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// Name: artprov.h
// Purpose: interface of wxArtProvider
// Author: wxWidgets team
// RCS-ID: $Id$
// Licence: wxWindows license
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/**
@class wxArtProvider
@wxheader{artprov.h}
wxArtProvider class is used to customize the look of wxWidgets application.
When wxWidgets needs to display an icon or a bitmap (e.g. in the standard file
dialog), it does not use a hard-coded resource but asks wxArtProvider for it
instead. This way users can plug in their own wxArtProvider class and easily
replace standard art with their own version.
All that is needed is to derive a class from wxArtProvider, override either its
wxArtProvider::CreateBitmap() and/or its wxArtProvider::CreateIconBundle() methods
and register the provider with wxArtProvider::Push():
@code
class MyProvider : public wxArtProvider
{
protected:
wxBitmap CreateBitmap(const wxArtID& id,
const wxArtClient& client,
const wxSize size)
// optionally override this one as well
wxIconBundle CreateIconBundle(const wxArtID& id,
const wxArtClient& client)
{ ... }
};
...
wxArtProvider::Push(new MyProvider);
@endcode
If you need bitmap images (of the same artwork) that should be displayed at
different sizes you should probably consider overriding wxArtProvider::CreateIconBundle
and supplying icon bundles that contain different bitmap sizes.
There's another way of taking advantage of this class: you can use it in your
code and use platform native icons as provided by wxArtProvider::GetBitmap or
wxArtProvider::GetIcon.
@todo IS THIS NB TRUE?
(@note this is not yet really possible as of wxWidgets 2.3.3, the set of wxArtProvider
bitmaps is too small).
@section wxartprovider_identify Identifying art resources
Every bitmap and icon bundle are known to wxArtProvider under an unique ID that
is used when requesting a resource from it. The ID is represented by wxArtID type
and can have one of these predefined values (you can see bitmaps represented by these
constants in the @ref page_samples_artprovider):
@li wxART_ERROR
@li wxART_QUESTION
@li wxART_WARNING
@li wxART_INFORMATION
@li wxART_ADD_BOOKMARK
@li wxART_DEL_BOOKMARK
@li wxART_HELP_SIDE_PANEL
@li wxART_HELP_SETTINGS
@li wxART_HELP_BOOK
@li wxART_HELP_FOLDER
@li wxART_HELP_PAGE
@li wxART_GO_BACK
@li wxART_GO_FORWARD
@li wxART_GO_UP
|
@li wxART_GO_DOWN
@li wxART_GO_TO_PARENT
@li wxART_GO_HOME
@li wxART_PRINT
@li wxART_HELP
@li wxART_TIP
@li wxART_REPORT_VIEW
@li wxART_LIST_VIEW
@li wxART_NEW_DIR
@li wxART_FOLDER
@li wxART_FOLDER_OPEN
@li wxART_GO_DIR_UP
@li wxART_EXECUTABLE_FILE
@li wxART_NORMAL_FILE
@li wxART_TICK_MARK
@li wxART_CROSS_MARK
|
@li wxART_MISSING_IMAGE
@li wxART_NEW
@li wxART_FILE_OPEN
@li wxART_FILE_SAVE
@li wxART_FILE_SAVE_AS
@li wxART_DELETE
@li wxART_COPY
@li wxART_CUT
@li wxART_PASTE
@li wxART_UNDO
@li wxART_REDO
@li wxART_QUIT
@li wxART_FIND
@li wxART_FIND_AND_REPLACE
@li wxART_HARDDISK
@li wxART_FLOPPY
@li wxART_CDROM
@li wxART_REMOVABLE
|
Additionally, any string recognized by custom art providers registered using
wxArtProvider::Push may be used.
@note
When running under GTK+ 2, GTK+ stock item IDs (e.g. @c "gtk-cdrom") may be used
as well. Additionally, if wxGTK was compiled against GTK+ >= 2.4, then it is also
possible to load icons from current icon theme by specifying their name (without
extension and directory components).
Icon themes recognized by GTK+ follow the freedesktop.org Icon Themes specification
(see http://freedesktop.org/Standards/icon-theme-spec).
Note that themes are not guaranteed to contain all icons, so wxArtProvider may
return ::wxNullBitmap or ::wxNullIcon.
The default theme is typically installed in @c /usr/share/icons/hicolor.
@section wxartprovider_clients Clients
Client is the entity that calls wxArtProvider's GetBitmap or GetIcon function.
