Classes by Category

Virtual file system classes

wxWidgets provides a set of classes that implement an extensible virtual file system, used internally by the HTML classes.

wxFSFile	Represents a file in the virtual file system
wxFileSystem	Main interface for the virtual file system
wxFileSystemHandler	Class used to announce file system type

Drag and drop and clipboard classes

\overview{Drag and drop and clipboard overview}{wxdndoverview}

wxBitmapDataObject	Bitmap data object class
wxClipboard	Clipboard class
wxCustomDataObject	Custom data object class
wxDataFormat	Represents a data format
wxDataObject	Data object class
wxDropSource	Drop source class
wxDropTarget	Drop target class
wxFileDataObject	File data object class
wxFileDropTarget	File drop target class
wxTextDataObject	Text data object class
wxTextDropTarget	Text drop target class

File related classes

wxWidgets has several small classes to work with disk files, see \helpref{file classes overview}{wxfileoverview} for more details.

wxDir	Class for enumerating files/subdirectories.
wxDirTraverser	Class used together with wxDir for recursively enumerating the files/subdirectories
wxFFile	Another low-level file input/output class.
wxFile	Low-level file input/output class.
wxFileName	Operations with the file name and attributes
wxStandardPaths	Paths for standard directories
wxTempFile	Class to safely replace an existing file
wxTextFile	Class for working with text files as with arrays of lines

Stream classes

wxWidgets has its own set of stream classes, as an alternative to often buggy standard stream libraries, and to provide enhanced functionality.

wxBufferedInputStream	Buffered input stream class
wxBufferedOutputStream	Buffered output stream class
wxCountingOutputStream	Stream class for querying what size a stream would have.
wxDataInputStream	Platform-independent binary data input stream class
wxDataOutputStream	Platform-independent binary data output stream class
wxFFileInputStream	Another file input stream class
wxFFileOutputStream	Another file output stream class
wxFileInputStream	File input stream class
wxFileOutputStream	File output stream class
wxFilterInputStream	Filtered input stream class
wxFilterOutputStream	Filtered output stream class
wxInputStream	Input stream class
wxMemoryInputStream	Memory input stream class
wxMemoryOutputStream	Memory output stream class
wxOutputStream	Output stream class
wxSocketInputStream	Socket input stream class
wxSocketOutputStream	Socket output stream class
wxStreamBase	Stream base class
wxStreamBuffer	Stream buffer class
wxStringInputStream	String input stream class
wxStringOutputStream	String output stream class
wxTextInputStream	Platform-independent text data input stream class
wxTextOutputStream	Platform-independent text data output stream class
wxZipInputStream	Input stream for reading from ZIP archives
wxZlibInputStream	Zlib (compression) input stream class
wxZlibOutputStream	Zlib (compression) output stream class

XML-based resource system classes

\overview{XML-based resource system (XRC) overview}{xrcoverview} Resources allow your application to create controls and other user interface elements from specifications stored in an XML format.

wxXmlResource	The main class for working with resources.
wxXmlResourceHandler	The base class for XML resource handlers.

