haiku/docs/user/interface/TabView.dox

/*
 * Copyright 2014 Haiku, Inc. All rights reserved.
 * Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
 *
 * Authors:
 *		John Scipione, jscipione@gmail.com
 *
 * Corresponds to:
 *		headers/os/interface/TabView.h	 hrev45377
 *		src/kits/interface/TabView.cpp	 hrev45377
 */


/*!
	\file TabView.h
	\ingroup interface
	\ingroup libbe
	\brief Provides the BTab and BTabView classes.
*/


/*!
	\enum tab_position
	\ingroup interface

	Tab position flags

	\since BeOS R3
*/


/*!
	\var tab_position B_TAB_FIRST

	First tab in the tab view.

	\since BeOS R3
*/


/*!
	\var tab_position B_TAB_FRONT

	Front most tab in the tab view.

	\since BeOS R3
*/


/*!
	\var tab_position B_TAB_ANY

	Any tab in the tab view.

	\since BeOS R3
*/


/*!
	\class BTab
	\ingroup interface
	\ingroup libbe
	\brief A tab that goes in a BTabView.

	\since BeOS R3
*/


/*!
	\fn BTab::BTab(BView* tabView)
	\brief Initializes a new BTab object as part of a \a tabView.

	The BTab is enabled, but not selected nor the current focus. \a tabView
	is set as the tab's target view -- when the tab is selected, its target
	view is activated.

	\since BeOS R3
*/


/*!
	\fn BTab::BTab(BMessage* archive)
	\brief Archive Constructor.

	\since BeOS R3
*/


/*!
	\fn BTab::~BTab()
	\brief Destructor.
*/


/*!
	\fn BArchivable* BTab::Instantiate(BMessage* archive)
	\brief Instantiates a BTab object from the passed in \a archive.

	\since BeOS R3
*/


/*!
	\fn status_t BTab::Archive(BMessage* data, bool deep) const
	\brief Archives the object into the \a data message.

	\param data A pointer to the BMessage object to archive the object into.
	\param deep Whether or not to archive child views as well.

	\return A status code, \c B_OK if everything went well or an error code
	        otherwise.
	\retval B_OK The object was archived.
	\retval B_NO_MEMORY Ran out of memory while archiving the object.

	\since BeOS R3
*/


/*!
	\fn status_t BTab::Perform(uint32 d, void* arg)
	\brief Perform some action. (Internal Method)

	\since BeOS R3
*/


/*!
	\fn const char* BTab::Label() const
	\brief Returns the tab's label (The target view's name).

	\since BeOS R3
*/


/*!
	\fn void BTab::SetLabel(const char* label)
	\brief Sets the tab's label.

	\since BeOS R3
*/


/*!
	\class BTabView
	\ingroup interface
	\ingroup libbe
	\brief Displays and manipulates styled text.

	\since BeOS R3
*/


/*!
	\fn bool BTab::IsSelected() const
	\brief Returns whether or not the tab is selected.

	\since BeOS R3
*/


/*!
	\fn void BTab::Select(BView* owner)
	\brief Selects the tab.

	This also adds the tab's target view to the \a owner view.

	\since BeOS R3
*/


/*!
	\fn void BTab::Deselect()
	\brief Delects the tab.

	\since BeOS R3
*/


/*!
	\fn void BTab::SetEnabled(bool enable)
	\brief Enables or disables the tab.

	\since BeOS R3
*/


/*!
	\fn bool BTab::IsEnabled() const
	\brief Returns whether or not the tab is enabled.
*/


/*!
	\fn void BTab::MakeFocus(bool focus)
	\brief Makes the tab the window's focus view or removes it.

	\since BeOS R3
*/


/*!
	\fn bool BTab::IsFocus() const
	\brief Returns whether or not the tab is the window's focus view.
*/


/*!
	\fn void BTab::SetView(BView* view)
	\brief Sets the view to be displayed for this tab.
*/


/*!
	\fn BView* BTab::View() const
	\brief Returns a pointer to the view to be displayed for this tab.
*/


/*!
	\fn void BTab::DrawFocusMark(BView* owner, BRect frame)
	\brief Draws the mark indicating that the BTab object is in focus.

	This consists of a blue line drawn across the bottom of the tab frame
	by default.

	\since BeOS R3
*/


/*!
	\fn void BTab::DrawLabel(BView* owner, BRect frame)
	\brief Draws the tab's title.

	\since BeOS R3
*/


/*!
	\fn void BTab::DrawTab(BView* owner, BRect frame, tab_position position,
		bool full)
	\brief Draws the tab.

	This method draws the tab's title by calling DrawLabel(), then draws the
	tab itself. The \a position of the tab may affect how the tab is rendered
	-- for example the frontmost tab may have a different appearance than the
	other tabs.

	\param owner The view that owns the tab.
	\param frame The frame rectangle to draw in.
	\param position May affect how the tab is rendered. Choices include:
	       - \c B_TAB_FIRST
	       - \c B_TAB_FRONT
	       - \c B_TAB_ANY
	\param full Whether or not to completely draw the tab, no longer used.

