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wxFrame Class Reference
Managed Windows

`#include <wx/frame.h>`

Inheritance diagram for wxFrame:
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## Detailed Description

A frame is a window whose size and position can (usually) be changed by the user.

It usually has thick borders and a title bar, and can optionally contain a menu bar, toolbar and status bar. A frame can contain any window that is not a frame or dialog.

A frame that has a status bar and toolbar, created via the CreateStatusBar() and CreateToolBar() functions, manages these windows and adjusts the value returned by GetClientSize() to reflect the remaining size available to application windows.

Remarks
  An application should normally define an wxCloseEvent handler for the frame to respond to system close events, for example so that related data and subwindows can be cleaned up.

# Default event processing

wxFrame processes the following events:

- `wxEVT_SIZE:` if the frame has exactly one child window, not counting the status and toolbar, this child is resized to take the entire frame client area. If two or more windows are present, they should be laid out explicitly either by manually handling `wxEVT_SIZE` or using sizers;
- `wxEVT_MENU_HIGHLIGHT:` the default implementation displays the help string associated with the selected item in the first pane of the status bar, if there is one.

## Styles

This class supports the following styles:

- wxDEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE:
  Defined as wxMINIMIZE_BOX | wxMAXIMIZE_BOX | wxRESIZE_BORDER | wxSYSTEM_MENU | wxCAPTION | wxCLOSE_BOX | wxCLIP_CHILDREN.
- wxICONIZE:
  Display the frame iconized (minimized). Windows only.
- wxCAPTION:
  Puts a caption on the frame. Notice that this flag is required by wxMINIMIZE_BOX, wxMAXIMIZE_BOX and wxCLOSE_BOX on most systems as the corresponding buttons cannot be shown if the window has no title bar at all. I.e. if wxCAPTION is not specified those styles would be simply ignored.
- wxMINIMIZE:
  Identical to wxICONIZE. Windows only.
- wxMINIMIZE_BOX:
  Displays a minimize box on the frame.
- wxMAXIMIZE:
  Displays the frame maximized. Windows and GTK+ only.
- wxMAXIMIZE_BOX:
  Displays a maximize box on the frame. Notice that under wxGTK wxRESIZE_BORDER must be used as well or this style is ignored.
- wxCLOSE_BOX:
  Displays a close box on the frame.
- wxSTAY_ON_TOP:
  Stay on top of all other windows, see also wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT.
- wxSYSTEM_MENU:
  Displays a system menu containing the list of various windows commands in the window title bar. Unlike wxMINIMIZE_BOX, wxMAXIMIZE_BOX and wxCLOSE_BOX styles this style can be used without wxCAPTION, at least under Windows, and makes the system menu available without showing it on screen in this case. However it is recommended to only use it together with wxCAPTION for consistent behaviour under all platforms.
- wxRESIZE_BORDER:
  Displays a resizable border around the window.
- wxFRAME_TOOL_WINDOW:
  Causes a frame with a small title bar to be created; the frame does not appear in the taskbar under Windows or GTK+.
- wxFRAME_NO_TASKBAR:
  Creates an otherwise normal frame but it does not appear in the taskbar under Windows or GTK+ (note that it will minimize to the desktop window under Windows which may seem strange to the users and thus it might be better to use this style only without wxMINIMIZE_BOX style). In wxGTK, the flag is respected only if the window manager supports _NET_WM_STATE_SKIP_TASKBAR hint.
- wxFRAME_FLOAT_ON_PARENT:
  The frame will always be on top of its parent (unlike wxSTAY_ON_TOP). A frame created with this style must have a non-NULL parent.
- wxFRAME_SHAPED:
  Windows with this style are allowed to have their shape changed with the SetShape() method.

The default frame style is for normal, resizable frames. To create a frame which cannot be resized by user, you may use the following combination of styles:

wxDEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE & ~(wxRESIZE_BORDER | wxMAXIMIZE_BOX)

See also the Window Styles.

