Add page highlighting to wxRibbonBar.

Allow visually highlighting a page to make it more noticeable to the user.

Closes #14527.

git-svn-id: https://svn.wxwidgets.org/svn/wx/wxWidgets/trunk@72347 c3d73ce0-8a6f-49c7-b76d-6d57e0e08775

docs/changes.txt

@@ -536,6 +536,7 @@ All (GUI):
 
 - Respect window max size in wxBoxSizer (Nathan Ridge).
 - Add possibility to hide and show again wxRibbonBar pages (wxBen).
+- Add wxRibbonBar pages highlighting (wxBen).
 - Add expand/collapse button to wxRibbonBar (rakeshthp).
 - Fix item data access in wxDataViewListCtrl (Kry).
 - Fix problem with floating maximized AUI panes (Laurent Poujoulat).

include/wx/ribbon/bar.h

@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ public:
     int minimum_width;
     bool active;
     bool hovered;
+    bool highlight;
     bool shown;
 };
 
@@ -127,6 +128,10 @@ public:
     void ShowPage(size_t page, bool show = true);
     void HidePage(size_t page) { ShowPage(page, false); }
 
+    bool IsPageHighlighted(size_t page) const;
+    void AddPageHighlight(size_t page, bool highlight = true);
+    void RemovePageHighlight(size_t page) { AddPageHighlight(page, false); }
+
     void ShowPanels(bool show = true);
     void HidePanels() { ShowPanels(false); }
     bool ArePanelsShown() const { return m_arePanelsShown; }

interface/wx/ribbon/bar.h

@@ -284,6 +284,35 @@ public:
     */
     void HidePage(size_t page);
 
+    /**
+        Indicates whether a tab is currently highlighted.
+
+        @see AddPageHighlight()
+
+        @since 2.9.5
+    */
+    bool IsPageHighlighted(size_t page) const;
+
+    /**
+        Highlight the specified tab.
+
+        Highlighted tabs have a colour between that of the active tab
+        and a tab over which the mouse is hovering. This can be used
+        to make a tab (usually temporarily) more noticeable to the user.
+
+        @since 2.9.5
+    */
+    void AddPageHighlight(size_t page, bool highlight = true);
+
+    /**
+        Changes a tab to not be highlighted.
+
+        @see AddPageHighlight()
+
+        @since 2.9.5
+    */
+    void RemovePageHighlight(size_t page);
+
     /**
         Shows or hides the panel area of the ribbon bar.
 

samples/ribbon/ribbondemo.cpp

@@ -401,6 +401,8 @@ MyFrame::MyFrame()
         bar->AddButton(ID_HIDE_PAGES, wxT("Hide Pages"), ribbon_xpm);
         bar->AddButton(ID_SHOW_PAGES, wxT("Show Pages"), ribbon_xpm);
     }
+    new wxRibbonPage(m_ribbon, wxID_ANY, wxT("Highlight Page"), empty_xpm);
+    m_ribbon->AddPageHighlight(m_ribbon->GetPageCount()-1);
 
     m_ribbon->Realize();
 

src/ribbon/art_aui.cpp

@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ void wxRibbonAUIArtProvider::DrawTab(wxDC& dc,
 
     dc.SetFont(m_tab_label_font);
     dc.SetPen(*wxTRANSPARENT_PEN);
-    if(tab.active || tab.hovered)
+    if(tab.active || tab.hovered || tab.highlight)
     {
         if(tab.active)
         {
@@ -343,8 +343,24 @@ void wxRibbonAUIArtProvider::DrawTab(wxDC& dc,
         dc.SetBrush(m_tab_active_top_background_brush);
         dc.DrawRectangle(tab.rect.x, tab.rect.y + 3, tab.rect.width - 1,
             grad_rect.y - tab.rect.y - 3);
-        dc.GradientFillLinear(grad_rect, m_tab_active_background_colour,
-            m_tab_active_background_gradient_colour, wxSOUTH);
+        if(tab.highlight)
+        {
+            wxColour top_colour((m_tab_active_background_colour.Red()   + m_tab_hover_background_top_colour.Red())/2,
+                                (m_tab_active_background_colour.Green() + m_tab_hover_background_top_colour.Green())/2,
+                                (m_tab_active_background_colour.Blue()  + m_tab_hover_background_top_colour.Blue())/2);
+
+            wxColour bottom_colour((m_tab_active_background_gradient_colour.Red()   + m_tab_hover_background_top_gradient_colour.Red())/2,
+                                   (m_tab_active_background_gradient_colour.Green() + m_tab_hover_background_top_gradient_colour.Green())/2,
+                                   (m_tab_active_background_gradient_colour.Blue()  + m_tab_hover_background_top_gradient_colour.Blue())/2);
+
+            dc.GradientFillLinear(grad_rect, top_colour,
+                bottom_colour, wxSOUTH);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            dc.GradientFillLinear(grad_rect, m_tab_active_background_colour,
+                m_tab_active_background_gradient_colour, wxSOUTH);
+        }
     }
     else
     {