	\since BeOS R3
*/


/*!
	\class BTabView
	\ingroup interface
	\ingroup libbe
	\brief A container for BTab objects to display all tabs.

	\since BeOS R3
*/


/*!
	\fn BTabView::BTabView(const char* name, button_width width, uint32 flags)
	\brief Initializes a new BTabView object for use as part of a BLayout.

	\param name The name of the tab view.
	\param width The tab width flag to use. Options include:
	       - \c B_WIDTH_AS_USUAL
	       - \c B_WIDTH_FROM_WIDEST
	       - \c B_WIDTH_FROM_LABEL
	\param flags \a flags passed to BView.

	\since Haiku R1
*/


/*!
	\fn BTabView::BTabView(BRect frame, const char* name, button_width width,
		uint32 resizeMask, uint32 flags)
	\brief Initializes a new BTabView object.

	\param frame The frame rectangle.
	\param name The name of the tab view.
	\param width The tab width flag to use. Options include:
	       - \c B_WIDTH_AS_USUAL
	       - \c B_WIDTH_FROM_WIDEST
	       - \c B_WIDTH_FROM_LABEL
	\param resizeMask Resizing mask, passed to BView.
	\param flags \a flags passed to BView.

	\since BeOS R3
*/


/*!
	\fn BTabView::BTabView(BMessage* archive)
	\brief Creates a BTabView object from the passed in \a archive.

	\since BeOS R3
*/


/*!
	\fn BTabView::~BTabView()
	\brief Frees the memory allocated by each tab then destroys the object.

	\since BeOS R3
*/


/*!
	\name Archiving
*/


//! @{


/*!
	\fn BArchivable* BTabView::Instantiate(BMessage* archive)
	\brief Instantiates a BTabView object from the passed in \a archive.

	\since BeOS R3
*/


/*!
	\fn status_t BTabView::Archive(BMessage* data, bool deep) const
	\brief Archives the object into the \a data message.

	\param data A pointer to the BMessage object to archive the object into.
	\param deep Whether or not to archive child views as well.

	\return A status code, \c B_OK if everything went well or an error code
	        otherwise.
	\retval B_OK The object was archived.
	\retval B_NO_MEMORY Ran out of memory while archiving the object.

	\since BeOS R3
*/


/*!
	\fn status_t BTabView::AllUnarchived(const BMessage* from)
	\brief Hook method called when all views have been unarchived.

	\copydetails BView::AllUnarchived()
*/


//! @}


/*!
	\fn status_t BTabView::Perform(perform_code code, void* _data)
	\brief Perform some action. (Internal Method)
*/


/*!
	\name Hook Methods
*/


//! @{


/*!
	\fn void BTabView::AllAttached()
	\copydoc BView::AllAttached()
*/


/*!
	\fn void BTabView::AllDetached()
	\copydoc BView::AllDetached()
*/


/*!
	\fn void BTabView::AttachedToWindow()
	\copydoc BView::AttachedToWindow()
*/


/*!
	\fn void BTabView::DetachedFromWindow()
	\copydoc BView::DetachedFromWindow()
*/


/*!
	\fn void BTabView::Draw(BRect updateRect)
	\brief Draws the focus tab and the tab view frame.

	\since BeOS R3
*/


/*!
	\fn BRect BTabView::DrawTabs()
	\brief Draws all the tabs in the BTabView and returns the frame rectangle
	       of the currently selected tab.

	\since BeOS R3
*/


/*!
	\fn void BTabView::DrawBox(BRect selTabRect)
	\brief Draws the box that encloses the container view.

	\param selTabRect The frame rectangle of the currently selected tab.

	\since BeOS R3
*/


/*!
	\fn void BTabView::FrameResized(float newWidth, float newHeight)
	\copydoc BView::FrameResized()
*/


/*!
	\fn void BTabView::KeyDown(const char* bytes, int32 numBytes)
	\brief Handles keyboard navigation for the BTabView.

	Down and left arrow keys move the focus tab left, up and right
	arrow keys move the focus tab right. The space bar and enter keys
	select the currently focused tab.

	\sa BView::KeyDown()

	\since BeOS R3
*/


/*!
	\fn void BTabView::MessageReceived(BMessage* message)
	\brief Handles scripting messages for the tab view.

	\copydetails BView::MessageReceived()
*/


/*!
	\fn void BTabView::MouseDown(BPoint where)
	\brief Selects the tab that the user clicked on (if any).

	\sa BView::MouseDown()

	\since BeOS R3
*/


/*!
	\fn void BTabView::MouseUp(BPoint where)
	\copydoc BView::MouseUp()
*/


/*!
	\fn void BTabView::MouseMoved(BPoint where, uint32 code,
		const BMessage* dragMessage)
	\copydoc BView::MouseMoved()
*/


/*!
	\fn void BTabView::Pulse()
	\copydoc BView::Pulse()
*/


/*!
	\fn void BTabView::Select(int32 index)
	\brief Selects the tab at the given \a index making it the selected tab.

	\param index The zero-based tab index of the tab to select.

	\since BeOS R3
*/


/*!
	\fn int32 BTabView::Selection() const
	\brief Returns the currently selected tab's index.

