version of the wx__DECLARE_EVT1() macro taking a range of IDs instead of a single one.
 
#define wx__DECLARE_EVT0(evt, fn)   wx__DECLARE_EVT1(evt, wxID_ANY, fn)
 Simplified version of the wx__DECLARE_EVT1() macro, to be used when the event type must be handled regardless of the ID associated with the specific event instances.
 
#define wxDECLARE_EVENT_TABLE()
 Use this macro inside a class declaration to declare a static event table for that class.
 
#define wxBEGIN_EVENT_TABLE(theClass, baseClass)
 Use this macro in a source file to start listing static event handlers for a specific class.
 
#define wxEND_EVENT_TABLE()
 Use this macro in a source file to end listing static event handlers for a specific class.
 

Typedefs

typedef int wxEventType
 A value uniquely identifying the type of the event.
 

Functions

wxEventType wxNewEventType ()
 Generates a new unique event type.
 
void wxPostEvent (wxEvtHandler *dest, const wxEvent &event)
 In a GUI application, this function posts event to the specified dest object using wxEvtHandler::AddPendingEvent().
 
void wxQueueEvent (wxEvtHandler *dest, wxEvent *event)
 Queue an event for processing on the given object.
 

Variables

wxEventType wxEVT_NULL
 A special event type usually used to indicate that some wxEvent has yet no type assigned.
 
