Events

Detailed Description

An event object contains information about a specific event.

Event handlers (usually member functions) have a single, event argument.

Related Overviews: Events and Event Handling

Related macros/global-functions group: Events

Classes
class	wxEventFilter
	A global event filter for pre-processing all the events generated in the program. More...
class	wxKeyboardState
	Provides methods for testing the state of the keyboard modifier keys. More...
class	wxAuiNotebookEvent
	This class is used by the events generated by wxAuiNotebook. More...
class	wxAuiManagerEvent
	Event used to indicate various actions taken with wxAuiManager. More...
class	wxBookCtrlEvent
	This class represents the events generated by book controls (wxNotebook, wxListbook, wxChoicebook, wxTreebook, wxAuiNotebook). More...
class	wxCalendarEvent
	The wxCalendarEvent class is used together with wxCalendarCtrl. More...
class	wxColourPickerEvent
	This event class is used for the events generated by wxColourPickerCtrl. More...
class	wxCollapsiblePaneEvent
	This event class is used for the events generated by wxCollapsiblePane. More...
class	wxDataViewEvent
	This is the event class for the wxDataViewCtrl notifications. More...
class	wxDateEvent
	This event class holds information about a date change and is used together with wxDatePickerCtrl. More...
class	wxDialUpEvent
	This is the event class for the dialup events sent by wxDialUpManager. More...
class	wxEvent
	An event is a structure holding information about an event passed to a callback or member function. More...
class	wxEventBlocker
	This class is a special event handler which allows to discard any event (or a set of event types) directed to a specific window. More...
class	wxEvtHandler
	A class that can handle events from the windowing system. More...
class	wxKeyEvent
	This event class contains information about key press and release events. More...
class	wxJoystickEvent
	This event class contains information about joystick events, particularly events received by windows. More...
class	wxScrollWinEvent
	A scroll event holds information about events sent from scrolling windows. More...
class	wxSysColourChangedEvent
	This class is used for system colour change events, which are generated when the user changes the colour settings using the control panel. More...
class	wxCommandEvent
	This event class contains information about command events, which originate from a variety of simple controls. More...
class	wxWindowCreateEvent
	This event is sent just after the actual window associated with a wxWindow object has been created. More...
class	wxPaintEvent
	A paint event is sent when a window's contents needs to be repainted. More...
class	wxMaximizeEvent
	An event being sent when a top level window is maximized. More...
class	wxUpdateUIEvent
	This class is used for pseudo-events which are called by wxWidgets to give an application the chance to update various user interface elements. More...
class	wxClipboardTextEvent
	This class represents the events generated by a control (typically a wxTextCtrl but other windows can generate these events as well) when its content gets copied or cut to, or pasted from the clipboard. More...
class	wxMouseEvent
	This event class contains information about the events generated by the mouse: they include mouse buttons press and release events and mouse move events. More...
class	wxDropFilesEvent
	This class is used for drop files events, that is, when files have been dropped onto the window. More...
class	wxActivateEvent
	An activate event is sent when a window or application is being activated or deactivated. More...
class	wxContextMenuEvent
	This class is used for context menu events, sent to give the application a chance to show a context (popup) menu for a wxWindow. More...
class	wxEraseEvent
	An erase event is sent when a window's background needs to be repainted. More...
class	wxFocusEvent
	A focus event is sent when a window's focus changes. More...
class	wxChildFocusEvent
	A child focus event is sent to a (parent-)window when one of its child windows gains focus, so that the window could restore the focus back to its corresponding child if it loses it now and regains later. More...
class	wxMouseCaptureLostEvent
	A mouse capture lost event is sent to a window that had obtained mouse capture, which was subsequently lost due to an "external" event (for example, when a dialog box is shown or if another application captures the mouse). More...
class	wxNotifyEvent
	This class is not used by the event handlers by itself, but is a base class for other event classes (such as wxBookCtrlEvent). More...
class	wxThreadEvent
	This class adds some simple functionality to wxEvent to facilitate inter-thread communication. More...
class	wxHelpEvent
	A help event is sent when the user has requested context-sensitive help. More...
class	wxScrollEvent
	A scroll event holds information about events sent from stand-alone scrollbars (see wxScrollBar) and sliders (see wxSlider). More...
class	wxIdleEvent
	This class is used for idle events, which are generated when the system becomes idle. More...
class	wxInitDialogEvent
