Class Window

A Toplevel View that draws a border around its Frame with a Title at the top.
Inheritance
System.Object
Responder
View
Toplevel
Window
Dialog
Implements
System.IDisposable
System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitializeNotification
System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize
System.Collections.IEnumerable
Inherited Members
System.Object.Equals(System.Object)
System.Object.Equals(System.Object, System.Object)
System.Object.GetHashCode()
System.Object.GetType()
System.Object.MemberwiseClone()
System.Object.ReferenceEquals(System.Object, System.Object)
Namespace: Terminal.Gui
Assembly: Terminal.Gui.dll
Syntax
public class Window : Toplevel, IDisposable, ISupportInitializeNotification, ISupportInitialize, IEnumerable
Remarks
The 'client area' of a Window is a rectangle deflated by one or more rows/columns from Bounds. A this time there is no API to determine this rectangle.

Constructors

Window()

Initializes a new instance of the Window class using Computed positioning.
Declaration
public Window()

Window(ustring)

Initializes a new instance of the Window class with an optional title using Computed positioning.
Declaration
public Window(ustring title = null)
Parameters
Type Name Description
NStack.ustring title Title.
Remarks
This constructor intitalize a View with a LayoutStyle of Computed. Use X, Y, Width, and Height properties to dynamically control the size and location of the view.

Window(ustring, Int32)

Initializes a new instance of the Window using Absolute positioning with the specified frame for its location, with the specified frame padding, and an optional title.
Declaration
public Window(ustring title = null, int padding = 0)
Parameters
Type Name Description
NStack.ustring title Title.
System.Int32 padding Number of characters to use for padding of the drawn frame.
Remarks
This constructor intitalize a View with a LayoutStyle of Computed. Use X, Y, Width, and Height properties to dynamically control the size and location of the view.

Window(Rect, ustring)

Initializes a new instance of the Window class with an optional title using Absolute positioning.
Declaration
public Window(Rect frame, ustring title = null)
Parameters
Type Name Description
Rect frame Superview-relative rectangle specifying the location and size
NStack.ustring title Title
Remarks
This constructor intitalizes a Window with a LayoutStyle of Absolute. Use constructors that do not take Rect parameters to initialize a Window with Computed.

Window(Rect, ustring, Int32)

Initializes a new instance of the Window using Absolute positioning with the specified frame for its location, with the specified frame padding, and an optional title.
Declaration
public Window(Rect frame, ustring title = null, int padding = 0)
Parameters
Type Name Description
Rect frame Superview-relative rectangle specifying the location and size
NStack.ustring title Title
System.Int32 padding Number of characters to use for padding of the drawn frame.
Remarks
This constructor intitalizes a Window with a LayoutStyle of Absolute. Use constructors that do not take Rect parameters to initialize a Window with LayoutStyle of Computed

Properties

Text

The text displayed by the Label.
Declaration
public override ustring Text { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
NStack.ustring
Overrides

TextAlignment

Controls the text-alignment property of the label, changing it will redisplay the Label.
Declaration
public override TextAlignment TextAlignment { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
TextAlignment The text alignment.
Overrides

Title

The title to be displayed for this window.
Declaration
public ustring Title { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
NStack.ustring The title

Methods

Add(View)

Declaration
public override void Add(View view)
Parameters
Type Name Description
View view
Overrides

GetEnumerator()

Enumerates the various Views in the embedded Terminal.Gui.Window.ContentView.
Declaration
public IEnumerator GetEnumerator()
Returns
Type Description
System.Collections.IEnumerator The enumerator.

MouseEvent(MouseEvent)

Declaration
public override bool MouseEvent(MouseEvent mouseEvent)
Parameters
Type Name Description
MouseEvent mouseEvent
Returns
Type Description
System.Boolean
Overrides

Redraw(Rect)

Declaration
public override void Redraw(Rect bounds)
Parameters
Type Name Description
Rect bounds
Overrides

Remove(View)

Declaration
public override void Remove(View view)
Parameters
Type Name Description
View view
Overrides

RemoveAll()

Declaration
public override void RemoveAll()
Overrides

Implements

System.IDisposable
System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitializeNotification
System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize
System.Collections.IEnumerable