wxEventType wxEVT_ANY
 
wxEventType wxEVT_BUTTON
 
wxEventType wxEVT_CHECKBOX
 
wxEventType wxEVT_CHOICE
 
wxEventType wxEVT_LISTBOX
 
wxEventType wxEVT_LISTBOX_DCLICK
 
wxEventType wxEVT_CHECKLISTBOX
 
wxEventType wxEVT_MENU
 
wxEventType wxEVT_SLIDER
 
wxEventType wxEVT_RADIOBOX
 
wxEventType wxEVT_RADIOBUTTON
 
wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLLBAR
 
wxEventType wxEVT_VLBOX
 
wxEventType wxEVT_COMBOBOX
 
wxEventType wxEVT_TOOL_RCLICKED
 
wxEventType wxEVT_TOOL_DROPDOWN
 
wxEventType wxEVT_TOOL_ENTER
 
wxEventType wxEVT_COMBOBOX_DROPDOWN
 
wxEventType wxEVT_COMBOBOX_CLOSEUP
 
wxEventType wxEVT_THREAD
 
wxEventType wxEVT_LEFT_DOWN
 
wxEventType wxEVT_LEFT_UP
 
wxEventType wxEVT_MIDDLE_DOWN
 
wxEventType wxEVT_MIDDLE_UP
 
wxEventType wxEVT_RIGHT_DOWN
 
wxEventType wxEVT_RIGHT_UP
 
wxEventType wxEVT_MOTION
 
wxEventType wxEVT_ENTER_WINDOW
 
wxEventType wxEVT_LEAVE_WINDOW
 
wxEventType wxEVT_LEFT_DCLICK
 
wxEventType wxEVT_MIDDLE_DCLICK
 
wxEventType wxEVT_RIGHT_DCLICK
 
wxEventType wxEVT_SET_FOCUS
 
wxEventType wxEVT_KILL_FOCUS
 
wxEventType wxEVT_CHILD_FOCUS
 
wxEventType wxEVT_MOUSEWHEEL
 
wxEventType wxEVT_AUX1_DOWN
 
wxEventType wxEVT_AUX1_UP
 
wxEventType wxEVT_AUX1_DCLICK
 
wxEventType wxEVT_AUX2_DOWN
 
wxEventType wxEVT_AUX2_UP
 
wxEventType wxEVT_AUX2_DCLICK
 
wxEventType wxEVT_CHAR
 
wxEventType wxEVT_CHAR_HOOK
 
wxEventType wxEVT_NAVIGATION_KEY
 
wxEventType wxEVT_KEY_DOWN
 
wxEventType wxEVT_KEY_UP
 
wxEventType wxEVT_HOTKEY
 
wxEventType wxEVT_SET_CURSOR
 
wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLL_TOP
 
wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLL_BOTTOM
 
wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLL_LINEUP
 
wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLL_LINEDOWN
 
wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLL_PAGEUP
 
wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLL_PAGEDOWN
 
wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBTRACK
 
wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE
 
wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLL_CHANGED
 
wxEventType wxEVT_SPIN_UP
 
wxEventType wxEVT_SPIN_DOWN
 
wxEventType wxEVT_SPIN
 
wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_TOP
 
wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_BOTTOM
 
wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_LINEUP
 
wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_LINEDOWN
 
wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_PAGEUP
 
wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_PAGEDOWN
 
wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBTRACK
 
wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE
 
wxEventType wxEVT_SIZE
 
wxEventType wxEVT_MOVE
 
wxEventType wxEVT_CLOSE_WINDOW
 
wxEventType wxEVT_END_SESSION
 
wxEventType wxEVT_QUERY_END_SESSION
 
wxEventType wxEVT_ACTIVATE_APP
 
wxEventType wxEVT_ACTIVATE
 
wxEventType wxEVT_CREATE
 
wxEventType wxEVT_DESTROY
 
wxEventType wxEVT_SHOW
 
wxEventType wxEVT_ICONIZE
 
wxEventType wxEVT_MAXIMIZE
 
wxEventType wxEVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_CHANGED
 
wxEventType wxEVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_LOST
 
wxEventType wxEVT_PAINT
 
wxEventType wxEVT_ERASE_BACKGROUND
 
wxEventType wxEVT_NC_PAINT
 
wxEventType wxEVT_MENU_OPEN
 
wxEventType wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE
 
wxEventType wxEVT_MENU_HIGHLIGHT
 
wxEventType wxEVT_CONTEXT_MENU
 
wxEventType wxEVT_SYS_COLOUR_CHANGED
 
wxEventType wxEVT_DISPLAY_CHANGED
 
wxEventType wxEVT_QUERY_NEW_PALETTE
 
wxEventType wxEVT_PALETTE_CHANGED
 
wxEventType wxEVT_JOY_BUTTON_DOWN
 
wxEventType wxEVT_JOY_BUTTON_UP
 
wxEventType wxEVT_JOY_MOVE
 
wxEventType wxEVT_JOY_ZMOVE
 
wxEventType wxEVT_DROP_FILES
 
wxEventType wxEVT_INIT_DIALOG
 
wxEventType wxEVT_IDLE
 
wxEventType wxEVT_UPDATE_UI
 
wxEventType wxEVT_SIZING
 
wxEventType wxEVT_MOVING
 
wxEventType wxEVT_MOVE_START
 
wxEventType wxEVT_MOVE_END
 
wxEventType wxEVT_HIBERNATE
 
wxEventType wxEVT_TEXT_COPY
 
wxEventType wxEVT_TEXT_CUT
 
wxEventType wxEVT_TEXT_PASTE
 
wxEventType wxEVT_COMMAND_LEFT_CLICK
 
wxEventType wxEVT_COMMAND_LEFT_DCLICK
 
wxEventType wxEVT_COMMAND_RIGHT_CLICK
 
wxEventType wxEVT_COMMAND_RIGHT_DCLICK
 
wxEventType wxEVT_COMMAND_SET_FOCUS
 
wxEventType wxEVT_COMMAND_KILL_FOCUS
 
wxEventType wxEVT_COMMAND_ENTER
 
wxEventType wxEVT_HELP
 
wxEventType wxEVT_DETAILED_HELP
 
wxEventType wxEVT_TOOL
 
wxEventType wxEVT_WINDOW_MODAL_DIALOG_CLOSED
 

Macro Definition Documentation

#define wx__DECLARE_EVT0 (   evt,
  fn 
)    wx__DECLARE_EVT1(evt, wxID_ANY, fn)

Simplified version of the wx__DECLARE_EVT1() macro, to be used when the event type must be handled regardless of the ID associated with the specific event instances.