src/ribbon/art_msw.cpp

@@ -1063,7 +1063,7 @@ void wxRibbonMSWArtProvider::DrawTab(
     if(tab.rect.height <= 2)
         return;
 
-    if(tab.active || tab.hovered)
+    if(tab.active || tab.hovered || tab.highlight)
     {
         if(tab.active)
         {
@@ -1098,6 +1098,41 @@ void wxRibbonMSWArtProvider::DrawTab(
             dc.GradientFillLinear(background, m_tab_hover_background_colour,
                 m_tab_hover_background_gradient_colour, wxSOUTH);
         }
+        else if(tab.highlight)
+        {
+            wxRect background(tab.rect);
+
+            background.x += 2;
+            background.y += 2;
+            background.width -= 4;
+            background.height -= 3;
+            int h = background.height;
+            background.height /= 2;
+
+            //For highlight pages we show a colour between the active page and for a hovered page:
+            wxColour top_colour1((m_tab_active_background_colour.Red()   + m_tab_hover_background_top_colour.Red())/2,
+                                 (m_tab_active_background_colour.Green() + m_tab_hover_background_top_colour.Green())/2,
+                                 (m_tab_active_background_colour.Blue()  + m_tab_hover_background_top_colour.Blue())/2);
+
+            wxColour bottom_colour1((m_tab_active_background_gradient_colour.Red()   + m_tab_hover_background_top_gradient_colour.Red())/2,
+                                    (m_tab_active_background_gradient_colour.Green() + m_tab_hover_background_top_gradient_colour.Green())/2,
+                                    (m_tab_active_background_gradient_colour.Blue()  + m_tab_hover_background_top_gradient_colour.Blue())/2);
+
+            dc.GradientFillLinear(background, top_colour1, bottom_colour1, wxSOUTH);
+
+            background.y += background.height;
+            background.height = h - background.height;
+
+            wxColour top_colour2((m_tab_active_background_colour.Red()   + m_tab_hover_background_colour.Red())/2,
+                                 (m_tab_active_background_colour.Green() + m_tab_hover_background_colour.Green())/2,
+                                 (m_tab_active_background_colour.Blue()  + m_tab_hover_background_colour.Blue())/2);
+
+            wxColour bottom_colour2((m_tab_active_background_gradient_colour.Red()   + m_tab_hover_background_gradient_colour.Red())/2,
+                                    (m_tab_active_background_gradient_colour.Green() + m_tab_hover_background_gradient_colour.Green())/2,
+                                    (m_tab_active_background_gradient_colour.Blue()  + m_tab_hover_background_gradient_colour.Blue())/2);
+
+            dc.GradientFillLinear(background, top_colour2, bottom_colour2, wxSOUTH);
+        }
 
         wxPoint border_points[6];
         border_points[0] = wxPoint(1, tab.rect.height - 2);

src/ribbon/bar.cpp

@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ void wxRibbonBar::AddPage(wxRibbonPage *page)
     info.page = page;
     info.active = false;
     info.hovered = false;
+    info.highlight = false;
     info.shown = true;
     // info.rect not set (intentional)
 
@@ -306,6 +307,20 @@ void wxRibbonBar::ShowPage(size_t page, bool show)
     m_pages.Item(page).shown = show;
 }
 
+bool wxRibbonBar::IsPageHighlighted(size_t page) const
+{
+    if (page >= m_pages.GetCount())
+        return false;
+    return m_pages.Item(page).highlight;
+}
+
+void wxRibbonBar::AddPageHighlight(size_t page, bool highlight)
+{
+    if(page >= m_pages.GetCount())
+        return;
+    m_pages.Item(page).highlight = highlight;
+}
+
 void wxRibbonBar::DeletePage(size_t n)
 {
     if(n < m_pages.GetCount())