Miscellaneous

wxAcceleratorEntry
wxAcceleratorTable	Accelerator table
wxAccessible
wxApp	Application class
wxArchiveClassFactory
wxArchiveEntry
wxArchiveInputStream
wxArchiveIterator
wxArchiveNotifier
wxArchiveOutputStream
wxArray
wxArrayString
wxArtProvider
wxAutomationObject	OLE automation class
wxBitmapHandler
wxBusyCursor
wxBusyInfo
wxCSConv
wxCalendarDateAttr	Used with \helpref{wxCalendarCtrl}{wxcalendarctrl}
wxCaret	A caret (cursor) object
wxClient
wxClientData
wxClientDataContainer
wxCmdLineParser	Command line parser class
wxColourData
wxColourDatabase
wxCommand
wxCommandProcessor
wxConfig	Classes for configuration reading/writing (using either INI files or registry)
wxConnection
wxControlWithItems
wxDDEClient
wxDDEConnection
wxDDEServer
wxDataObjectComposite
wxDataObjectSimple
wxDateTimeHolidayAuthority
wxDateTimeWorkDays
wxDbGridColInfo
wxDbIndexDef
wxDelegateRendererNative
wxDisplay
wxDllLoader	Class to work with shared libraries.
wxDocMDIChildFrame
wxDocMDIParentFrame
wxDragImage
wxDynamicLibrary
wxEncodingConverter	Encoding conversions
wxEvtHandler
wxFFileStream
wxFileConfig
wxFileHistory
wxFileStream
wxFileType
wxFindReplaceData
wxFontData
wxFontEnumerator
wxFontMapper	Font mapping, finding suitable font for given encoding
wxGBPosition
wxGBSizerItem
wxGBSpan
wxGDIObject
wxGLCanvas	Canvas that you can render opengl calls to.
wxGLContext	Class to ease sharing of opengl data resources.
wxGridCellAttr
wxGridCellBoolEditor
wxGridCellBoolRenderer
wxGridCellChoiceEditor
wxGridCellEditor
wxGridCellFloatEditor
wxGridCellFloatRenderer
wxGridCellNumberEditor
wxGridCellNumberRenderer
wxGridCellRenderer
wxGridCellStringRenderer
wxGridCellTextEditor
wxGridEditorCreatedEvent
wxGridEvent
wxGridRangeSelectEvent
wxGridSizeEvent
wxGridTableBase
wxHelpEvent
wxHtmlCell
wxHtmlColourCell
wxHtmlContainerCell
wxHtmlDCRenderer
wxHtmlFilter
wxHtmlHelpData
wxHtmlHelpFrame
wxHtmlLinkInfo
wxHtmlTag
wxHtmlTagsModule
wxHtmlWidgetCell
wxIconBundle
wxIconLocation
wxImageHandler
wxIndividualLayoutConstraint
wxJoystick
wxLayoutAlgorithm	An alternative window layout facility
wxLayoutConstraints
wxListItem
wxLocale
wxMBConv
wxMBConvFile
wxMBConvUTF16
wxMBConvUTF32
wxMBConvUTF7
wxMBConvUTF8
wxMDIClientWindow
wxMediaCtrl
wxMediaEvent
wxMemoryBuffer
wxMemoryFSHandler
wxMetafile
wxMimeTypesManager	MIME-types manager class
wxModule
wxNotebookSizer
wxObjectRefData
wxPlotCurve
wxPrivateDropTarget
wxProcess	Process class
wxProgressDialog
wxProtocol
wxQuantize	Class to perform quantization, or colour reduction
wxRecursionGuard
wxRecursionGuardFlag
wxRegionIterator
wxRendererVersion
wxSashEvent
wxScopedArray
wxScopedPtr
wxScopedTiedPtr
wxServer
wxSetCursorEvent
wxSingleInstanceChecker	Check that only single program instance is running
wxSizerFlags
wxSizerItem
wxSockAddress
wxSound
wxSplitterEvent
wxSplitterRenderParams
wxStaticLine
wxStopWatch	Stop watch class
wxStringBufferLength
wxStringClientData
wxSystemOptions	System options class for run-time configuration
wxSystemSettings	System settings class for obtaining various global parameters
wxTCPClient
wxTCPConnection
wxTCPServer
wxTaskBarIcon
wxTextAttr
wxThreadHelperThread
wxTimer	Timer class
wxTipProvider
wxTreeItemData
wxVariantData
wxWindow
wxWindowDisabler
wxZipClassFactory
wxZipEntry
wxZipNotifier
wxZipOutputStream

Managed windows

There are several types of window that are directly controlled by the window manager (such as MS Windows, or the Motif Window Manager). Frames and dialogs are similar in wxWidgets, but only dialogs may be modal.

