wx.RendererNative¶

First, a brief introduction to wx.RendererNative and why it is needed.

Usually wxWidgets uses the underlying low level GUI system to draw all the controls - this is what we mean when we say that it is a “native” framework. However not all controls exist under all (or even any) platforms and in this case wxWidgets provides a default, generic, implementation of them written in wxWidgets itself.

These controls don’t have the native appearance if only the standard line drawing and other graphics primitives are used, because the native appearance is different under different platforms while the lines are always drawn in the same way.

This is why we have renderers: wx.RendererNative is a class which virtualizes the drawing, i.e. it abstracts the drawing operations and allows you to draw say, a button, without caring about exactly how this is done. Of course, as we can draw the button differently in different renderers, this also allows us to emulate the native look and feel.

So the renderers work by exposing a large set of high-level drawing functions which are used by the generic controls. There is always a default global renderer but it may be changed or extended by the user, see Render Sample.

All drawing functions take some standard parameters:

win - The window being drawn. It is normally not used and when it is it should only be used as a generic wx.Window (in order to get its low level handle, for example), but you should not assume that it is of some given type as the same renderer function may be reused for drawing different kinds of control.
dc - The wx.DC to draw on. Only this device context should be used for drawing. It is not necessary to restore pens and brushes for it on function exit but, on the other hand, you shouldn’t assume that it is in any specific state on function entry: the rendering functions should always prepare it.
rect - The bounding rectangle for the element to be drawn.
flags - The optional flags (none by default) which can be a combination of the CONTROL_FLAGS.

Note that each drawing function restores the wx.DC attributes if it changes them, so it is safe to assume that the same pen, brush and colours that were active before the call to this function are still in effect after it.

Class Hierarchy¶

Inheritance diagram for class RendererNative:

Known Subclasses¶

wx.DelegateRendererNative

Methods Summary¶

`DrawCheckBox`	Draw a check box.
`DrawCheckMark`	Draw a check mark.
`DrawChoice`	Draw a native wx.Choice.
`DrawCollapseButton`	Draw a collapse button.
`DrawComboBox`	Draw a native wx.ComboBox.
`DrawComboBoxDropButton`	Draw a button like the one used by wx.ComboBox to show a drop down window.
`DrawDropArrow`	Draw a drop down arrow that is suitable for use outside a combo box.
`DrawFocusRect`	Draw a focus rectangle using the specified rectangle.
`DrawGauge`	Draw a progress bar in the specified rectangle.
`DrawHeaderButton`	Draw the header control button (used, for example, by wx.ListCtrl).
`DrawHeaderButtonContents`	Draw the contents of a header control button (label, sort arrows, etc.).
`DrawItemSelectionRect`	Draw a selection rectangle underneath the text as used e.g.
`DrawItemText`	Draw item text in the correct color based on selection status.
`DrawPushButton`	Draw a blank push button that looks very similar to wx.Button.
`DrawRadioBitmap`	Draw a native wx.RadioButton bitmap.
`DrawSplitterBorder`	Draw the border for sash window: this border must be such that the sash drawn by `DrawSplitterSash` blends into it well.
`DrawSplitterSash`	Draw a sash.
`DrawTextCtrl`	Draw a native wx.TextCtrl frame.
`DrawTitleBarBitmap`	Draw a title bar button in the given state.
`DrawTreeItemButton`	Draw the expanded/collapsed icon for a tree control item.
`Get`	Return the currently used renderer.
`GetCheckBoxSize`	Returns the size of a check box.
`GetCheckMarkSize`	Returns the size of a check mark.
`GetCollapseButtonSize`	Returns the size of a collapse button.
`GetDefault`	Return the default (native) implementation for this platform – this is also the one used by default but this may be changed by calling `Set` in which case the return value of this method may be different from the return value of `Get` .
`GetExpanderSize`	Returns the size of the expander used in tree-like controls.
`GetGeneric`	Return the generic implementation of the renderer.
`GetHeaderButtonHeight`	Returns the height of a header button, either a fixed platform height if available, or a generic height based on the win window’s font.
`GetHeaderButtonMargin`	Returns the horizontal margin on the left and right sides of header button’s label.
`GetSplitterParams`	Get the splitter parameters, see wx.SplitterRenderParams.
`GetVersion`	This function is used for version checking: `Load` refuses to load any shared libraries implementing an older or incompatible version.
`Load`	Load the renderer from the specified `DLL`, the returned pointer must be deleted by caller if not `None` when it is not used any more.
`Set`	Set the renderer to use, passing `None` reverts to using the default renderer (the global renderer must always exist).

Properties Summary¶

Version

See GetVersion

Class API¶

class wx.RendererNative(object)¶

First, a brief introduction to RendererNative and why it is needed.

Methods¶

DrawCheckBox(self, win, dc, rect, flags=0)¶

Draw a check box.

flags may have the CONTROL_CHECKED , CONTROL_CURRENT or CONTROL_UNDETERMINED bit set, see CONTROL_FLAGS.

Parameters:

win (wx.Window)
dc (wx.DC)
rect (wx.Rect)
flags (int)

Return type:

None

DrawCheckMark(self, win, dc, rect, flags=0)¶

Draw a check mark.

flags may have the CONTROL_DISABLED bit set, see CONTROL_FLAGS.

Parameters:

win (wx.Window)
dc (wx.DC)
rect (wx.Rect)
flags (int)

Return type:

None

Added in version 4.1/wxWidgets-3.1.3.

DrawChoice(self, win, dc, rect, flags=0)¶

Draw a native wx.Choice.

Parameters:

win (wx.Window)
dc (wx.DC)
rect (wx.Rect)
flags (int)

Return type:

None

DrawCollapseButton(self, win, dc, rect, flags=0)¶

Draw a collapse button.

flags may have the CONTROL_EXPANDED or CONTROL_CURRENT bit set, see CONTROL_FLAGS.

Parameters:

win (wx.Window)
dc (wx.DC)
rect (wx.Rect)
flags (int)

Return type:

None

Added in version 4.1/wxWidgets-3.1.0.

DrawComboBox(self, win, dc, rect, flags=0)¶

Draw a native wx.ComboBox.

Parameters:

win (wx.Window)
dc (wx.DC)
rect (wx.Rect)
flags (int)

Return type:

None

DrawComboBoxDropButton(self, win, dc, rect, flags=0)¶

Draw a button like the one used by wx.ComboBox to show a drop down window.

The usual appearance is a downwards pointing arrow.

flags may have the CONTROL_PRESSED or CONTROL_CURRENT bit set, see CONTROL_FLAGS.

Parameters:

win (wx.Window)
dc (wx.DC)
rect (wx.Rect)
flags (int)

Return type:

None

DrawDropArrow(self, win, dc, rect, flags=0)¶

Draw a drop down arrow that is suitable for use outside a combo box.

Arrow will have transparent background.

rect is not entirely filled by the arrow. Instead, you should use bounding rectangle of a drop down button which arrow matches the size you need.

flags may have the CONTROL_PRESSED or CONTROL_CURRENT bit set, see CONTROL_FLAGS.

Parameters:

win (wx.Window)
dc (wx.DC)
rect (wx.Rect)
flags (int)

Return type:

None

DrawFocusRect(self, win, dc, rect, flags=0)¶

Draw a focus rectangle using the specified rectangle.

wx.ListCtrl.

The only supported flags is CONTROL_SELECTED for items which are selected. see CONTROL_FLAGS.

Parameters:

win (wx.Window)
dc (wx.DC)
rect (wx.Rect)
flags (int)

Return type:

None

DrawGauge(self, win, dc, rect, value, max, flags=0)¶

Draw a progress bar in the specified rectangle.

The value and max arguments determine the part of the progress bar that is drawn as being filled in, max must be strictly positive and value must be between 0 and max.

CONTROL_SPECIAL must be set in flags for the vertical gauges.

Parameters:

win (wx.Window)
dc (wx.DC)
rect (wx.Rect)
value (int)
max (int)
flags (int)

Return type:

None

Added in version 4.1/wxWidgets-3.1.0.

DrawHeaderButton(self, win, dc, rect, flags=0, sortArrow=HDR_SORT_ICON_NONE, params=None)¶

Draw the header control button (used, for example, by wx.ListCtrl).

Depending on platforms the flags parameter may support the CONTROL_SELECTED CONTROL_DISABLED and CONTROL_CURRENT bits, see CONTROL_FLAGS.

Parameters:

win (wx.Window)
dc (wx.DC)
rect (wx.Rect)
flags (int)
sortArrow (HeaderSortIconType)
params (wx.HeaderButtonParams)

Return type:

int

Returns:

The optimal width to contain the unabbreviated label text or bitmap, the sort arrow if present, and internal margins.

DrawHeaderButtonContents(self, win, dc, rect, flags=0, sortArrow=HDR_SORT_ICON_NONE, params=None)¶

Draw the contents of a header control button (label, sort arrows, etc.).

This function is normally only called by DrawHeaderButton .

Depending on platforms the flags parameter may support the CONTROL_SELECTED CONTROL_DISABLED and CONTROL_CURRENT bits, see CONTROL_FLAGS.

Parameters:

win (wx.Window)
dc (wx.DC)
rect (wx.Rect)
flags (int)
sortArrow (HeaderSortIconType)
params (wx.HeaderButtonParams)

Return type:

int

Returns:

The optimal width to contain the unabbreviated label text or bitmap, the sort arrow if present, and internal margins.

DrawItemSelectionRect(self, win, dc, rect, flags=0)¶

Draw a selection rectangle underneath the text as used e.g.

in a wx.ListCtrl.

The supported flags are CONTROL_SELECTED for items which are selected (e.g. often a blue rectangle) and CONTROL_CURRENT for the item that has the focus (often a dotted line around the item’s text). CONTROL_FOCUSED may be used to indicate if the control has the focus (otherwise the selection rectangle is e.g. often grey and not blue). This may be ignored by the renderer or deduced by the code directly from the win. Additionally CONTROL_CELL may be used to draw a cell inside a bigger selection area.

Parameters:

win (wx.Window)
dc (wx.DC)
rect (wx.Rect)
flags (int)

Return type:

None

Properties¶

Version¶: See GetVersion

wx.RendererNative¶

Class Hierarchy¶

Known Subclasses¶

Methods Summary¶

Properties Summary¶

Class API¶

Methods¶

Properties¶

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