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wxComboBox (3erl)

Name

wxComboBox - Functions for wxComboBox class

Synopsis

Please see following description for synopsis

Description

wxComboBox(3)              Erlang Module Definition              wxComboBox(3)



NAME
       wxComboBox - Functions for wxComboBox class

DESCRIPTION
       A combobox is like a combination of an edit control and a listbox.

       It  can  be  displayed  as  static list with editable or read-only text
       field; or a drop-down list with text field; or a drop-down list without
       a  text  field  depending on the platform and presence of wxCB_READONLY
       style.

       A combobox permits a single selection only. Combobox items are numbered
       from zero.

       If  you  need  a  customized  combobox, have a look at wxComboCtrl (not
       implemented in  wx),  wxOwnerDrawnComboBox  (not  implemented  in  wx),
       wxComboPopup  (not implemented in wx) and the ready-to-use wxBitmapCom-
       boBox (not implemented in wx).

       Please refer to wxTextEntry (not implemented in wx)  documentation  for
       the  description  of  methods operating with the text entry part of the
       combobox and to wxItemContainer (not implemented in wx) for the methods
       operating  with  the  list  of  strings. Notice that at least under MSW
       wxComboBox doesn't behave correctly if it contains strings differing in
       case only so portable programs should avoid adding such strings to this
       control.

       Styles

       This class supports the following styles:

       See: wxListBox, wxTextCtrl, wxChoice, wxCommandEvent

       This class is derived (and can use functions) from:  wxControlWithItems
       wxControl wxWindow wxEvtHandler

       wxWidgets docs: wxComboBox

EVENTS
       Event  types  emitted  from this class: command_combobox_selected, com-
       mand_text_updated,    command_text_enter,    combobox_dropdown,    com-
       bobox_closeup

DATA TYPES
       wxComboBox() = wx:wx_object()

EXPORTS
       new() -> wxComboBox()

              Default constructor.

       new(Parent, Id) -> wxComboBox()

              Types:

                 Parent = wxWindow:wxWindow()
                 Id = integer()

       new(Parent, Id, Options :: [Option]) -> wxComboBox()

              Types:

                 Parent = wxWindow:wxWindow()
                 Id = integer()
                 Option =
                     {value, unicode:chardata()} |
                     {pos, {X :: integer(), Y :: integer()}} |
                     {size, {W :: integer(), H :: integer()}} |
                     {choices, [unicode:chardata()]} |
                     {style, integer()} |
                     {validator, wx:wx_object()}

              Constructor, creating and showing a combobox.

              See: create/8, wxValidator (not implemented in wx)

       destroy(This :: wxComboBox()) -> ok

              Destructor, destroying the combobox.

       create(This, Parent, Id, Value, Pos, Size, Choices) -> boolean()

              Types:

                 This = wxComboBox()
                 Parent = wxWindow:wxWindow()
                 Id = integer()
                 Value = unicode:chardata()
                 Pos = {X :: integer(), Y :: integer()}
                 Size = {W :: integer(), H :: integer()}
                 Choices = [unicode:chardata()]

       create(This, Parent, Id, Value, Pos, Size, Choices,
              Options :: [Option]) ->
                 boolean()

              Types:

                 This = wxComboBox()
                 Parent = wxWindow:wxWindow()
                 Id = integer()
                 Value = unicode:chardata()
                 Pos = {X :: integer(), Y :: integer()}
                 Size = {W :: integer(), H :: integer()}
                 Choices = [unicode:chardata()]
                 Option = {style, integer()} | {validator, wx:wx_object()}

       canCopy(This) -> boolean()

              Types:

                 This = wxComboBox()

              Returns true if the selection can be copied to the clipboard.

       canCut(This) -> boolean()

              Types:

                 This = wxComboBox()

              Returns true if the selection can be cut to the clipboard.

       canPaste(This) -> boolean()

              Types:

                 This = wxComboBox()

              Returns true if the contents of the clipboard can be pasted into
              the text control.

