NAME

Wx::Perl::ListCtrl - a sensible API for Wx::ListCtrl

SYNOPSIS

use Wx::Perl::ListCtrl;

my $lc = Wx::Perl::ListCtrl->new( $parent, -1 );

# add columns...

# get/set item text easily
$lc->InsertStringItem( 0, 'dummy' );
$lc->SetItemText( 0, 0, 'row 0, col 0' );
$lc->SetItemText( 0, 1, 'row 0, col 1' );
$lc->GetItemText( 0, 1 ) # 'row 0, col 1'

# use structured data, not plain integers
$lc->SetItemData( 0, { complex =>1, data => 2 } );
my $data = $lc->GetItemData( 0 );

# sensible way of getting the selection
my $selection = $lc->GetSelection;   # single selection
my @selections = $lc->GetSelections; # multiple selections

DESCRIPTION

The Wx::ListCtrl API is terrible. This module goes further than Wx::ListView in providing a sane api for Wx::ListCtrl.

This module is not a drop-in replacement for Wx::ListCtrl and Wx::ListView .

Wx::Perl::ListCtrl derives from Wx::ListView, however some of Wx::ListView/Wx::ListCtrl methods are overridden with more sensible, and sometimes API-incompatible, implementations.

METHODS

GetSelection

my $selection = $lc->GetSelection;

Returns the single selected line. Only works with a single-selection list control.

GetSelections

my @selections = $lc->GetSelections;

Returns a list with all the selected lines. Only works with a multi-selection list control.

GetItemText

my $text = $lc->GetItemText( $row, $col );

WARNING: incompatible with Wx::ListCtrl . Returns the text of the given item.

SetItemText

$lc->SetItemText( $row, $col, 'Text' );

WARNING: incompatible with Wx::ListCtrl . Sets the text of the given item.

SetItemData

$lc->SetItemData( $item, { complex => [ qw(data is allowed) ] } );

Sets the client data for the given row. Complex data structures are allowed. Setting the data to undef deletes the data for the given row.

GetItemData

my $data = $lc->GetItemData( $data );

Retrieves the data set with $lc-SetItemData>.

BUGS

Calling SetItemData too many times will crash after about 2^31 per-object calls (with 32 bit integers).

AUTHOR

Mattia Barbon <mbarbon@cpan.org>

LICENSE

Copyright (c) 2005, 2007 Mattia Barbon <mbarbon@cpan.org>

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself