Module ui.widget.container.widgetcontainer
WidgetContainer is a container for one or multiple Widgets.
It is the base class for all the container widgets.
Child widgets are stored in WidgetContainer as conventional array items:
WidgetContainer:new{ ChildWidgetFoo:new{}, ChildWidgetBar:new{}, ... }
It handles event propagation and painting (with different alignments) for its children.
Functions
| WidgetContainer:clear (skip_free) | Deletes all child widgets. |
| WidgetContainer:handleEvent (event) | WidgetContainer will pass event to its children by calling their handleEvent methods. |
Functions
- WidgetContainer:clear (skip_free)
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Deletes all child widgets.
Parameters:
- skip_free HorizontalGroup & VerticalGroup call us after already having called free, so allow skipping this one ;).
- WidgetContainer:handleEvent (event)
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WidgetContainer will pass event to its children by calling their handleEvent
methods. If no child consumes the event (by returning true), it will try
to react to the event by itself.
Parameters:
- event ui.event.Event
Returns:
-
bool
true if event is consumed, otherwise false. A consumed event will
not be sent to other widgets.