Control (gb.qt4)

This class is the parent class of all controls, except Menu.

This class is not creatable.

Properties	Methods	Events
Returns or sets the action string associated with the control. Action Returns or sets the background color used by the control. Background Use this property for assigning a custom cursor to a control. Cursor Indicates that the control is in design mode. Design Return or set the control text direction. Direction Returns or sets if a control accepts drops. Drop Indicates that the control is enabled. Enabled Returns or sets if a control will expand if included in a container that arranges its contents. Expand Returns or sets the font used to draw text in the control. Font Returns or sets the foreground color used by the control. Foreground A synonymous for the Height property. H Returns the internal X11 window handle of the control. Handle Returns whether the control has the focus. HasFocus Returns or sets the height of the control. Height Returns whether the mouse cursor is inside the control. Hovered A synonymous for the Handle property. Id Returns or sets if a control must be ignored when its parent arranges its children. Ignore Returns or sets the position of the left border of the control relative to its parent. Left Returns or sets the appearence of the cursor when it points inside the control. Mouse Returns or sets the name of the control. Name Returns the next control having the same parent. Next Return or set if a control cannot be focused with the TAB key. NoTabFocus Returns the control container. Parent Return or set the name of the menu that will be popped-up when the user presses the right mouse button or the keyboard `MENU` key. PopupMenu Returns the previous control having the same parent. Previous Return or set the "proxy" of a control. Proxy Return if the control is right to left oriented. RightToLeft Returns the position of the left border of the control in screen coordinates. ScreenX Returns the position of the top border of the control in screen coordinates. ScreenY Returns or sets the control tag. Tag Returns or sets the tooltip shown when the mouse stays on the control for a short time. Tooltip Returns or sets the position of the top border of the control relative to its parent. Top Returns or sets if the control will receive MouseMove events. Tracking Indicates if the control is visible or not. Visible A synonymous for the Width property. W Returns or sets the width of the control. Width Returns the top-level window that contains the control. Window Returns or sets the position of the left border of the control relative to its parent. X Returns or sets the position of the top border of the control relative to its parent. Y	Destroys the control. Delete Starts a drag & drop process. Drag Grab the keyboard and the mouse so that all keyboard and mouse events are received by the control. Grab Hides the control. Hide Sends the control to the background of its parent. Lower Moves and/or resizes the control. Move Moves and/or resizes the control. MoveScaled Sends the control to the foreground of its parent. Raise Trigger a redraw of the control. Refresh Changes the container of a control. Reparent Resizes the control. Resize Resizes the control. ResizeScaled Gives the focus to the control. SetFocus Shows the control. Show	Raised when the user quickly clicks twice on the control. DblClick This event is raised when the mouse enters the control during a drag & drop process. Drag This event is raised when the mouse leaves the control during a drag & drop operation. DragLeave This event is raised while the mouse moves inside the control during a drag & drop process. DragMove This event is raised when a drag is dropped in the control. Drop Raised when the mouse enters the control. Enter Raised when the control has got the focus. GotFocus Raised when a key is pressed while the control has the focus. KeyPress Raised when a key is released while the control has the focus. KeyRelease Raised when the mouse leaves the control. Leave Raised when the control has lost the focus. LostFocus Raised when the user clicks on the control with the right mouse button, or if it hits the `MENU` key. Menu Raised when a mouse button is pressed while the cursor is inside the control. MouseDown This event is raised when a drag operation should be started. MouseDrag Raised when the mouse moves inside the control while a mouse button is pressed. MouseMove Raised when a mouse button is depressed while the cursor is inside the control. MouseUp This event is raised when the user moves or presses the mouse wheel while the mouse is inside the control. MouseWheel

All events raised by the Control class are native events. Beware that they are raised even if the Enabled property is FALSE.

Beware that some controls or containers implemented in Gambas may not raise all native events as expected, because those native events may have been "eaten" by the control implementation.