## Extra Styles

This class supports the following extra styles:

- wxFRAME_EX_CONTEXTHELP:
  Under Windows, puts a query button on the caption. When pressed, Windows will go into a context-sensitive help mode and wxWidgets will send a `wxEVT_HELP` event if the user clicked on an application window. Note that this is an extended style and must be set by calling SetExtraStyle before Create is called (two-step construction). You cannot use this style together with wxMAXIMIZE_BOX or wxMINIMIZE_BOX, so you should use wxDEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE ~ (wxMINIMIZE_BOX | wxMAXIMIZE_BOX) for the frames having this style (the dialogs don't have a minimize or a maximize box by default)
- wxFRAME_EX_METAL:
  On Mac OS X, frames with this style will be shown with a metallic look. This is an extra style.

## Events emitted by this class

Event macros for events emitted by this class:

- EVT_CLOSE(func):
  Process a `wxEVT_CLOSE_WINDOW` event when the frame is being closed by the user or programmatically (see wxWindow::Close). The user may generate this event clicking the close button (typically the 'X' on the top-right of the title bar) if it's present (see the `wxCLOSE_BOX` style). See wxCloseEvent.
- EVT_ICONIZE(func):
  Process a `wxEVT_ICONIZE` event. See wxIconizeEvent.
- EVT_MENU_OPEN(func):
  A menu is about to be opened. See wxMenuEvent.
- EVT_MENU_CLOSE(func):
  A menu has been just closed. See wxMenuEvent.
- EVT_MENU_HIGHLIGHT(id, func):
  The menu item with the specified id has been highlighted: used to show help prompts in the status bar by wxFrame. See wxMenuEvent.
- EVT_MENU_HIGHLIGHT_ALL(func):
  A menu item has been highlighted, i.e. the currently selected menu item has changed. See wxMenuEvent.