	A wxInitDialogEvent is sent as a dialog or panel is being initialised. More...
class	wxWindowDestroyEvent
	This event is sent as early as possible during the window destruction process. More...
class	wxNavigationKeyEvent
	This event class contains information about navigation events, generated by navigation keys such as tab and page down. More...
class	wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent
	An mouse capture changed event is sent to a window that loses its mouse capture. More...
class	wxCloseEvent
	This event class contains information about window and session close events. More...
class	wxMenuEvent
	This class is used for a variety of menu-related events. More...
class	wxShowEvent
	An event being sent when the window is shown or hidden. More...
class	wxIconizeEvent
	An event being sent when the frame is iconized (minimized) or restored. More...
class	wxMoveEvent
	A move event holds information about wxTopLevelWindow move change events. More...
class	wxSizeEvent
	A size event holds information about size change events of wxWindow. More...
class	wxSetCursorEvent
	A wxSetCursorEvent is generated from wxWindow when the mouse cursor is about to be set as a result of mouse motion. More...
class	wxFindDialogEvent
	wxFindReplaceDialog events. More...
class	wxFileCtrlEvent
	A file control event holds information about events associated with wxFileCtrl objects. More...
class	wxFileDirPickerEvent
	This event class is used for the events generated by wxFilePickerCtrl and by wxDirPickerCtrl. More...
class	wxFontPickerEvent
	This event class is used for the events generated by wxFontPickerCtrl. More...
class	wxFileSystemWatcherEvent
	A class of events sent when a file system event occurs. More...
class	wxGridEvent
	This event class contains information about various grid events. More...
class	wxGridSizeEvent
	This event class contains information about a row/column resize event. More...
class	wxGridRangeSelectEvent
class	wxGridEditorCreatedEvent
class	wxHeaderCtrlEvent
	Event class representing the events generated by wxHeaderCtrl. More...
class	wxHyperlinkEvent
	This event class is used for the events generated by wxHyperlinkCtrl. More...
class	wxQueryLayoutInfoEvent
	This event is sent when wxLayoutAlgorithm wishes to get the size, orientation and alignment of a window. More...
class	wxCalculateLayoutEvent
	This event is sent by wxLayoutAlgorithm to calculate the amount of the remaining client area that the window should occupy. More...
class	wxListEvent
	A list event holds information about events associated with wxListCtrl objects. More...
class	wxMediaEvent
	Event wxMediaCtrl uses. More...
class	wxMouseEventsManager
	Helper for handling mouse input events in windows containing multiple items. More...
class	wxMouseState
	Represents the mouse state. More...
class	wxActiveXEvent
	An event class for handling ActiveX events passed from wxActiveXContainer. More...
class	wxPowerEvent
	The power events are generated when the system power state changes, e.g. More...
class	wxProcessEvent
	A process event is sent to the wxEvtHandler specified to wxProcess when a process is terminated. More...
class	wxRibbonBarEvent
	Event used to indicate various actions relating to a wxRibbonBar. More...
class	wxRibbonButtonBarEvent
	Event used to indicate various actions relating to a button on a wxRibbonButtonBar. More...
class	wxRibbonGalleryEvent
class	wxRibbonPanelEvent
	Event used to indicate various actions relating to a wxRibbonPanel. More...
class	wxRichTextEvent
	This is the event class for wxRichTextCtrl notifications. More...
class	wxSashEvent
	A sash event is sent when the sash of a wxSashWindow has been dragged by the user. More...
class	wxSpinEvent
	This event class is used for the events generated by wxSpinButton and wxSpinCtrl. More...
class	wxSpinDoubleEvent
	This event class is used for the events generated by wxSpinCtrlDouble. More...
class	wxSplitterEvent
	This class represents the events generated by a splitter control. More...
class	wxStyledTextEvent
	The type of events sent from wxStyledTextCtrl. More...
class	wxTaskBarIconEvent
	The event class used by wxTaskBarIcon. More...
class	wxTimerEvent
	wxTimerEvent object is passed to the event handler of timer events (see wxTimer::SetOwner). More...
class	wxTreeEvent
	A tree event holds information about events associated with wxTreeCtrl objects. More...
class	wxWebViewEvent
	A navigation event holds information about events associated with wxWebView objects. More...
class	wxWizardEvent
	wxWizardEvent class represents an event generated by the wxWizard: this event is first sent to the page itself and, if not processed there, goes up the window hierarchy as usual. More...

Enumerations
enum	{   wxEventFilter::Event_Skip = -1,   wxEventFilter::Event_Ignore = 0,   wxEventFilter::Event_Processed = 1 }
	Possible return values for FilterEvent(). More...

Enumeration Type Documentation

anonymous enum

Possible return values for FilterEvent().

Enumerator
Event_Skip	Process event as usual.
Event_Ignore	Don't process the event normally at all.
Event_Processed	Event was already handled, don't process it normally.