#define wx__DECLARE_EVT1 (   evt,
  id,
  fn 
)    wx__DECLARE_EVT2(evt, id, wxID_ANY, fn)

This macro is used to define event table macros for handling custom events.

Example of use:

class MyEvent : public wxEvent { ... };
// note that this is not necessary unless using old compilers: for the
// reasonably new ones just use &func instead of MyEventHandler(func)
typedef void (wxEvtHandler::*MyEventFunction)(MyEvent&);
#define MyEventHandler(func) wxEVENT_HANDLER_CAST(MyEventFunction, func)
wxDEFINE_EVENT(MY_EVENT_TYPE, MyEvent);
#define EVT_MY(id, func) \
wx__DECLARE_EVT1(MY_EVENT_TYPE, id, MyEventHandler(func))
...
wxBEGIN_EVENT_TABLE(MyFrame, wxFrame)
EVT_MY(wxID_ANY, MyFrame::OnMyEvent)
Parameters
evtThe event type to handle.
idThe identifier of events to handle.
fnThe event handler method.
#define wx__DECLARE_EVT2 (   evt,
  id1,
  id2,
  fn 
)    DECLARE_EVENT_TABLE_ENTRY(evt, id1, id2, fn, NULL),

Generalized version of the wx__DECLARE_EVT1() macro taking a range of IDs instead of a single one.

Argument id1 is the first identifier of the range, id2 is the second identifier of the range.

#define wxBEGIN_EVENT_TABLE (   theClass,
  baseClass 
)

Use this macro in a source file to start listing static event handlers for a specific class.

Use wxEND_EVENT_TABLE() to terminate the event-declaration block.

See Also
Event Handling with Event Tables
#define wxDECLARE_EVENT (   name,
  cls 
)    wxDECLARE_EXPORTED_EVENT(wxEMPTY_PARAMETER_VALUE, name, cls)

Declares a custom event type.

This macro declares a variable called name which must be defined elsewhere using wxDEFINE_EVENT().

The class cls must be the wxEvent-derived class associated with the events of this type and its full declaration must be visible from the point of use of this macro.

For example:

wxDECLARE_EVENT(MY_COMMAND_EVENT, wxCommandEvent);
class MyCustomEvent : public wxEvent { ... };
wxDECLARE_EVENT(MY_CUSTOM_EVENT, MyCustomEvent);
#define wxDECLARE_EVENT_TABLE ( )

Use this macro inside a class declaration to declare a static event table for that class.

In the implementation file you'll need to use the wxBEGIN_EVENT_TABLE() and the wxEND_EVENT_TABLE() macros, plus some additional EVT_xxx macro to capture events.

Note that this macro requires a final semicolon.

See Also
Event Handling with Event Tables
#define wxDECLARE_EXPORTED_EVENT (   expdecl,
  name,
  cls 
)    extern const expdecl wxEventTypeTag< cls > name;

Variant of wxDECLARE_EVENT() used for event types defined inside a shared library.

This is mostly used by wxWidgets internally, e.g.

#define wxDEFINE_EVENT (   name,
  cls 
)    const wxEventTypeTag< cls > name(wxNewEventType())

Define a new event type associated with the specified event class.

This macro defines a new unique event type name associated with the event class cls.

For example:

wxDEFINE_EVENT(MY_COMMAND_EVENT, wxCommandEvent);
class MyCustomEvent : public wxEvent { ... };
wxDEFINE_EVENT(MY_CUSTOM_EVENT, MyCustomEvent);
See Also
wxDECLARE_EVENT(), Custom Event Summary
#define wxEND_EVENT_TABLE ( )

Use this macro in a source file to end listing static event handlers for a specific class.

Use wxBEGIN_EVENT_TABLE() to start the event-declaration block.

