wxRTC doc updates
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@li @ref overview_richtextctrl_styles
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@li @ref overview_richtextctrl_dialogs
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@li @ref overview_richtextctrl_impl
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@li @ref overview_richtextctrl_nested_object
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@li @ref overview_richtextctrl_context_menus
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@li @ref overview_richtextctrl_roadmap
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Despite its name, it cannot currently read or write RTF (rich text format)
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files. Instead, it uses its own XML format, and can also read and write plain
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text. In future we expect to provide RTF file capabilities. Custom file formats
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text. In future we expect to provide RTF or OpenDocument file capabilities. Custom file formats
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can be supported by creating additional file handlers and registering them with
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the control.
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@section overview_richtextctrl_styles Text Styles
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Styling attributes are represented by wxTextAttr.
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Styling attributes are represented by wxTextAttr, or for more control over
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attributes such as margins and size, the derived class wxRichTextAttr.
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When setting a style, the flags of the attribute object determine which
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attributes are applied. When querying a style, the passed flags are ignored
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wxRichTextFormattingDialog can be used for character or paragraph formatting,
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or a combination of both. It's a wxPropertySheetDialog with the following
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available tabs: Font, Indents @& Spacing, Tabs, Bullets, Style, and List Style.
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available tabs: Font, Indents @& Spacing, Tabs, Bullets, Style, Borders,
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Margins, Background, Size, and List Style.
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You can select which pages will be shown by supplying flags to the dialog
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constructor. In a character formatting dialog, typically only the Font page
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will be shown. In a paragraph formatting dialog, you'll show the Indents @&
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The content is represented by a hierarchy of objects, all derived from
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wxRichTextObject. An object might be an image, a fragment of text, a paragraph,
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or a whole buffer. Objects store a wxTextAttr containing style information; a
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or a further composite object. Objects store a wxRichTextAttr containing style information; a
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paragraph object can contain both paragraph and character information, but
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content objects such as text can only store character information. The final
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style displayed in the control or in a printout is a combination of base style,
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is called when updating the control's display, to ensure that the minimum
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number of objects is used.
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@section overview_richtextctrl_nested_object Nested Objects
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wxRichTextCtrl supports nested objects such as text boxes and tables. To achieve
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compatibility with the existing API, there is the concept of @e object @e focus.
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When the user clicks on a nested text box, the object focus is set to that
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container object so all keyboard input and API functions apply to that
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container. The application can change the focus using wxRichTextCtrl::SetObjectFocus.
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Call this function with a @null parameter to set the focus back to the top-level
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object.
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An event will be sent to the control when the focus changes.
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When the user clicks on the control, wxRichTextCtrl determines which container to set
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as the current object focus by calling the found container's overrided wxRichTextObject::AcceptsFocus
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function. For example, although a table is a container, it must not itself be
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the object focus because there is no text editing at the table level. Instead, a cell
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within the table must accept the focus.
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Since with nested objects it is not possible to represent a section with merely
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a start position and an end position, the class wxRichTextSelection is provided
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which stores multiple ranges (for non-contiguous selections such as table cells) and
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a pointer to the container object in question. You can pass wxRichTextSelection
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to wxRichTextCtrl::SetSelection or get an instance of it from wxRichTextCtrl::GetSelection.
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When selecting multiple objects, such as cell tables, the wxRichTextCtrl dragging handler code calls the
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function wxRichTextObject::HandlesChildSelections to determine whether the children
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can be individual selections. Currently only table cells can be multiply-selected
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in this way.
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@section overview_richtextctrl_context_menus Context menus and property dialogs
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There are three ways you can make use of context menus: you can let wxRichTextCtrl handle everything and provide a basic menu;
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you can set your own context menu using wxRichTextCtrl::SetContextMenu but let wxRichTextCtrl handle showing it and adding property items;
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or you can override the default context menu behaviour by adding a context menu event handler
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to your class in the normal way.
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If you right-click over a text box in cell in a table, you may want to edit the properties of
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one of these objects - but which properties will you be editing?
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Well, the default behaviour allows up to three property-editing menu items simultaneously - for the object clicked on,
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the container of that object, and the container's parent (depending on whether any of these
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objects return @true from their wxRichTextObject::CanEditProperties functions).
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If you supply a context menu, add a property command item using the wxID_RICHTEXT_PROPERTIES1 identifier,
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so that wxRichTextCtrl can find the position to add command items. The object should
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tell the control what label to use by returning a string from wxRichTextObject::GetPropertiesMenuLabel.
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Since there may be several property-editing commands showing, it is recommended that you don't
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include the word Properties - just the name of the object, such as Text Box or Table.
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@section overview_richtextctrl_roadmap Development Roadmap
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This is a list of some of the features that have yet to be implemented. Help
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with them will be appreciated.
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@li RTF input and output
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@li Conversion from HTML
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@li support for composite objects in some functions where it's not yet implemented, for example ApplyStyleSheet
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@li Table API enhancements and dialogs; improved table layout especially row spans and fitting
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@li Conversion from HTML, and a rewrite of the HTML output handler that includes CSS,
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tables, text boxes, and floating images, in addition to a simplified-HTML mode for wxHTML compatibility
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@li Open Office input and output
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@li Floating images, with content wrapping around them
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@li RTF input and output
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@li A ruler control
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@li Standard editing toolbars
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@li Tables
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@li Bitmap bullets
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@li Borders
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@li Text frames
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@li Justified text, in print/preview at least
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@li scaling: either everything scaled, or rendering using a custom reference point size and an optional dimension scale
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There are also things that could be done to take advantage of the underlying
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text capabilities of the platform; higher-level text formatting APIs are
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