##

Library: wxCore
Category: Managed Windows

See Also
  wxMDIParentFrame, wxMDIChildFrame, wxMiniFrame, wxDialog

## Public Member Functions
| wxFrame ()
| Default constructor.
| wxFrame (wxWindow *parent, wxWindowID id, const wxString &title, const wxPoint &pos=wxDefaultPosition, const wxSize &size=wxDefaultSize, long style=wxDEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE, const wxString &name=wxFrameNameStr)
| Constructor, creating the window.
virtual | ~wxFrame ()
| Destructor.
void | Centre (int direction=wxBOTH)
| Centres the frame on the display.
bool | Create (wxWindow *parent, wxWindowID id, const wxString &title, const wxPoint &pos=wxDefaultPosition, const wxSize &size=wxDefaultSize, long style=wxDEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE, const wxString &name=wxFrameNameStr)
| Used in two-step frame construction.
virtual wxStatusBar * | CreateStatusBar (int number=1, long style=wxSTB_DEFAULT_STYLE, wxWindowID id=0, const wxString &name=wxStatusBarNameStr)
| Creates a status bar at the bottom of the frame.
virtual wxToolBar * | CreateToolBar (long style=wxTB_DEFAULT_STYLE, wxWindowID id=wxID_ANY, const wxString &name=wxToolBarNameStr)
| Creates a toolbar at the top or left of the frame.
virtual wxPoint | GetClientAreaOrigin () const
| Returns the origin of the frame client area (in client coordinates).
virtual wxMenuBar * | GetMenuBar () const
| Returns a pointer to the menubar currently associated with the frame (if any).
virtual wxStatusBar * | GetStatusBar () const
| Returns a pointer to the status bar currently associated with the frame (if any).
int | GetStatusBarPane () const
| Returns the status bar pane used to display menu and toolbar help.
virtual wxToolBar * | GetToolBar () const
| Returns a pointer to the toolbar currently associated with the frame (if any).
virtual wxStatusBar * | OnCreateStatusBar (int number, long style, wxWindowID id, const wxString &name)
| Virtual function called when a status bar is requested by CreateStatusBar().
virtual wxToolBar * | OnCreateToolBar (long style, wxWindowID id, const wxString &name)
| Virtual function called when a toolbar is requested by CreateToolBar().
bool | ProcessCommand (int id)
| Simulate a menu command.
virtual void | SetMenuBar (wxMenuBar *menuBar)
| Tells the frame to show the given menu bar.
virtual void | SetStatusBar (wxStatusBar *statusBar)
| Associates a status bar with the frame.
void | SetStatusBarPane (int n)
| Set the status bar pane used to display menu and toolbar help.
virtual void | SetStatusText (const wxString &text, int number=0)
| Sets the status bar text and redraws the status bar.
virtual void | SetStatusWidths (int n, const int *widths_field)
| Sets the widths of the fields in the status bar.
virtual void | SetToolBar (wxToolBar *toolBar)
| Associates a toolbar with the frame.
void | PushStatusText (const wxString &text, int number=0)
void | PopStatusText (int number=0)
Public Member Functions inherited from wxTopLevelWindow
| wxTopLevelWindow ()
| Default ctor.
| wxTopLevelWindow (wxWindow *parent, wxWindowID id, const wxString &title, const wxPoint &pos=wxDefaultPosition, const wxSize &size=wxDefaultSize, long style=wxDEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE, const wxString &name=wxFrameNameStr)
| Constructor creating the top level window.
virtual | ~wxTopLevelWindow ()
| Destructor.
bool | Create (wxWindow *parent, wxWindowID id, const wxString &title, const wxPoint &pos=wxDefaultPosition, const wxSize &size=wxDefaultSize, long style=wxDEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE, const wxString &name=wxFrameNameStr)
| Creates the top level window.
virtual bool | CanSetTransparent ()
| Returns true if the platform supports making the window translucent.
void | CenterOnScreen (int direction=wxBOTH)
| A synonym for CentreOnScreen().
void | CentreOnScreen (int direction=wxBOTH)
| Centres the window on screen.
virtual bool | EnableCloseButton (bool enable=true)
| Enables or disables the Close button (most often in the right upper corner of a dialog) and the Close entry of the system menu (most often in the left upper corner of the dialog).
wxWindow * | GetDefaultItem () const
| Returns a pointer to the button which is the default for this window, or `` NULL.
wxIcon | GetIcon () const
| Returns the standard icon of the window.
const wxIconBundle & | GetIcons () const
| Returns all icons associated with the window, there will be none of them if neither SetIcon() nor SetIcons() had been called before.
virtual wxString | GetTitle () const
| Gets a string containing the window title.
virtual bool | HandleSettingChange (WXWPARAM wParam, WXLPARAM lParam)
| Unique to the wxWinCE port.
virtual void | Iconize (bool iconize=true)
| Iconizes or restores the window.
virtual bool | IsActive ()
| Returns true if this window is currently active, i.e. if the user is currently working with it.
virtual bool | IsAlwaysMaximized () const
| Returns true if this window is expected to be always maximized, either due to platform policy or due to local policy regarding particular class.
virtual bool | IsFullScreen () const
| Returns true if the window is in fullscreen mode.
virtual bool | IsIconized () const
| Returns true if the window is iconized.
virtual bool | IsMaximized () const
| Returns true if the window is maximized.
bool | IsUsingNativeDecorations () const
| This method is specific to wxUniversal port.
virtual bool | Layout ()
| See wxWindow::SetAutoLayout(): when auto layout is on, this function gets called automatically when the window is resized.
virtual void | Maximize (bool maximize=true)
| Maximizes or restores the window.
wxMenu * | MSWGetSystemMenu () const
| MSW-specific function for accessing the system menu.
virtual void | RequestUserAttention (int flags=wxUSER_ATTENTION_INFO)
| Use a system-dependent way to attract users attention to the window when it is in background.
wxWindow * | SetDefaultItem (wxWindow *win)
| Changes the default item for the panel, usually win is a button.
wxWindow * | SetTmpDefaultItem (wxWindow *win)
wxWindow * | GetTmpDefaultItem () const
void | SetIcon (const wxIcon &icon)
| Sets the icon for this window.
virtual void | SetIcons (const wxIconBundle &icons)
| Sets several icons of different sizes for this window: this allows to use different icons for different situations (e.g.
void | SetLeftMenu (int id=wxID_ANY, const wxString &label=wxEmptyString, wxMenu *subMenu=NULL)
| Sets action or menu activated by pressing left hardware button on the smart phones.
virtual void | SetMaxSize (const wxSize &size)
| A simpler interface for setting the size hints than SetSizeHints().
virtual void | SetMinSize (const wxSize &size)
| A simpler interface for setting the size hints than SetSizeHints().
void | SetRightMenu (int id=wxID_ANY, const wxString &label=wxEmptyString, wxMenu *subMenu=NULL)
| Sets action or menu activated by pressing right hardware button on the smart phones.
virtual void | SetSizeHints (int minW, int minH, int maxW=-1, int maxH=-1, int incW=-1, int incH=-1)
| Allows specification of minimum and maximum window sizes, and window size increments.
void | SetSizeHints (const wxSize &minSize, const wxSize &maxSize=wxDefaultSize, const wxSize &incSize=wxDefaultSize)
| Allows specification of minimum and maximum window sizes, and window size increments.
virtual void | SetTitle (const wxString &title)
| Sets the window title.
virtual bool | SetTransparent (wxByte alpha)
| If the platform supports it will set the window to be translucent.
virtual bool | ShouldPreventAppExit () const
| This virtual function is not meant to be called directly but can be overridden to return false (it returns true by default) to allow the application to close even if this, presumably not very important, window is still opened.
virtual void | OSXSetModified (bool modified)
| This function sets the wxTopLevelWindow's modified state on OS X, which currently draws a black dot in the wxTopLevelWindow's close button.
virtual bool | OSXIsModified () const
| Returns the current modified state of the wxTopLevelWindow on OS X.
virtual void | SetRepresentedFilename (const wxString &filename)
| Sets the file name represented by this wxTopLevelWindow.
virtual void | ShowWithoutActivating ()
| Show the wxTopLevelWindow, but do not give it keyboard focus.
virtual bool | ShowFullScreen (bool show, long style=wxFULLSCREEN_ALL)
| Depending on the value of show parameter the window is either shown full screen or restored to its normal state.
void | UseNativeDecorations (bool native=true)
| This method is specific to wxUniversal port.
void | UseNativeDecorationsByDefault (bool native=true)
| This method is specific to wxUniversal port.
Public Member Functions inherited from wxNonOwnedWindow
bool | SetShape (const wxRegion &region)
| If the platform supports it, sets the shape of the window to that depicted by region.
bool | SetShape (const wxGraphicsPath &path)
| Set the window shape to the given path.
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.
wxWindow * | FindWindow (long id) const
| Find a child of this window, by id.
wxWindow * | FindWindow (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.
wxWindow * | GetGrandParent () const
| Returns the grandparent of a window, or NULL if there isn't one.
wxWindow * | GetNextSibling () const
| Returns the next window after this one among the parent's children or NULL if this window is the last child.
wxWindow * | GetParent () const
| Returns the parent of the window, or NULL if there is no parent.
wxWindow * | GetPrevSibling () 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 | 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.
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.
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.
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 wxRegion & | GetUpdateRegion () 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 | SetBackgroundColour (const wxColour &colour)
| Sets the background colour of the window.
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.
wxEvtHandler * | GetEventHandler () 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().
wxEvtHandler * | PopEventHandler (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.
virtual void | SetWindowStyleFlag (long style)
| Sets the style of 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.
wxToolTip * | GetToolTip () 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 wxValidator * | GetValidator ()
| 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 wxString | GetLabel () const
| Generic way of getting a label from any window, for identification purposes.
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 | SetLabel (const wxString &label)
| Sets the window's label.
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.
wxAcceleratorTable * | GetAcceleratorTable ()
| Gets the accelerator table for this window.
wxAccessible * | GetAccessible ()
| 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 wxDropTarget * | GetDropTarget () 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).
wxSizer * | GetContainingSizer () const
| Returns the sizer of which this window is a member, if any, otherwise NULL.
wxSizer * | GetSizer () 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.
wxLayoutConstraints * | GetConstraints () 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.
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.
wxCaret * | GetCaret () const
| Returns the caret() associated with the window.
const wxCursor & | GetCursor () 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.
wxClientData * | GetClientObject () 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.
wxEvtHandler * | GetNextHandler () const
| Returns the pointer to the next handler in the chain.
wxEvtHandler * | GetPreviousHandler () 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 wxClassInfo * | GetClassInfo () const
| This virtual function is redefined for every class that requires run-time type information, when using the wxDECLARE_CLASS macro (or similar).
wxObjectRefData * | GetRefData () 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.

