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wxTopLevelWindow (3erl)

Name

wxTopLevelWindow - Functions for wxTopLevelWindow class

Synopsis

Please see following description for synopsis

Description

wxTopLevelWindow(3)        Erlang Module Definition        wxTopLevelWindow(3)



NAME
       wxTopLevelWindow - Functions for wxTopLevelWindow class

DESCRIPTION
       wxTopLevelWindow is a common base class for wxDialog and wxFrame. It is
       an abstract base class meaning that you never work with objects of this
       class  directly, but all of its methods are also applicable for the two
       classes above.

       Note that the instances of wxTopLevelWindow are managed by wxWidgets in
       the internal top level window list.

       See: wxDialog, wxFrame

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

       wxWidgets docs: wxTopLevelWindow

EVENTS
       Event types emitted from this class: maximize, move, show

DATA TYPES
       wxTopLevelWindow() = wx:wx_object()

EXPORTS
       getIcon(This) -> wxIcon:wxIcon()

              Types:

                 This = wxTopLevelWindow()

              Returns the standard icon of the window.

              The icon will be invalid if it hadn't  been  previously  set  by
              setIcon/2.

              See: getIcons/1

       getIcons(This) -> wxIconBundle:wxIconBundle()

              Types:

                 This = wxTopLevelWindow()

              Returns all icons associated with the window, there will be none
              of them if neither setIcon/2  nor  setIcons/2  had  been  called
              before.

              Use getIcon/1 to get the main icon of the window.

              See: wxIconBundle

       getTitle(This) -> unicode:charlist()

              Types:

                 This = wxTopLevelWindow()

              Gets a string containing the window title.

              See: setTitle/2

       isActive(This) -> boolean()

              Types:

                 This = wxTopLevelWindow()

              Returns  true  if  this  window is currently active, i.e. if the
              user is currently working with it.

       iconize(This) -> ok

              Types:

                 This = wxTopLevelWindow()

       iconize(This, Options :: [Option]) -> ok

              Types:

                 This = wxTopLevelWindow()
                 Option = {iconize, boolean()}

              Iconizes or restores the window.

              Note that in wxGTK the change to the window state is not immedi-
              ate, i.e. isIconized/1 will typically return false right after a
              call to iconize/2 and its return value will  only  change  after
              the  control flow returns to the event loop and the notification
              about the window being really iconized is received.

              See: isIconized/1, Restore() (not implemented in wx),  (),  wxI-
              conizeEvent

       isFullScreen(This) -> boolean()

              Types:

                 This = wxTopLevelWindow()

              Returns true if the window is in fullscreen mode.

              See: showFullScreen/3

       isIconized(This) -> boolean()

              Types:

                 This = wxTopLevelWindow()

              Returns true if the window is iconized.

       isMaximized(This) -> boolean()

              Types:

                 This = wxTopLevelWindow()

              Returns true if the window is maximized.

       maximize(This) -> ok

              Types:

                 This = wxTopLevelWindow()

       maximize(This, Options :: [Option]) -> ok

              Types:

                 This = wxTopLevelWindow()
                 Option = {maximize, boolean()}

              Maximizes or restores the window.

              Note  that,  just  as  with  iconize/2, the change to the window
              state is not immediate in at least wxGTK port.

              See: Restore() (not implemented in wx), iconize/2

       requestUserAttention(This) -> ok

              Types:

                 This = wxTopLevelWindow()

       requestUserAttention(This, Options :: [Option]) -> ok

              Types:

                 This = wxTopLevelWindow()
                 Option = {flags, integer()}

              Use a system-dependent way to attract  users  attention  to  the
              window when it is in background.

              flags  may  have  the  value  of  either  ?wxUSER_ATTENTION_INFO
              (default) or ?wxUSER_ATTENTION_ERROR which  results  in  a  more
              drastic action. When in doubt, use the default value.

              Note: This function should normally be only used when the appli-
              cation is not already in foreground.

              This function  is  currently  implemented  for  Win32  where  it
              flashes  the window icon in the taskbar, and for wxGTK with task
              bars supporting it.

       setIcon(This, Icon) -> ok

              Types:

                 This = wxTopLevelWindow()
                 Icon = wxIcon:wxIcon()

              Sets the icon for this window.

              Remark: The window takes a 'copy' of icon,  but  since  it  uses
              reference counting, the copy is very quick. It is safe to delete
              icon after calling this function.

              Note: In wxMSW, icon must be either 16x16 or 32x32 icon.

              See: wxIcon, setIcons/2

       setIcons(This, Icons) -> ok

              Types:

                 This = wxTopLevelWindow()
                 Icons = wxIconBundle:wxIconBundle()

              Sets several icons of different  sizes  for  this  window:  this
              allows using different icons for different situations (e.g.

              task  switching bar, taskbar, window title bar) instead of scal-
              ing, with possibly bad looking results, the  only  icon  set  by
              setIcon/2.

              Note:  In  wxMSW,  icons  must  contain  a  16x16 or 32x32 icon,
              preferably both.

              See: wxIconBundle

       centerOnScreen(This) -> ok

              Types:

                 This = wxTopLevelWindow()

       centreOnScreen(This) -> ok

              Types:

                 This = wxTopLevelWindow()

       centerOnScreen(This, Options :: [Option]) -> ok

              Types:

                 This = wxTopLevelWindow()
                 Option = {dir, integer()}

              See: centreOnScreen/2.

       centreOnScreen(This, Options :: [Option]) -> ok

              Types:

                 This = wxTopLevelWindow()
                 Option = {dir, integer()}

              Centres the window on screen.

              See: wxWindow:centreOnParent/2

       setShape(This, Region) -> boolean()

              Types:

                 This = wxTopLevelWindow()
                 Region  =  wxRegion:wxRegion()  |   wxGraphicsPath:wxGraphic-
                 sPath()

              If  the  platform  supports  it, sets the shape of the window to
              that depicted by region.

              The system will not display or respond to any  mouse  event  for
              the  pixels  that lie outside of the region. To reset the window
              to the normal rectangular shape  simply  call  setShape/2  again
              with  an  empty  wxRegion. Returns true if the operation is suc-
              cessful.

              This method is available in  this  class  only  since  wxWidgets
              2.9.3, previous versions only provided it in wxTopLevelWindow.

              Note  that  windows with non default shape have a fixed size and
              can't be resized using wxWindow:setSize/6.

       setTitle(This, Title) -> ok

              Types:

                 This = wxTopLevelWindow()
                 Title = unicode:chardata()

              Sets the window title.

              See: getTitle/1

       showFullScreen(This, Show) -> boolean()

              Types:

                 This = wxTopLevelWindow()
                 Show = boolean()

       showFullScreen(This, Show, Options :: [Option]) -> boolean()

              Types:

                 This = wxTopLevelWindow()
                 Show = boolean()
                 Option = {style, integer()}

              Depending on the value of show parameter the  window  is  either
              shown full screen or restored to its normal state.

              style is a bit list containing some or all of the following val-
              ues, which indicate what elements of the window to hide in full-
              screen mode:

              This function has not been tested with MDI frames.

              Note:   Showing  a  window  full  screen  also  actually  wxWin-
              dow:show/2s the window if it isn't shown.

              See:   EnableFullScreenView()   (not   implemented    in    wx),
              isFullScreen/1



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