Version: 3.1.0
wxBookCtrl Overview

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A book control is a convenient way of displaying multiple pages of information, displayed one page at a time.

wxWidgets has five variants of this control:

See the Notebook Sample for an example of wxBookCtrl usage.

Notice that wxSimplebook is special in that it only allows the program to change the selection, thus it's usually used in slightly different circumstances than the other variants.

See Also
Book Controls

Best Book

wxBookCtrl is mapped to the class best suited for a given platform. Currently it provides wxChoicebook for smartphones equipped with WinCE, and wxNotebook for all other platforms. The mapping consists of:

wxBookCtrl wxChoicebook or wxNotebook
wxEVT_COMMAND_BOOKCTRL_PAGE_CHANGED wxEVT_COMMAND_CHOICEBOOK_PAGE_CHANGED or wxEVT_COMMAND_NOTEBOOK_PAGE_CHANGED
wxEVT_COMMAND_BOOKCTRL_PAGE_CHANGING wxEVT_COMMAND_CHOICEBOOK_PAGE_CHANGING or wxEVT_COMMAND_NOTEBOOK_PAGE_CHANGING
EVT_BOOKCTRL_PAGE_CHANGED(id, fn) EVT_CHOICEBOOK_PAGE_CHANGED(id, fn) or EVT_NOTEBOOK_PAGE_CHANGED(id, fn)
EVT_BOOKCTRL_PAGE_CHANGING(id, fn) EVT_CHOICEBOOK_PAGE_CHANGING(id, fn) or EVT_NOTEBOOK_PAGE_CHANGING(id, fn)

For orientation of the book controller, use following flags in style:

  • wxBK_TOP: controller above pages
  • wxBK_BOTTOM: controller below pages
  • wxBK_LEFT: controller on the left
  • wxBK_RIGHT: controller on the right
  • wxBK_DEFAULT: native controller placement