## Additional Inherited Members
Static Public Member Functions inherited from wxTopLevelWindow
static wxSize | GetDefaultSize ()
| Get the default size for a new top level window.
Protected Member Functions inherited from wxWindow
virtual void | DoCentre (int direction)
| Centres the window.
virtual wxSize | DoGetBestSize () const
| Implementation of GetBestSize() that can be overridden.
virtual wxSize | DoGetBestClientSize () const
| Override this method to return the best size for a custom control.
virtual int | DoGetBestClientHeight (int width) const
| Override this method to implement height-for-width best size calculation.
virtual int | DoGetBestClientWidth (int height) const
| Override this method to implement width-for-height best size calculation.
virtual void | SetInitialBestSize (const wxSize &size)
| Sets the initial window size if none is given (i.e. at least one of the components of the size passed to ctor/Create() is wxDefaultCoord).
void | SendDestroyEvent ()
| Generate wxWindowDestroyEvent for this window.
virtual bool | ProcessEvent (wxEvent &event)
| This function is public in wxEvtHandler but protected in wxWindow because for wxWindows you should always call ProcessEvent() on the pointer returned by GetEventHandler() and not on the wxWindow object itself.
bool | SafelyProcessEvent (wxEvent &event)
| See ProcessEvent() for more info about why you shouldn't use this function and the reason for making this function protected in wxWindow.
virtual void | QueueEvent (wxEvent *event)
| See ProcessEvent() for more info about why you shouldn't use this function and the reason for making this function protected in wxWindow.
virtual void | AddPendingEvent (const wxEvent &event)
| See ProcessEvent() for more info about why you shouldn't use this function and the reason for making this function protected in wxWindow.
void | ProcessPendingEvents ()
| See ProcessEvent() for more info about why you shouldn't use this function and the reason for making this function protected in wxWindow.
bool | ProcessThreadEvent (const wxEvent &event)
| See ProcessEvent() for more info about why you shouldn't use this function and the reason for making this function protected in wxWindow.
Protected Attributes inherited from wxObject
wxObjectRefData * | m_refData
| Pointer to an object which is the object's reference-counted data.