See Also
Event Handling with Event Tables
#define wxEVENT_HANDLER_CAST (   functype,
  func 
)    (&func)

Helper macro for definition of custom event table macros.

This macro must only be used if wxEVENTS_COMPATIBILITY_2_8 is 1, otherwise it is better and more clear to just use the address of the function directly as this is all this macro does in this case. However it needs to explicitly cast func to functype, which is the type of wxEvtHandler member function taking the custom event argument when wxEVENTS_COMPATIBILITY_2_8 is 0.

See wx__DECLARE_EVT0 for an example of use.

See Also
Defining Your Own Event Class

Typedef Documentation

typedef int wxEventType

A value uniquely identifying the type of the event.

The values of this type should only be created using wxNewEventType().

See the macro DEFINE_EVENT_TYPE() for more info.

See Also
Events and Event Handling

Function Documentation

wxEventType wxNewEventType ( )

Generates a new unique event type.

Usually this function is only used by wxDEFINE_EVENT() and not called directly.

void wxPostEvent ( wxEvtHandler dest,
const wxEvent event 
)

In a GUI application, this function posts event to the specified dest object using wxEvtHandler::AddPendingEvent().

Otherwise, it dispatches event immediately using wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent(). See the respective documentation for details (and caveats). Because of limitation of wxEvtHandler::AddPendingEvent() this function is not thread-safe for event objects having wxString fields, use wxQueueEvent() instead.

Include file:

#include <wx/event.h> 
void wxQueueEvent ( wxEvtHandler dest,
wxEvent event 
)

Queue an event for processing on the given object.

This is a wrapper around wxEvtHandler::QueueEvent(), see its documentation for more details.

Include file:

#include <wx/event.h> 
Parameters
destThe object to queue the event on, can't be NULL.
eventThe heap-allocated and non-NULL event to queue, the function takes ownership of it.

Variable Documentation

wxEventType wxEVT_ACTIVATE
wxEventType wxEVT_ACTIVATE_APP
wxEventType wxEVT_ANY
wxEventType wxEVT_AUX1_DCLICK
wxEventType wxEVT_AUX1_DOWN
wxEventType wxEVT_AUX1_UP
wxEventType wxEVT_AUX2_DCLICK
wxEventType wxEVT_AUX2_DOWN
wxEventType wxEVT_AUX2_UP
wxEventType wxEVT_BUTTON
wxEventType wxEVT_CHAR
wxEventType wxEVT_CHAR_HOOK
wxEventType wxEVT_CHECKBOX
wxEventType wxEVT_CHECKLISTBOX
wxEventType wxEVT_CHILD_FOCUS
wxEventType wxEVT_CHOICE
wxEventType wxEVT_CLOSE_WINDOW
wxEventType wxEVT_COMBOBOX
wxEventType wxEVT_COMBOBOX_CLOSEUP
wxEventType wxEVT_COMBOBOX_DROPDOWN
wxEventType wxEVT_COMMAND_ENTER
wxEventType wxEVT_COMMAND_KILL_FOCUS
wxEventType wxEVT_COMMAND_LEFT_CLICK
wxEventType wxEVT_COMMAND_LEFT_DCLICK
wxEventType wxEVT_COMMAND_RIGHT_CLICK
wxEventType wxEVT_COMMAND_RIGHT_DCLICK
wxEventType wxEVT_COMMAND_SET_FOCUS
wxEventType wxEVT_CONTEXT_MENU
wxEventType wxEVT_CREATE
wxEventType wxEVT_DESTROY
wxEventType wxEVT_DETAILED_HELP
wxEventType wxEVT_DISPLAY_CHANGED
wxEventType wxEVT_DROP_FILES
wxEventType wxEVT_END_SESSION
wxEventType wxEVT_ENTER_WINDOW
wxEventType wxEVT_ERASE_BACKGROUND
wxEventType wxEVT_HELP
wxEventType wxEVT_HIBERNATE
wxEventType wxEVT_HOTKEY
wxEventType wxEVT_ICONIZE
wxEventType wxEVT_IDLE
wxEventType wxEVT_INIT_DIALOG
wxEventType wxEVT_JOY_BUTTON_DOWN
wxEventType wxEVT_JOY_BUTTON_UP
wxEventType wxEVT_JOY_MOVE
wxEventType wxEVT_JOY_ZMOVE
wxEventType wxEVT_KEY_DOWN
wxEventType wxEVT_KEY_UP
wxEventType wxEVT_KILL_FOCUS
wxEventType wxEVT_LEAVE_WINDOW
wxEventType wxEVT_LEFT_DCLICK
wxEventType wxEVT_LEFT_DOWN
wxEventType wxEVT_LEFT_UP
wxEventType wxEVT_LISTBOX
wxEventType wxEVT_LISTBOX_DCLICK
wxEventType wxEVT_MAXIMIZE
wxEventType wxEVT_MENU
wxEventType wxEVT_MENU_CLOSE
wxEventType wxEVT_MENU_HIGHLIGHT
wxEventType wxEVT_MENU_OPEN
wxEventType wxEVT_MIDDLE_DCLICK
wxEventType wxEVT_MIDDLE_DOWN
wxEventType wxEVT_MIDDLE_UP
wxEventType wxEVT_MOTION
wxEventType wxEVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_CHANGED
wxEventType wxEVT_MOUSE_CAPTURE_LOST
wxEventType wxEVT_MOUSEWHEEL
wxEventType wxEVT_MOVE
wxEventType wxEVT_MOVE_END
wxEventType wxEVT_MOVE_START
wxEventType wxEVT_MOVING
wxEventType wxEVT_NAVIGATION_KEY
wxEventType wxEVT_NC_PAINT
wxEventType wxEVT_NULL

