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/*
* Copyright 2010, Haiku inc.
* Distributed under the terms of the MIT Licence.
*
* Documentation by:
* Clark Gaeble
* Adrien Destugues <pulkomandy@pulkomandy.ath.cx>
* Corresponds to:
* /trunk/headers/os/interface/Box.h rev 39685
* /trunk/src/kits/interface/Box.cpp rev 39685
/*!
\file Box.h
\brief Defines the BBox class
*/
/*! \class BBox
\ingroup interface
\brief Class just drawing a square box with a label in a window.
A Box represents a square on the interface with dimensions, an optional
name, and no interactivity.
This would be used to visually group elements together.
*/
/*! \fn BBox::BBox(BRect frame, const char *name = NULL, uint32 resizingMode = B_FOLLOW_LEFT | B_FOLLOW_TOP, uint32 flags = B_WILL_DRAW | B_FRAME_EVENTS | B_NAVIGABLE_JUMP, border_style border = B_FANCY_BORDER)
\brief Constructs a Box from a set of dimensions.
This is the only constructor that can be used if the box is to be inserted
in a window that doesn't use the layout system.
\param frame The bounds of the box.
\param name The name of the box.
\param resizingMode Defines the behavior of the box as the parent view
resizes.
\param flags Behavior flags for the box. See BView page for more
info.
\param border Sets the initial style of the border. See SetBorder for
more details.
*/
/*! \fn BBox::BBox(const char* name, uint32 flags = B_WILL_DRAW | B_FRAME_EVENTS | B_NAVIGABLE_JUMP, border_style border = B_FANCY_BORDER, BView* child = NULL)
\brief Constructs a named Box, with dimensions defined automatically by the
Layout Kit.
\param name The name of the box.
\param flags Behavior flags for the box.
\param border Defines the initial border style.
\param child Adds an initial child to the box. See: Layout Kit
*/
/*! \fn BBox::BBox(border_style border, BView* child)
\brief Constructs an anonymous Box, with a defined border style and a child.
There can only be a single child view in the box. This view can, however,
act as a nesting container if you need more things to show inside the box.
\param border The initial border style of the box.
\param child The child of the Box.
*/
/*! \fn BBox::BBox(BMessage* archive)
\brief For archive restoration, allows a box to be constructed from an
archive message.
You don't usually call this directly, if you want to build a BBox from a
message, prefer calling Instantiate, which can properly handle errors.
If the archive is a deep one, the box will also unarchive all of its
children recursively.
\param archive The archive to restore from.
*/
/*! \fn static BArchivable* BBox::Instantiate(BMessage* archive)
\brief Creates a new BBox from an archive.
If the message is a valid box, an instance of BBox (created from the
archive) will be returned. Otherwise, this function will return NULL.
*/
/*! \fn virtual status_t BBox::Archive(BMessage* archive, bool deep = true) const;
\brief Archives the box into archive.
\param archive The target archive which the box data will go into.
\param deep Whether or not to recursively archive the children.
\returns B_OK if the archive was successful.
*/
/*! \fn virtual void BBox::SetBorder(border_style border)
\brief Sets the border style.
Possible values are B_PLAIN_BORDER (a single 1-pixel line border),
B_FANCY_BORDER (the default, slightly beveled look), and B_NO_BORDER, which
is used to make an invisible box.
*/
/*! \fn border_style BBox::Border() const
\brief Gets the border style.
*/
/*! \fn float BBox::TopBorderOffset()
\brief Gets the distance from the very top of the Box to the top border
line, in pixels.
The distance may vary depending on the text or view used as label, and the
font settings. The border is drawn center aligned with the label.
You can use this value to line up two boxes visually, if one has a label and
the other has not.
*/
/*! \fn BRect BBox::InnerFrame()
\brief Returns the rectangle just inside the border.
*/
/*! \fn void BBox::SetLabel(const char* string)
\brief Sets the label's text.
This text is shown as the box title on screen, so the user can identify the
purpose of it.
*/
/*! \fn status_t BBox::SetLabel(BView* viewLabel)
\brief Sets the label from a pre-existing BView.
You can use any type of BView for this, such as a BPopupMenu.
This version of SetLabel is much more powerful than
SetLabel(const char* string). It allows building a box which contents can
be changed depending on the label widget.
*/
/*! \fn const char* BBox::Label() const
\brief Gets the label's text.
This only works if the label was set as text. If you set another view as the
label, you have to get its text by other means, likely starting with
LabelView.
*/
/*! \fn BView* BBox::LabelView() const
\brief Gets the BView representing the label.
*/
/*! \fn virtual void BBox::Draw(BRect updateRect)
\brief Draws onto the parent window the part of the box that intersects
the dirty area.
This is an hook function called by the interface kit. You don't have to call
it yourself. If you need to force redrawing of (part of) the box, consider
using Invalidate instead.
\param updateRect The area that needs to be redrawn. Note the box may draw
more around the rectangle.
*/
/*! \fn virtual void BBox::AttachedToWindow()
\brief Hook called when the box is attached to a window.
This function sets the box background color to the parent's one.
If you are using the layout system, the box is also resized depending
on the layout of the parent view.
*/
/*! \fn virtual void BBox::FrameResized(float width, float height)
\brief Called when the box needs to change its size.
This function may be called either because the window in which the box is
was resized, or because the window layout was otherwise altered.
It recomputes the layouting of the box (including label and contents) and
makes it redraw itself as needed.
*/
/*! \fn virtual void BBox::ResizeToPreferred()
\brief Resizes the box to its preferred dimensions.
This only works in the non-layout mode, as it forces the resizing.
*/
/*! virtual void BBox::GetPreferredSize(float* _width, float* _height)
\brief Gets the dimensions the box would prefer to be.
The size is computed from the children sizes, unless it was explicitly set
for the box (which canbe done only in layouted mode).
\note Either one of the parameters may be set to NULL if you only want to
get the other one.
\param _width An output parameter. The width of the preferred size is
placed in here.
\param _height An output parameter. The height of the preferred size is
placed in here.
*/
/*! \fn virtual BSize BBox::MinSize()
\brief Gets the minimum possible size of the Box.
Drawing the box at this size ensures the label and the child view are
visible. Going smaller means something may get invisible on screen for lack
of space.
*/
/*! \fn virtual BSize BBox::MaxSize()
\brief Gets the maximum possible size of the Box.
The maximum size depends on the child view's one.
*/
/*! \fn virtual BSize BBox::PreferredSize()
\brief Returns the box's preferred size.
This is the same as GetPreferredSize, but using the more convenient BSize
struct.
*/
/*! \fn virtual void BBox::DoLayout()
\brief Lays out the box. Moves everything to its appropriate position.
This only works if the box uses the layout system, ie., was created with
one of the BRect-less constructors.
Once the size of the box is known, from layouting of the parent views, this
function is called so the box can adjust the position and size of the label,
eventually truncating the text if there is not enough space. The exact
border positions are also computed, then the child view is also layouted if
its size constraints changed.
*/