wxFrame	Normal frame
wxMDIChildFrame	MDI child frame
wxMDIParentFrame	MDI parent frame
wxMiniFrame	A frame with a small title bar
wxSplashScreen	Splash screen class
wxTabbedDialog	Tabbed dialog %(deprecated, use wxNotebook instead)
wxTipWindow	Shows text in a small window
wxTopLevelWindow	Any top level window, dialog or frame

Logging features

\overview{Overview}{wxlogoverview} wxWidgets provides several classes and functions for message logging. Please see the \helpref{wxLog overview}{wxlogoverview} for more details.

Log functions	Error and warning logging functions
wxLog	The base log class
wxLogChain	Allows to chain two log targets
wxLogGui	Default log target for GUI programs
wxLogNull	Temporarily suppress message logging
wxLogPassThrough	Allows to filter the log messages
wxLogStderr	Log messages to a C STDIO stream
wxLogStream	Log messages to a C++ iostream
wxLogTextCtrl	Log messages to a \helpref{wxTextCtrl}{wxtextctrl}
wxLogWindow	Log messages to a log frame
wxStreamToTextRedirector	Allows to redirect output sent to {\tt cout} to a \helpref{wxTextCtrl}{wxtextctrl}

Printing framework

\overview{Overview}{printingoverview} A printing and previewing framework is implemented to make it relatively straightforward to provide document printing facilities.

wxPageSetupDialog	Standard page setup dialog
wxPageSetupDialogData	Represents information about the page setup dialog
wxPreviewCanvas	Canvas for displaying a print preview
wxPreviewControlBar	Standard control bar for a print preview
wxPreviewFrame	Frame for displaying a print preview
wxPrintData	Represents information about the document being printed
wxPrintDialog	Standard print dialog
wxPrintDialogData	Represents information about the print dialog
wxPrintPreview	Class representing a print preview
wxPrinter	Class representing the printer
wxPrinterDC	Printer device context
wxPrintout	Class representing a particular printout

Miscellaneous windows

The following are a variety of classes that are derived from wxWindow.

wxChoicebook	Similar to notebook but using choice control
wxGrid	A grid (table) window
wxListbook	Similar to notebook but using list control
wxNotebook	Notebook class
wxPanel	A window whose colour changes according to current user settings
wxPlotWindow	A class to display data.
wxSashLayoutWindow	Window that can be involved in an IDE-like layout arrangement
wxSashWindow	Window with four optional sashes that can be dragged
wxScrolledWindow	Window with automatically managed scrollbars
wxSplitterWindow	Window which can be split vertically or horizontally
wxStatusBar	Implements the status bar on a frame
wxTabbedPanel	Tabbed panel (to be replaced with wxNotebook)
wxToolBar	Toolbar class
wxVScrolledWindow	As wxScrolledWindow but supports lines of variable height
wxWizardPage	A base class for the page in wizard dialog.
wxWizardPageSimple	A page in wizard dialog.

Validators

\overview{Overview}{validatoroverview} These are the window validators, used for filtering and validating user input.

wxGenericValidator	Generic control validator class
wxTextValidator	Text control validator class
wxValidator	Base validator class

Common dialogs

\overview{Overview}{commondialogsoverview} Common dialogs are ready-made dialog classes which are frequently used in an application.

wxColourDialog	Colour chooser dialog
wxDialog	Base class for common dialogs
wxDirDialog	Directory selector dialog
wxFileDialog	File selector dialog
wxFindReplaceDialog	Text search/replace dialog
wxFontDialog	Font chooser dialog
wxMessageDialog	Simple message box dialog
wxMultiChoiceDialog	Dialog to get one or more selections from a list
wxPasswordEntryDialog	Dialog to get a password from the user
wxSingleChoiceDialog	Dialog to get a single selection from a list and return the string
wxTextEntryDialog	Dialog to get a single line of text from the user
wxWizard	A wizard dialog.

Interprocess communication

\overview{Overview}{ipcoverview} wxWidgets provides simple interprocess communications facilities based on Windows DDE, but available on most platforms using TCP.

wxSocketHandler

Represents a socket handler

Online help

wxContextHelp	Class to put application into context-sensitive help mode
wxContextHelpButton	Button class for putting application into context-sensitive help mode
wxHelpController	Family of classes for controlling help windows
wxHelpControllerHelpProvider	Class for context-sensitive help provision via a help controller
wxHelpProvider	Abstract class for context-sensitive help provision
wxHtmlHelpController	HTML help controller class
wxSimpleHelpProvider	Class for simple context-sensitive help provision
wxToolTip	Class implementing tooltips

Menus

wxMenu	Displays a series of menu items for selection
wxMenuBar	Contains a series of menus for use with a frame
wxMenuItem	Represents a single menu item

Run-time class information system

\overview{Overview}{runtimeclassoverview} wxWidgets supports run-time manipulation of class information, and dynamic creation of objects given class names.

RTTI macros	Macros for manipulating run-time information
wxClassInfo	Holds run-time class information
wxObject	Root class for classes with run-time information

Networking classes

wxWidgets provides its own classes for socket based networking.

wxDialUpManager	Provides functions to check the status of network connection and to establish one
wxFTP	FTP protocol class
wxHTTP	HTTP protocol class
wxIPV4address	Represents an Internet address
wxIPaddress	Represents an Internet address
wxSocketBase	Represents a socket base object
wxSocketClient	Represents a socket client
wxSocketEvent	A socket event
wxSocketServer	Represents a socket server
wxURL	Represents a Universal Resource Locator

Graphics device interface

\overview{Bitmaps overview}{wxbitmapoverview} These classes are related to drawing on device contexts and windows.

wxBitmap	Represents a bitmap
wxBrush	Used for filling areas on a device context
wxBrushList	The list of previously-created brushes
wxColour	Represents the red, blue and green elements of a colour
wxCursor	A small, transparent bitmap representing the cursor
wxDCClipper	Wraps the operations of setting and destroying the clipping region
wxFont	Represents fonts
wxFontList	The list of previously-created fonts
wxIcon	A small, transparent bitmap for assigning to frames and drawing on device contexts
wxImage	A platform-independent image class
wxImageList	A list of images, used with some controls
wxMask	Represents a mask to be used with a bitmap for transparent drawing
wxPalette	Represents a table of indices into RGB values
wxPen	Used for drawing lines on a device context
wxPenList	The list of previously-created pens
wxRendererNative	Abstracts high-level drawing primitives

Window layout

There are two different systems for laying out windows (and dialogs in particular). One is based upon so-called sizers and it requires less typing, thinking and calculating and will in almost all cases produce dialogs looking equally well on all platforms, the other is based on so-called constraints and is deprecated, though still available. \overview{Sizer overview}{sizeroverview} describes sizer-based layout. These are the classes relevant to sizer-based layout.

wxBoxSizer	A sizer for laying out windows in a row or column
wxFlexGridSizer	A sizer for laying out windows in a flexible grid
wxGridBagSizer	Another grid sizer that lets you specify the cell an item is in, and items can span rows and/or columns.
wxGridSizer	A sizer for laying out windows in a grid with all fields having the same size
wxSizer	Abstract base class
wxStaticBoxSizer	Same as wxBoxSizer, but with a surrounding static box

Data structures

These are the data structure classes supported by wxWidgets.

wxDateSpan	A logical time interval.
wxDateTime	A class for date/time manipulations
wxExpr	A class for flexible I/O
wxExprDatabase	A class for flexible I/O
wxHashMap	A simple hash map implementation
wxHashSet	A simple hash set implementation
wxHashTable	A simple hash table implementation (deprecated, use wxHashMap)
wxHashTableLong	A wxHashTable version for storing long data
wxList	A simple linked list implementation
wxLongLong	A portable 64 bit integer type
wxNode	Represents a node in the wxList implementation
wxPathList	A class to help search multiple paths
wxPoint	Representation of a point
wxRealPoint	Representation of a point using floating point numbers
wxRect	A class representing a rectangle
wxRegEx	Regular expression support
wxRegion	A class representing a region
wxSize	Representation of a size
wxString	A string class
wxStringList	A class representing a list of strings
wxStringTokenizer	A class for interpreting a string as a list of tokens or words
wxTimeSpan	A time interval.
wxURI	Represents a Uniform Resource Identifier
wxVariant	A class for storing arbitrary types that may change at run-time

Threading classes

\overview{Multithreading overview}{wxthreadoverview} wxWidgets provides a set of classes to make use of the native thread capabilities of the various platforms.

wxCondition	Condition class
wxCriticalSection	Critical section class
wxCriticalSectionLocker	Critical section locker utility class
wxMutex	Mutex class
wxMutexLocker	Mutex locker utility class
wxSemaphore	Semaphore class
wxThread	Thread class
wxThreadHelper	Manages background threads easily

Document/view framework

\overview{Overview}{docviewoverview} wxWidgets supports a document/view framework which provides housekeeping for a document-centric application.

wxDocChildFrame	A child frame for showing a document view
wxDocManager	Manages the documents and views in an application
wxDocParentFrame	A parent frame to contain views
wxDocTemplate	Manages the relationship between a document class and a view class
wxDocument	Represents a document
wxMDIDocChildFrame	An MDI child frame for showing a document view
wxMDIDocParentFrame	An MDI parent frame to contain views
wxView	Represents a view

Database classes

\overview{Database classes overview}{odbcoverview} wxWidgets provides a set of classes for accessing Microsoft's ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) product, donated by Remstar. This is known as wxODBC.

wxDb	ODBC database connection
wxDbColDataPtr
wxDbColDef
wxDbColFor
wxDbColInf
wxDbConnectInf
wxDbIdxDef
wxDbInf
wxDbTable	Provides access to a database table
wxDbTableInf

Events

\overview{Overview}{eventhandlingoverview} An event object contains information about a specific event. Event handlers (usually member functions) have a single, event argument.

wxActivateEvent	A window or application activation event
wxCalculateLayoutEvent	Used to calculate window layout
wxCalendarEvent	Used with \helpref{wxCalendarCtrl}{wxcalendarctrl}
wxCloseEvent	A close window or end session event
wxCommandEvent	An event from a variety of standard controls
wxDialUpEvent	Event send by \helpref{wxDialUpManager}{wxdialupmanager}
wxDropFilesEvent	A drop files event
wxEraseEvent	An erase background event
wxEvent	The event base class
wxFindDialogEvent	Event sent by \helpref{wxFindReplaceDialog}{wxfindreplacedialog}
wxFocusEvent	A window focus event
wxIconizeEvent	An iconize/restore event
wxIdleEvent	An idle event
wxInitDialogEvent	A dialog initialisation event
wxJoystickEvent	A joystick event
wxKeyEvent	A keypress event
wxListEvent	A list control event
wxMaximizeEvent	A maximize event
wxMenuEvent	A menu event
wxMouseCaptureChangedEvent	A mouse capture changed event
wxMouseEvent	A mouse event
wxMoveEvent	A move event
wxNotebookEvent	A notebook control event
wxNotifyEvent	A notification event, which can be vetoed
wxPaintEvent	A paint event
wxProcessEvent	A process ending event
wxQueryLayoutInfoEvent	Used to query layout information
wxScrollEvent	A scroll event from sliders, stand-alone scrollbars and spin buttons
wxScrollWinEvent	A scroll event from scrolled windows
wxSizeEvent	A size event
wxSpinEvent	An event from \helpref{wxSpinButton}{wxspinbutton}
wxSysColourChangedEvent	A system colour change event
wxTabEvent	A tab control event
wxTimerEvent	A timer expiration event
wxTreeEvent	A tree control event
wxUpdateUIEvent	A user interface update event
wxWizardEvent	A wizard event