              On some platforms (Motif, GTK)  this  is  an  approximation  and
              returns true if the control is editable, false otherwise.

       canRedo(This) -> boolean()

              Types:

                 This = wxComboBox()

              Returns  true if there is a redo facility available and the last
              operation can be redone.

       canUndo(This) -> boolean()

              Types:

                 This = wxComboBox()

              Returns true if there is an undo facility available and the last
              operation can be undone.

       copy(This) -> ok

              Types:

                 This = wxComboBox()

              Copies the selected text to the clipboard.

       cut(This) -> ok

              Types:

                 This = wxComboBox()

              Copies  the  selected  text to the clipboard and removes it from
              the control.

       getInsertionPoint(This) -> integer()

              Types:

                 This = wxComboBox()

              Same as wxTextCtrl:getInsertionPoint/1.

              Note: Under wxMSW, this function always returns 0  if  the  com-
              bobox doesn't have the focus.

       getLastPosition(This) -> integer()

              Types:

                 This = wxComboBox()

              Returns  the  zero  based index of the last position in the text
              control, which is equal to the number of characters in the  con-
              trol.

       getValue(This) -> unicode:charlist()

              Types:

                 This = wxComboBox()

              Gets the contents of the control.

              Notice that for a multiline text control, the lines will be sep-
              arated by (Unix-style) \n characters, even under  Windows  where
              they are separated by a \r\n sequence in the native control.

       paste(This) -> ok

              Types:

                 This = wxComboBox()

              Pastes text from the clipboard to the text item.

       redo(This) -> ok

              Types:

                 This = wxComboBox()

              If  there  is  a  redo  facility  and  the last operation can be
              redone, redoes the last operation.

              Does nothing if there is no redo facility.

       replace(This, From, To, Value) -> ok

              Types:

                 This = wxComboBox()
                 From = To = integer()
                 Value = unicode:chardata()

              Replaces the text starting at the first position up to (but  not
              including)  the  character  at  the last position with the given
              text.

              This function puts the current insertion point position at to as
              a side effect.

       remove(This, From, To) -> ok

              Types:

                 This = wxComboBox()
                 From = To = integer()

              Removes the text starting at the first given position up to (but
              not including) the character at the last position.

              This function puts the current insertion point position at to as
              a side effect.

       setInsertionPoint(This, Pos) -> ok

              Types:

                 This = wxComboBox()
                 Pos = integer()

              Sets the insertion point at the given position.

       setInsertionPointEnd(This) -> ok

              Types:

                 This = wxComboBox()

              Sets the insertion point at the end of the text control.

              This  is equivalent to calling setInsertionPoint/2 with getLast-
              Position/1 argument.

       setSelection(This, N) -> ok

              Types:

                 This = wxComboBox()
                 N = integer()

              Sets the selection to the given item n or removes the  selection
              entirely if n == wxNOT_FOUND.

              Note  that  this does not cause any command events to be emitted
              nor does it deselect any other items in the controls which  sup-
              port multiple selections.

              See:   wxControlWithItems:setString/3,   wxControlWithItems:set-
              StringSelection/2

       setSelection(This, From, To) -> ok

              Types:

                 This = wxComboBox()
                 From = To = integer()

              Same as wxTextCtrl:setSelection/3.

       setValue(This, Text) -> ok

              Types:

                 This = wxComboBox()
                 Text = unicode:chardata()

              Sets the text for the combobox text field.

              For normal, editable comboboxes with a text entry field  calling
              this  method will generate a wxEVT_TEXT event, consistently with
              wxTextCtrl:setValue/2 behaviour, use wxTextCtrl:changeValue/2 if
              this is undesirable.

              For  controls  with wxCB_READONLY style the method behaves some-
              what differently: the string must be  in  the  combobox  choices
              list  (the check for this is case-insensitive) and wxEVT_TEXT is
              not generated in this case.

       undo(This) -> ok

              Types:

                 This = wxComboBox()

              If there is an undo facility  and  the  last  operation  can  be
              undone, undoes the last operation.

              Does nothing if there is no undo facility.



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