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wxDialog

A dialog box is a window with a title bar and sometimes a system menu, which can be moved around the screen. It can contain controls and other windows and is usually used to allow the user to make some choice or to answer a question.

Derived from

wxTopLevelWindow
wxWindow
wxEvtHandler
wxObject

Include files

<wx/dialog.h>

Remarks

There are two kinds of dialog -- modal and modeless. A modal dialog blocks program flow and user input on other windows until it is dismissed, whereas a modeless dialog behaves more like a frame in that program flow continues, and input in other windows is still possible. To show a modal dialog you should use the ShowModal method while to show a dialog modelessly you simply use Show, just as with frames.

Note that the modal dialog is one of the very few examples of wxWindow-derived objects which may be created on the stack and not on the heap. In other words, although this code snippet:

    void AskUser()
    {
        MyAskDialog *dlg = new MyAskDialog(...);
        if ( dlg->ShowModal() == wxID_OK )
            ...
        //else: dialog was cancelled or some another button pressed

        dlg->Destroy();
    }
works, you can also achieve the same result by using a simpler code fragment below:

    void AskUser()
    {
        MyAskDialog dlg(...);
        if ( dlg.ShowModal() == wxID_OK )
            ...

        // no need to call Destroy() here
    }
An application can define an wxCloseEvent handler for the dialog to respond to system close events.

Window styles

wxCAPTION Puts a caption on the dialog box.
wxDEFAULT_DIALOG_STYLE Equivalent to a combination of wxCAPTION, wxCLOSE_BOX and wxSYSTEM_MENU (the last one is not used under Unix)
wxRESIZE_BORDER Display a resizeable frame around the window.
wxSYSTEM_MENU Display a system menu.
wxCLOSE_BOX Displays a close box on the frame.
wxMAXIMIZE_BOX Displays a maximize box on the dialog.
wxMINIMIZE_BOX Displays a minimize box on the dialog.
wxTHICK_FRAME Display a thick frame around the window.
wxSTAY_ON_TOP The dialog stays on top of all other windows (Windows only).
wxNO_3D Under Windows, specifies that the child controls should not have 3D borders unless specified in the control.
wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT By default, a dialog created with a NULL parent window will be given the application's top level window as parent. Use this style to prevent this from happening and create an orphan dialog. This is not recommended for modal dialogs.
wxDIALOG_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).

Under Unix or Linux, MWM (the Motif Window Manager) or other window managers recognizing the MHM hints should be running for any of these styles to have an effect.

See also Generic window styles.

See also

wxDialog overview, wxFrame, Validator overview

Members

wxDialog::wxDialog
wxDialog::~wxDialog
wxDialog::Centre
wxDialog::Create
wxDialog::EndModal
wxDialog::GetReturnCode
wxDialog::GetTitle
wxDialog::Iconize
wxDialog::IsIconized
wxDialog::IsModal
wxDialog::OnCharHook
wxDialog::OnApply
wxDialog::OnCancel
wxDialog::OnOK
wxDialog::OnSysColourChanged
wxDialog::SetIcon
wxDialog::SetIcons
wxDialog::SetModal
wxDialog::SetReturnCode
wxDialog::SetTitle
wxDialog::Show
wxDialog::ShowModal


wxDialog::wxDialog

wxDialog()

Default constructor.

wxDialog(wxWindow* parent, wxWindowID id, const wxString& title, const wxPoint& pos = wxDefaultPosition, const wxSize& size = wxDefaultSize, long style = wxDEFAULT_DIALOG_STYLE, const wxString& name = "dialogBox")

Constructor.

Parameters

parent

id

title

pos

size

style

name

See also

wxDialog::Create


wxDialog::~wxDialog

~wxDialog()

Destructor. Deletes any child windows before deleting the physical window.


wxDialog::Centre

void Centre(int direction = wxBOTH)

Centres the dialog box on the display.

Parameters

direction


wxDialog::Create

bool Create(wxWindow* parent, wxWindowID id, const wxString& title, const wxPoint& pos = wxDefaultPosition, const wxSize& size = wxDefaultSize, long style = wxDEFAULT_DIALOG_STYLE, const wxString& name = "dialogBox")

Used for two-step dialog box construction. See wxDialog::wxDialog for details.


wxDialog::EndModal

void EndModal(int retCode)

Ends a modal dialog, passing a value to be returned from the wxDialog::ShowModal invocation.

Parameters

retCode

See also

wxDialog::ShowModal, wxDialog::GetReturnCode, wxDialog::SetReturnCode


wxDialog::GetReturnCode

int GetReturnCode()

Gets the return code for this window.

