Event macros summary

Macros listed by event class

The documentation for specific event macros is organised by event class. Please refer to these sections for details.

wxActivateEvent	The EVT_ACTIVATE and EVT_ACTIVATE_APP macros intercept activation and deactivation events.
wxCommandEvent	A range of commonly-used control events.
wxCloseEvent	The EVT_CLOSE macro handles window closure called via wxWindow::Close.
wxDropFilesEvent	The EVT_DROP_FILES macros handles file drop events.
wxEraseEvent	The EVT_ERASE_BACKGROUND macro is used to handle window erase requests.
wxFocusEvent	The EVT_SET_FOCUS and EVT_KILL_FOCUS macros are used to handle keyboard focus events.
wxKeyEvent	EVT_CHAR, EVT_KEY_DOWN and EVT_KEY_UP macros handle keyboard input for any window.
wxIdleEvent	The EVT_IDLE macro handle application idle events (to process background tasks, for example).
wxInitDialogEvent	The EVT_INIT_DIALOG macro is used to handle dialog initialisation.
wxListEvent	These macros handle wxListCtrl events.
wxMenuEvent	These macros handle special menu events (not menu commands).
wxMouseEvent	Mouse event macros can handle either individual mouse events or all mouse events.
wxMoveEvent	The EVT_MOVE macro is used to handle a window move.
wxPaintEvent	The EVT_PAINT macro is used to handle window paint requests.
wxScrollEvent	These macros are used to handle scroll events from wxScrollBar, wxSlider,and wxSpinButton.
wxSetCursorEvent	The EVT_SET_CURSOR macro is used for special cursor processing.
wxSizeEvent	The EVT_SIZE macro is used to handle a window resize.
wxSplitterEvent	The EVT_SPLITTER_SASH_POS_CHANGED, EVT_SPLITTER_UNSPLIT and EVT_SPLITTER_DCLICK macros are used to handle the various splitter window events.
wxSysColourChangedEvent	The EVT_SYS_COLOUR_CHANGED macro is used to handle events informing the application that the user has changed the system colours (Windows only).
wxTreeEvent	These macros handle wxTreeCtrl events.
wxUpdateUIEvent	The EVT_UPDATE_UI macro is used to handle user interface update pseudo-events, which are generated to give the application the chance to update the visual state of menus, toolbars and controls.