## Constructor & Destructor Documentation

wxFrame::wxFrame | ( |  | ) |

Default constructor.

wxFrame::wxFrame | ( | wxWindow * | parent,
|  | wxWindowID | id,
|  | const wxString & | title,
|  | const wxPoint & | pos = `wxDefaultPosition`,
|  | const wxSize & | size = `wxDefaultSize`,
|  | long | style = `wxDEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE`,
|  | const wxString & | name = `wxFrameNameStr`
| ) |  |

Constructor, creating the window.

Parameters

  parent | The window parent. This may be NULL. If it is non-NULL, the frame will always be displayed on top of the parent window on Windows.
  id | The window identifier. It may take a value of -1 to indicate a default value.
  title | The caption to be displayed on the frame's title bar.
  pos | The window position. The value wxDefaultPosition indicates a default position, chosen by either the windowing system or wxWidgets, depending on platform.
  size | The window size. The value wxDefaultSize indicates a default size, chosen by either the windowing system or wxWidgets, depending on platform.
  style | The window style. See wxFrame class description.
  name | The name of the window. This parameter is used to associate a name with the item, allowing the application user to set Motif resource values for individual windows.

Remarks
  For Motif, MWM (the Motif Window Manager) should be running for any window styles to work (otherwise all styles take effect).

