pjs/widget/public/nsIListBox.h

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#ifndef nsIListBox_h__
#define nsIListBox_h__

#include "nsIListWidget.h"
#include "nsString.h"

// {F8030014-C342-11d1-97F0-00609703C14E}
#define NS_ILISTBOX_IID \
{ 0xf8030014, 0xc342, 0x11d1, { 0x97, 0xf0, 0x0, 0x60, 0x97, 0x3, 0xc1, 0x4e } }


/**
 * Initialize list box data
 */

struct nsListBoxInitData : public nsWidgetInitData {
  nsListBoxInitData()
    : mMultiSelect(PR_FALSE)
  {
  }

  PRBool mMultiSelect;
};

/**
 * Single or multi selection list of items.
 * Unlike a nsIWidget, The the list widget must automatically clear 
 * itself to the background color when paint messages are generated.
 * The listbox always has a vertical scrollbar. It never has a
 * horizontal scrollbar.
 */

class nsIListBox : public nsISupports {

public:
    NS_DEFINE_STATIC_IID_ACCESSOR(NS_ILISTBOX_IID)

    /**
     * Set an item at the specific position
     *
     * @param   aItem     the item name. The item has to be null terminated
     * @param   aPosition the position the item should be inserted at
     *                    0 is at the top of the list
     *                    -1 is at the end of the list
     */
    NS_IMETHOD AddItemAt(nsString &aItem, PRInt32 aPosition) = 0;

    /**
     * Finds the first occurrence of the specified item
     *
     * @param   aItem     the string to be filled
     * @param   aStartPos the starting position (index)
     * @return  PR_TRUE if successful, PR_FALSE otherwise
     *
     */
    virtual PRInt32  FindItem(nsString &aItem, PRInt32 aStartPos) = 0;

    /**
     * Returns the number of items in the list
     *
     * @return  the number of items
     *
     */
    virtual PRInt32  GetItemCount() = 0;

    /**
     * Remove the first occurrence of the specified item
     *
     * @param   aPosition the item position
     *                    0 is at the top of the list
     *                    -1 is at the end of the list
     *
     * @return  PR_TRUE if successful, PR_FALSE otherwise
     *
     */
    virtual PRBool RemoveItemAt(PRInt32 aPosition) = 0;

    /**
     * Gets an item at a specific location
     *
     * @param   anItem    on return contains the string of the item at that position
     * @param   aPosition the Position of the item
     *
     */
     virtual PRBool GetItemAt(nsString& anItem, PRInt32 aPosition) = 0;

    /**
     * Gets the selected item for a single selection list
     *
     * @param   aItem  on return contains the string of the selected item
     *
     */
     NS_IMETHOD GetSelectedItem(nsString &aItem) = 0;

    /**
     * Returns with the index of the selected item
     *
     * @return  PRInt32, index of selected item
     *
     */
    virtual PRInt32 GetSelectedIndex()  = 0;

    /**
     * Select the item at the specified position
     *
     * @param   PRInt32, the item position
     *                   0 is at the top of the list
     *                   -1 is at the end of the list
     *
     */
    NS_IMETHOD SelectItem(PRInt32 aPosition)  = 0;

    /**
     * Deselects all the items in the list
     *
     */
    NS_IMETHOD Deselect()  = 0;


    /**
     * Set the listbox to be multi-select.
     * @param   aMultiple PR_TRUE can have multiple selections. PR_FALSE single
     *          selections only.
     * @return  void
     *
     */

    NS_IMETHOD  SetMultipleSelection(PRBool aMultipleSelections) = 0;

    /**
     * Return the number of selected items. For single selection list box this
     * @return the number of selected items
     * can be 1 or 0. 
     *
     */
    virtual PRInt32  GetSelectedCount() = 0;

    /**
     * Retrieves the indices of the selected items.
     * @param aIndices Array to hold the selected items. Use GetSelectedCount to
     *        determine how large the array needs to be.
     * @param aSize Size of the aIndices array
     *
     */
    NS_IMETHOD  GetSelectedIndices(PRInt32 aIndices[], PRInt32 aSize) = 0;

    /**
     * Sets the indices of the selected items.
     * @param aIndices Array to hold the selected items. Use GetSelectedCount to
     *        determine how large the array needs to be.
     * @param aSize Size of the aIndices array
     *
     */
    NS_IMETHOD  SetSelectedIndices(PRInt32 aIndices[], PRInt32 aSize) = 0;

};

#endif // nsIListBox_h__