Device contexts

\overview{Overview}{dcoverview} Device contexts are surfaces that may be drawn on, and provide an abstraction that allows parameterisation of your drawing code by passing different device contexts.

wxBufferedDC	A helper device context for double buffered drawing.
wxBufferedPaintDC	A helper device context for double buffered drawing inside \textbf{OnPaint}.
wxClientDC	A device context to access the client area outside {\bf OnPaint} events
wxDC	The device context base class
wxMemoryDC	A device context for drawing into bitmaps
wxMetafileDC	A device context for drawing into metafiles
wxMirrorDC	A proxy device context allowing for simple mirroring.
wxPaintDC	A device context to access the client area inside {\bf OnPaint} events
wxPostScriptDC	A device context for drawing into PostScript files
wxScreenDC	A device context to access the entire screen
wxWindowDC	A device context to access the non-client area

HTML classes

wxWidgets provides a set of classes to display text in HTML format. These class include a help system based on the HTML widget.

wxHtmlEasyPrinting	Simple class for printing HTML
wxHtmlParser	Generic HTML parser class
wxHtmlPrintout	Generic HTML wxPrintout class
wxHtmlTagHandler	HTML tag handler, pluginable into wxHtmlParser
wxHtmlWinParser	HTML parser class for wxHtmlWindow
wxHtmlWinTagHandler	HTML tag handler, pluginable into wxHtmlWinParser
wxHtmlWindow	HTML window class

Debugging features

\overview{Overview}{debuggingoverview} wxWidgets supports some aspects of debugging an application through classes, functions and macros.

Debugging macros	Debug macros for assertion and checking
WXDEBUG\_NEW	Use this macro to give further debugging information
WXTRACE	Trace macro
WXTRACELEVEL	Trace macro with levels
wxDebugContext	Provides memory-checking facilities
wxDebugStreamBuf	A stream buffer writing to the debug stream

Controls

Typically, these are small windows which provide interaction with the user. Controls that are not static can have \helpref{validators}{wxvalidator} associated with them.

wxBitmapButton	Push button control, displaying a bitmap
wxButton	Push button control, displaying text
wxCalendarCtrl	Date picker control
wxCheckBox	Checkbox control
wxCheckListBox	A listbox with a checkbox to the left of each item
wxChoice	Choice control (a combobox without the editable area)
wxComboBox	A choice with an editable area
wxControl	The base class for controls
wxGauge	A control to represent a varying quantity, such as time remaining
wxGenericDirCtrl	A control for displaying a directory tree
wxHtmlListBox	A listbox showing HTML content
wxListBox	A list of strings for single or multiple selection
wxListCtrl	A control for displaying lists of strings and/or icons, plus a multicolumn report view
wxListView	A simpler interface ({\it fa\c{c}ade} for wxListCtrl in report mode
wxRadioBox	A group of radio buttons
wxRadioButton	A round button to be used with others in a mutually exclusive way
wxScrollBar	Scrollbar control
wxSlider	A slider that can be dragged by the user
wxSpinButton	A spin or `up-down' control
wxSpinCtrl	A spin control - i.e. spin button and text control
wxStaticBitmap	A control to display a bitmap
wxStaticBox	A static, or group box for visually grouping related controls
wxStaticText	One or more lines of non-editable text
wxTabCtrl	Manages several tabs
wxTextCtrl	Single or multiline text editing control
wxToggleButton	A button which stays pressed when clicked by user.
wxTreeCtrl	Tree (hierarchy) control
wxVListBox	A listbox supporting variable height rows