See Also
  Create()

virtual wxFrame::~wxFrame | ( |  | ) |
| virtual

Destructor.

Destroys all child windows and menu bar if present.

See Window Deletion for more info.

## Member Function Documentation

void wxFrame::Centre | ( | int | direction = `wxBOTH` | ) |

Centres the frame on the display.

Parameters

  direction | The parameter may be wxHORIZONTAL, wxVERTICAL or wxBOTH.

bool wxFrame::Create | ( | wxWindow * | parent,
|  | wxWindowID | id,
|  | const wxString & | title,
|  | const wxPoint & | pos = `wxDefaultPosition`,
|  | const wxSize & | size = `wxDefaultSize`,
|  | long | style = `wxDEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE`,
|  | const wxString & | name = `wxFrameNameStr`
| ) |  |

Used in two-step frame construction.

See wxFrame() for further details.

virtual wxStatusBar* wxFrame::CreateStatusBar | ( | int | number = `1`,
|  | long | style = `wxSTB_DEFAULT_STYLE`,
|  | wxWindowID | id = `0`,
|  | const wxString & | name = `wxStatusBarNameStr`
| ) |  |
| virtual

Creates a status bar at the bottom of the frame.

Parameters

  number | The number of fields to create. Specify a value greater than 1 to create a multi-field status bar.
  style | The status bar style. See wxStatusBar for a list of valid styles.
  id | The status bar window identifier. If -1, an identifier will be chosen by wxWidgets.
  name | The status bar window name.

Returns
  A pointer to the status bar if it was created successfully, NULL otherwise.

Remarks
  The width of the status bar is the whole width of the frame (adjusted automatically when resizing), and the height and text size are chosen by the host windowing system.

See Also
  SetStatusText(), OnCreateStatusBar(), GetStatusBar()

virtual wxToolBar* wxFrame::CreateToolBar | ( | long | style = `wxTB_DEFAULT_STYLE`,
|  | wxWindowID | id = `wxID_ANY`,
|  | const wxString & | name = `wxToolBarNameStr`
| ) |  |
| virtual

Creates a toolbar at the top or left of the frame.

Parameters

  style | The toolbar style. See wxToolBar for a list of valid styles.
  id | The toolbar window identifier. If -1, an identifier will be chosen by wxWidgets.
  name | The toolbar window name.

Returns
  A pointer to the toolbar if it was created successfully, NULL otherwise.

Remarks
  By default, the toolbar is an instance of wxToolBar. To use a different class, override OnCreateToolBar(). When a toolbar has been created with this function, or made known to the frame with wxFrame::SetToolBar(), the frame will manage the toolbar position and adjust the return value from wxWindow::GetClientSize() to reflect the available space for application windows. Under Pocket PC, you should always use this function for creating the toolbar to be managed by the frame, so that wxWidgets can use a combined menubar and toolbar. Where you manage your own toolbars, create a wxToolBar as usual.

See Also
  CreateStatusBar(), OnCreateToolBar(), SetToolBar(), GetToolBar()

virtual wxPoint wxFrame::GetClientAreaOrigin | ( |  | ) | const
| virtual

Returns the origin of the frame client area (in client coordinates).

It may be different from (0, 0) if the frame has a toolbar.

Reimplemented from wxWindow.

virtual wxMenuBar* wxFrame::GetMenuBar | ( |  | ) | const
| virtual

Returns a pointer to the menubar currently associated with the frame (if any).

See Also
  SetMenuBar(), wxMenuBar, wxMenu

virtual wxStatusBar* wxFrame::GetStatusBar | ( |  | ) | const
| virtual

Returns a pointer to the status bar currently associated with the frame (if any).

See Also
  CreateStatusBar(), wxStatusBar

int wxFrame::GetStatusBarPane | ( |  | ) | const

Returns the status bar pane used to display menu and toolbar help.

See Also
  SetStatusBarPane()

virtual wxToolBar* wxFrame::GetToolBar | ( |  | ) | const
| virtual

Returns a pointer to the toolbar currently associated with the frame (if any).

See Also
  CreateToolBar(), wxToolBar, SetToolBar()

virtual wxStatusBar* wxFrame::OnCreateStatusBar | ( | int | number,
|  | long | style,
|  | wxWindowID | id,
|  | const wxString & | name
| ) |  |
| virtual

Virtual function called when a status bar is requested by CreateStatusBar().

Parameters

  number | The number of fields to create.
  style | The window style. See wxStatusBar for a list of valid styles.
  id | The window identifier. If -1, an identifier will be chosen by wxWidgets.
  name | The window name.

Returns
  A status bar object.

Remarks
  An application can override this function to return a different kind of status bar. The default implementation returns an instance of wxStatusBar.

See Also
  CreateStatusBar(), wxStatusBar.

virtual wxToolBar* wxFrame::OnCreateToolBar | ( | long | style,
|  | wxWindowID | id,
|  | const wxString & | name
| ) |  |
| virtual

Virtual function called when a toolbar is requested by CreateToolBar().

Parameters

  style | The toolbar style. See wxToolBar for a list of valid styles.
  id | The toolbar window identifier. If -1, an identifier will be chosen by wxWidgets.
  name | The toolbar window name.

Returns
  A toolbar object.

Remarks
  An application can override this function to return a different kind of toolbar. The default implementation returns an instance of wxToolBar.

See Also
  CreateToolBar(), wxToolBar.

void wxFrame::PopStatusText | ( | int | number = `0` | ) |

bool wxFrame::ProcessCommand | ( | int | id | ) |

Simulate a menu command.

Parameters

  id | The identifier for a menu item.

void wxFrame::PushStatusText | ( | const wxString & | text,
|  | int | number = `0`
| ) |  |

virtual void wxFrame::SetMenuBar | ( | wxMenuBar * | menuBar | ) |
| virtual

Tells the frame to show the given menu bar.

Parameters

  menuBar | The menu bar to associate with the frame.

Remarks
  If the frame is destroyed, the menu bar and its menus will be destroyed also, so do not delete the menu bar explicitly (except by resetting the frame's menu bar to another frame or NULL). Under Windows, a size event is generated, so be sure to initialize data members properly before calling SetMenuBar(). Note that on some platforms, it is not possible to call this function twice for the same frame object.

See Also
  GetMenuBar(), wxMenuBar, wxMenu.

virtual void wxFrame::SetStatusBar | ( | wxStatusBar * | statusBar | ) |
| virtual

Associates a status bar with the frame.

If statusBar is NULL, then the status bar, if present, is detached from the frame, but not deleted.

See Also
  CreateStatusBar(), wxStatusBar, GetStatusBar()

void wxFrame::SetStatusBarPane | ( | int | n | ) |

Set the status bar pane used to display menu and toolbar help.

Using -1 disables help display.

virtual void wxFrame::SetStatusText | ( | const wxString & | text,
|  | int | number = `0`
| ) |  |
| virtual

Sets the status bar text and redraws the status bar.

Parameters

  text | The text for the status field.
  number | The status field (starting from zero).

Remarks
  Use an empty string to clear the status bar.

See Also
  CreateStatusBar(), wxStatusBar

virtual void wxFrame::SetStatusWidths | ( | int | n,
|  | const int * | widths_field
| ) |  |
| virtual

Sets the widths of the fields in the status bar.

Parameters

  n | The number of fields in the status bar. It must be the same used in CreateStatusBar.
  widths_field | Must contain an array of n integers, each of which is a status field width in pixels. A value of -1 indicates that the field is variable width; at least one field must be -1. You should delete this array after calling SetStatusWidths().

Remarks
  The widths of the variable fields are calculated from the total width of all fields, minus the sum of widths of the non-variable fields, divided by the number of variable fields.

wxPerl Note: In wxPerl this method takes the field widths as parameters.

virtual void wxFrame::SetToolBar | ( | wxToolBar * | toolBar | ) |
| virtual

Associates a toolbar with the frame.