BBox

Derived From:BView
Mix-in Classes:
Declared In:interface/Box.h
Library:libbe.so
Allocation:
Class Overview

Constructor and Destructor

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);
BBox(BMessagearchive);

Initializes the BBox by passing the frame, name, resizingMode, and flags to the BView constructor, and sets the style of its border to border. Three border styles are possible:

ConstantDescription

B_PLAIN_BORDER

The border is a simple line, lighter on the left and top than on the right and bottom so that the box looks raised from the surrounding surface.

B_FANCY_BORDER

The border is a fancier line that looks like a 3D groove inset into the surrounding surface of the view.

B_NO_BORDER

There is no border. This option is not that useful for a BBox object; it turns the box into something other than a box.

The constructor also sets the font for displaying the BBox's label to the system bold font (be_bold_font). However, the new object doesn't have a label; call SetLabel() to assign it one.

~BBox()

virtual ~BBox();

Frees the label, if the BBox has one.


Member Functions

Archive()

virtual Archive(BMessagearchive,
                bool deep = true) const;

Stores the BBox in the BMessage archive.

See also: BArchivable::Archive(), Instantiate() static function

AttachedToWindow()

virtual void AttachedToWindow();

Makes the BBox's background view color and its low color match the background color of its new parent.

Draw()

virtual void Draw(BRectupdateRect);

Draws the box and its label. This function is called automatically in response to update messages.

FrameResized()

virtual void FrameResized(float width,
                          float height);

Makes sure that the parts of the box that change when it's resized are redrawn.

See also: BView::FrameResized()

SetBorder(), Border()

virtual void SetBorder(border_style border);border_style Border() const;

These functions set and return the style of border the BBox draws—B_PLAIN_BORDER, B_FANCY_BORDER, or B_NO_BORDER. The border style is initially set by the BBox constructor.

SetLabel(), Label(), LabelView()

void SetLabel(const char* string); status_t SetLabel(BViewviewLabel);
const char* Label() const;BViewLabelView() const;

These functions set and return the label that's displayed along the top edge of the box. SetLabel() copies string and makes it the BBox's label, freeing the previous label, if any. If string is NULL, it removes the current label and frees it.

Alternately, you can use the second form of SetLabel() to specify a view to be used as the BBox's label. This view can be anything, including controls.

Label() returns a pointer to the BBox's current label, or NULL if it doesn't have one (or the label is a view).

LabelView() returns a pointer to the BView that's being used as the BBox's label, or NULL if either there is no label, or the label is a string.

Return CodeDescription

B_OK.

No error occurred.

No other errors are returned.


Static Functions

Instantiate()

static BArchivableInstantiate(BMessagearchive);

Returns a new BBox object, allocated by new and created with the version of the constructor that takes a BMessage archive. However, if the archive message doesn't contain data for a BBox object, this function returns NULL.

See also: BArchivable::Instantiate(), instantiate_object(), Archive()()


Archived Fields

The Archive() function adds the following fields to its BMessage argument:

FieldType codeDescription
_labelB_STRING_TYPEThe box's descriptive text.
_styleB_BOOL_TYPEExists and is true if the style is not B_FANCY_BORDER.
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