	\since BeOS R3
*/


/*!
	\fn void BTabView::WindowActivated(bool active)
	\copydoc BView::WindowActivated()
*/


//! @}


/*!
	\fn void BTabView::MakeFocus(bool focus)
	\brief Highlight or unhighlight the selection when the tab view acquires
	       or loses its focus state.

	\copydetails BView::MakeFocus()
*/


/*!
	\fn void BTabView::SetFocusTab(int32 tab, bool focus)
	\brief Sets the focus state of the specified \a tab.

	\param tab The index of the tab to set the focus state of.
	\param focus \c true to set focus, \c false to remove it.

	\since BeOS R3
*/


/*!
	\fn int32 BTabView::FocusTab() const
	\brief Returns the index of the current focus tab.

	\since BeOS R3
*/


/*!
	\fn BRect BTabView::TabFrame(int32 index) const
	\brief Returns the frame rectangle of the tab at the specified \a index.

	\since BeOS R3
*/


/*!
	\fn void BTabView::SetFlags(uint32 flags)
	\copydoc BView::SetFlags()
*/


/*!
	\fn void BTabView::SetResizingMode(uint32 mode)
	\copydoc BView::SetResizingMode()
*/


/*!
	\fn void BTabView::ResizeToPreferred()
	\copydoc BView::ResizeToPreferred()
*/


/*!
	\fn void BTabView::GetPreferredSize(float* _width, float* _height)
	\copydoc BView::GetPreferredSize()
*/


/*!
	\fn BSize BTabView::MinSize()
	\brief Returns the tab view's minimum size in a BLayout.

	\since Haiku R1
*/


/*!
	\fn BSize BTabView::MaxSize()
	\brief Returns the tab view's maximum size in a BLayout.

	\since Haiku R1
*/


/*!
	\fn BSize BTabView::PreferredSize()
	\brief Returns the tab view's preferred size in a BLayout.

	\since Haiku R1
*/


/*!
	\fn void BTabView::FrameMoved(BPoint newPosition)
	\copydoc BView::FrameMoved()
*/


/*!
	\fn void BTabView::FrameResized(float newWidth, float newHeight)
	\copydoc BView::FrameResized()


/*!
	\fn BHandler* BTabView::ResolveSpecifier(BMessage* message, int32 index,
		BMessage* specifier, int32 what, const char* property)
	\copydoc BHandler::ResolveSpecifier()
*/


/*!
	\fn status_t BTabView::GetSupportedSuites(BMessage* message)
	\copydoc BHandler::GetSupportedSuites()
*/


/*!
	\fn void BTabView::AddTab(BView* target, BTab* tab)
	\brief Adds the specified \a tab to the BTabView.

	The tab is added to the end of the tab list. The new tab's target view is
	set to \a target. If \a tab is \c NULL, a new BTab object is constructed
	and added to the BTabView. You can get a pointer to the new tab by calling
	the TabAt() method.

	If you choose to reimplement AddTab(), you should call this parent method
	at the end of your method.

	\sa BTabView::TabAt()

	\since BeOS R3
*/


/*!
	\fn BTab* BTabView::RemoveTab(int32 index)
	\brief Removes the tab at the specified \a index from the BTabView and
	       returns a pointer to the BTab object.

	The BTab object is not deleted, if you don't need it anymore you should delete it.

	\since BeOS R3
*/


/*!
	\fn BTab* BTabView::TabAt(int32 index) const
	\brief Returns a pointer to the BTab object at the specified \a index.

	\since BeOS R3
*/


/*!
	\fn void BTabView::SetTabWidth(button_width width)
	\brief Sets the width of the tabs in the BTabView

	\a width is one of the following:
	- \c B_WIDTH_FROM_WIDEST Each tab's width is determined from the width of the widest tab.
	- \c B_WIDTH_AS_USUAL The default tab width is used for all tabs.
	- \c B_WIDTH_FROM_LABEL The label of each tab determines the tab width.

	\since BeOS R3
*/


/*!
	\fn button_width BTabView::TabWidth() const
	\brief Returns the current tab width flag.

	\since BeOS R3
*/


/*!
	\fn void BTabView::SetTabHeight(float height)
	\brief Sets the height of the tabs to \a height.

	\a height should be an integral value.

	\since BeOS R3
*/


/*!
	\fn float BTabView::TabHeight() const
	\brief Returns the current tab height.

	\since BeOS R3
*/


/*!
	\fn void BTabView::SetBorder(border_style border)
	\brief Sets the border of the tab view to \a border.

	\since Haiku R1
*/


/*!
	\fn border_style BTabView::Border() const
	\brief Returns the current border_style flag.

	\since Haiku R1
*/


/*!
	\fn BView* BTabView::ContainerView() const
	\brief Returns a pointer to the tab view's container view.

	\since Haiku R1
*/


/*!
	\fn int32 BTabView::CountTabs() const
	\brief Returns the number of tabs in the tab view.

	\since Haiku R1
*/


/*!
	\fn BView* BTabView::ViewForTab(int32 tabIndex) const
	\brief Returns the BView of the tab at the specified \a tabIndex.

	\since Haiku R1
*/