Remarks

A return code is normally associated with a modal dialog, where wxDialog::ShowModal returns a code to the application.

See also

wxDialog::SetReturnCode, wxDialog::ShowModal, wxDialog::EndModal


wxDialog::GetTitle

wxString GetTitle() const

Returns the title of the dialog box.


wxDialog::Iconize

void Iconize(const bool iconize)

Iconizes or restores the dialog. Windows only.

Parameters

iconize

Remarks

Note that in Windows, iconization has no effect since dialog boxes cannot be iconized. However, applications may need to explicitly restore dialog boxes under Motif which have user-iconizable frames, and under Windows calling Iconize(false) will bring the window to the front, as does Show(true).


wxDialog::IsIconized

bool IsIconized() const

Returns true if the dialog box is iconized. Windows only.

Remarks

Always returns false under Windows since dialogs cannot be iconized.


wxDialog::IsModal

bool IsModal() const

Returns true if the dialog box is modal, false otherwise.


wxDialog::OnCharHook

void OnCharHook(wxKeyEvent& event)

This member is called to allow the window to intercept keyboard events before they are processed by child windows.

Remarks

wxDialog implements this handler to fake a cancel command if the escape key has been pressed. This will dismiss the dialog.


wxDialog::OnApply

void OnApply(wxCommandEvent& event)

The default handler for the wxID_APPLY identifier.

Remarks

This function calls wxWindow::Validate and wxWindow::TransferDataToWindow.

See also

wxDialog::OnOK, wxDialog::OnCancel


wxDialog::OnCancel

void OnCancel(wxCommandEvent& event)

The default handler for the wxID_CANCEL identifier.

Remarks

The function either calls EndModal(wxID_CANCEL) if the dialog is modal, or sets the return value to wxID_CANCEL and calls Show(false) if the dialog is modeless.

See also

wxDialog::OnOK, wxDialog::OnApply


wxDialog::OnOK

void OnOK(wxCommandEvent& event)

The default handler for the wxID_OK identifier.

Remarks

The function calls wxWindow::Validate, then wxWindow::TransferDataFromWindow. If this returns true, the function either calls EndModal(wxID_OK) if the dialog is modal, or sets the return value to wxID_OK and calls Show(false) if the dialog is modeless.

See also

wxDialog::OnCancel, wxDialog::OnApply


wxDialog::OnSysColourChanged

void OnSysColourChanged(wxSysColourChangedEvent& event)

The default handler for wxEVT_SYS_COLOUR_CHANGED.

Parameters

event

Remarks

Changes the dialog's colour to conform to the current settings (Windows only). Add an event table entry for your dialog class if you wish the behaviour to be different (such as keeping a user-defined background colour). If you do override this function, call wxEvent::Skip to propagate the notification to child windows and controls.

See also

wxSysColourChangedEvent


wxDialog::SetIcon

void SetIcon(const wxIcon& icon)

Sets the icon for this dialog.

Parameters

icon

See also wxIcon.


wxDialog::SetIcons

void SetIcons(const wxIconBundle& icons)

Sets the icons for this dialog.

Parameters

icons

See also wxIconBundle.


wxDialog::SetModal

void SetModal(const bool flag)

NB: This function is deprecated and doesn't work for all ports, just use ShowModal to show a modal dialog instead.

Allows the programmer to specify whether the dialog box is modal (wxDialog::Show blocks control until the dialog is hidden) or modeless (control returns immediately).

Parameters

flag


wxDialog::SetReturnCode

void SetReturnCode(int retCode)

Sets the return code for this window.

Parameters

retCode

Remarks

A return code is normally associated with a modal dialog, where wxDialog::ShowModal returns a code to the application. The function wxDialog::EndModal calls SetReturnCode.

See also

wxDialog::GetReturnCode, wxDialog::ShowModal, wxDialog::EndModal


wxDialog::SetTitle

void SetTitle(const wxString& title)

Sets the title of the dialog box.

Parameters

title


wxDialog::Show

bool Show(const bool show)

Hides or shows the dialog.

Parameters

show

Remarks

The preferred way of dismissing a modal dialog is to use wxDialog::EndModal.


wxDialog::ShowModal

int ShowModal()

Shows a modal dialog. Program flow does not return until the dialog has been dismissed with wxDialog::EndModal.

Return value

The return value is the value set with wxDialog::SetReturnCode.

See also

wxDialog::EndModal, wxDialog:GetReturnCode, wxDialog::SetReturnCode