A special event type usually used to indicate that some wxEvent has yet no type assigned.

wxEventType wxEVT_PAINT
wxEventType wxEVT_PALETTE_CHANGED
wxEventType wxEVT_QUERY_END_SESSION
wxEventType wxEVT_QUERY_NEW_PALETTE
wxEventType wxEVT_RADIOBOX
wxEventType wxEVT_RADIOBUTTON
wxEventType wxEVT_RIGHT_DCLICK
wxEventType wxEVT_RIGHT_DOWN
wxEventType wxEVT_RIGHT_UP
wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLL_BOTTOM
wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLL_CHANGED
wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLL_LINEDOWN
wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLL_LINEUP
wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLL_PAGEDOWN
wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLL_PAGEUP
wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBRELEASE
wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLL_THUMBTRACK
wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLL_TOP
wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLLBAR
wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_BOTTOM
wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_LINEDOWN
wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_LINEUP
wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_PAGEDOWN
wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_PAGEUP
wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBRELEASE
wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_THUMBTRACK
wxEventType wxEVT_SCROLLWIN_TOP
wxEventType wxEVT_SET_CURSOR
wxEventType wxEVT_SET_FOCUS
wxEventType wxEVT_SHOW
wxEventType wxEVT_SIZE
wxEventType wxEVT_SIZING
wxEventType wxEVT_SLIDER
wxEventType wxEVT_SPIN
wxEventType wxEVT_SPIN_DOWN
wxEventType wxEVT_SPIN_UP
wxEventType wxEVT_SYS_COLOUR_CHANGED
wxEventType wxEVT_TEXT_COPY
wxEventType wxEVT_TEXT_CUT
wxEventType wxEVT_TEXT_PASTE
wxEventType wxEVT_THREAD
wxEventType wxEVT_TOOL
wxEventType wxEVT_TOOL_DROPDOWN
wxEventType wxEVT_TOOL_ENTER
wxEventType wxEVT_TOOL_RCLICKED
wxEventType wxEVT_UPDATE_UI
wxEventType wxEVT_VLBOX
wxEventType wxEVT_WINDOW_MODAL_DIALOG_CLOSED