It is represented by wxClientID type and can have one of these values:
@li wxART_TOOLBAR
@li wxART_MENU
@li wxART_BUTTON
@li wxART_FRAME_ICON
@li wxART_CMN_DIALOG
@li wxART_HELP_BROWSER
@li wxART_MESSAGE_BOX
@li wxART_OTHER (used for all requests that don't fit into any of the
categories above)
Client ID servers as a hint to wxArtProvider that is supposed to help it to
choose the best looking bitmap. For example it is often desirable to use
slightly different icons in menus and toolbars even though they represent
the same action (e.g. wxART_FILE_OPEN). Remember that this is really only a
hint for wxArtProvider -- it is common that wxArtProvider::GetBitmap returns
identical bitmap for different client values!
@library{wxcore}
@category{misc,data}
@see the @ref page_samples_artprovider for an example of wxArtProvider usage.
*/
class wxArtProvider : public wxObject
{
public:
/**
The destructor automatically removes the provider from the provider stack used
by GetBitmap().
*/
virtual ~wxArtProvider();
/**
Delete the given @a provider.
*/
static bool Delete(wxArtProvider* provider);
/**
Query registered providers for bitmap with given ID.
@param id
wxArtID unique identifier of the bitmap.
@param client
wxArtClient identifier of the client (i.e. who is asking for the bitmap).
@param size
Size of the returned bitmap or wxDefaultSize if size doesn't matter.
@returns The bitmap if one of registered providers recognizes the ID or
wxNullBitmap otherwise.
*/
static wxBitmap GetBitmap(const wxArtID& id,
const wxArtClient& client = wxART_OTHER,
const wxSize& size = wxDefaultSize);
/**
Same as wxArtProvider::GetBitmap, but return a wxIcon object
(or ::wxNullIcon on failure).
*/
static wxIcon GetIcon(const wxArtID& id,
const wxArtClient& client = wxART_OTHER,
const wxSize& size = wxDefaultSize);
/**
Returns a suitable size hint for the given @e wxArtClient. If
@a platform_default is @true, return a size based on the current platform,
otherwise return the size from the topmost wxArtProvider. @e wxDefaultSize may
be returned if the client doesn't have a specified size, like wxART_OTHER for
example.
*/
static wxSize GetSizeHint(const wxArtClient& client,
bool platform_default = false);
/**
Query registered providers for icon bundle with given ID.
@param id
wxArtID unique identifier of the icon bundle.
@param client
wxArtClient identifier of the client (i.e. who is asking for the icon
bundle).
@returns The icon bundle if one of registered providers recognizes the ID
or wxNullIconBundle otherwise.
*/
static wxIconBundle GetIconBundle(const wxArtID& id,
const wxArtClient& client = wxART_OTHER);
/**
Register new art provider and add it to the bottom of providers stack
(i.e. it will be queried as the last one).
@see Push()
*/
static void Insert(wxArtProvider* provider);
/**
Remove latest added provider and delete it.
*/
static bool Pop();
/**
Register new art provider and add it to the top of providers stack
(i.e. it will be queried as the first provider).
@see Insert()
*/
static void Push(wxArtProvider* provider);
/**
Remove a provider from the stack if it is on it. The provider is not
deleted, unlike when using Delete().
*/
static bool Remove(wxArtProvider* provider);
protected:
/**
Derived art provider classes must override this method to create requested art
resource. Note that returned bitmaps are cached by wxArtProvider and it is
therefore not necessary to optimize CreateBitmap() for speed (e.g. you may
create wxBitmap objects from XPMs here).
@param id
wxArtID unique identifier of the bitmap.
@param client
wxArtClient identifier of the client (i.e. who is asking for the bitmap).
This only servers as a hint.
@param size
Preferred size of the bitmap. The function may return a bitmap of different
dimensions, it will be automatically rescaled to meet client's request.
@note
This is not part of wxArtProvider's public API, use wxArtProvider::GetBitmap
or wxArtProvider::GetIconBundle or wxArtProvider::GetIcon to query wxArtProvider
for a resource.
@see CreateIconBundle()
*/
virtual wxBitmap CreateBitmap(const wxArtID& id,
const wxArtClient& client,
const wxSize& size);
/**
This method is similar to CreateBitmap() but can be used when a bitmap
(or an icon) exists in several sizes.
*/
virtual wxIconBundle CreateIconBundle(const wxArtID& id,
const wxArtClient& client);
};