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#ifndef NCURSES_CURSESP_H_incl
#define NCURSES_CURSESP_H_incl 1
// $Id: cursesp.h,v 1.31 2014/08/09 22:06:26 Adam.Jiang Exp $
class NCURSES_IMPEXP NCursesPanel
static NCursesPanel *dummy;
// This structure is used for the panel's user data field to link the
// PANEL* to the C++ object and to provide extra space for a user pointer.
void* m_user; // the pointer for the user's data
const NCursesPanel* m_back; // backward pointer to C++ object
const PANEL* m_owner; // the panel itself
inline UserHook *UserPointer()
UserHook* uptr = reinterpret_cast<UserHook*>(
const_cast<void *>(::panel_userptr (p)));
void init(); // Initialize the panel object
void set_user(void *user)
UserHook* uptr = UserPointer();
if (uptr != 0 && uptr->m_back==this && uptr->m_owner==p) {
// Set the user pointer of the panel.
UserHook* uptr = UserPointer();
if (uptr != 0 && uptr->m_back==this && uptr->m_owner==p)
void OnError (int err) const THROW2(NCursesException const, NCursesPanelException)
THROW(new NCursesPanelException (this, err));
// If err is equal to the curses error indicator ERR, an error handler
// Get a keystroke. Default implementation calls getch()
virtual int getKey(void);
: NCursesWindow(nlines,ncols,begin_y,begin_x), p(0)
// Create a panel with this size starting at the requested position.
: NCursesWindow(::stdscr), p(0)
// This constructor creates the default Panel associated with the
NCursesPanel& operator=(const NCursesPanel& rhs)
NCursesWindow::operator=(rhs);
NCursesPanel(const NCursesPanel& rhs)
OnError (::hide_panel(p));
// Hide the panel. It stays in the stack but becomes invisible.
OnError (::show_panel(p));
// Show the panel, i.e. make it visible.
OnError (::top_panel(p));
// Make this panel the top panel in the stack.
OnError (::bottom_panel(p));
// Make this panel the bottom panel in the stack.
// N.B.: The panel associated with ::stdscr is always on the bottom. So
// actually bottom() makes the panel the first above ::stdscr.
virtual int mvwin(int y, int x)
OnError(::move_panel(p, y, x));
inline bool hidden() const
return (::panel_hidden (p) ? TRUE : FALSE);
// Return TRUE if the panel is hidden, FALSE otherwise.
/* The functions panel_above() and panel_below() are not reflected in
the NCursesPanel class. The reason for this is, that we cannot
assume that a panel retrieved by those operations is one wrapped
by a C++ class. Although this situation might be handled, we also
need a reverse mapping from PANEL to NCursesPanel which needs some
redesign of the low level stuff. At the moment, we define them in the
interface but they will always produce an error. */
inline NCursesPanel& above() const
inline NCursesPanel& below() const
// Those two are rewrites of the corresponding virtual members of
// Propagate all panel changes to the virtual screen and update the
virtual int noutrefresh();
// Propagate all panel changes to the virtual screen.
virtual void frame(const char* title=NULL,
const char* btitle=NULL);
// Put a frame around the panel and put the title centered in the top line
// and btitle in the bottom line.
virtual void boldframe(const char* title=NULL,
const char* btitle=NULL);
// Same as frame(), but use highlighted attributes.
virtual void label(const char* topLabel,
const char* bottomLabel);
// Put the title centered in the top line and btitle in the bottom line.
virtual void centertext(int row,const char* label);
// Put the label text centered in the specified row.
/* We use templates to provide a typesafe mechanism to associate
* user data with a panel. A NCursesUserPanel<T> is a panel
* associated with some user data of type T.
template<class T> class NCursesUserPanel : public NCursesPanel
NCursesUserPanel (int nlines,
const T* p_UserData = STATIC_CAST(T*)(0))
: NCursesPanel (nlines, ncols, begin_y, begin_x)
set_user (const_cast<void *>(reinterpret_cast<const void*>
// This creates an user panel of the requested size with associated
// user data pointed to by p_UserData.
NCursesUserPanel(const T* p_UserData = STATIC_CAST(T*)(0)) : NCursesPanel()
set_user(const_cast<void *>(reinterpret_cast<const void*>(p_UserData)));
// This creates an user panel associated with the ::stdscr and user data
// pointed to by p_UserData.
virtual ~NCursesUserPanel() {};
return reinterpret_cast<T*>(get_user ());
// Retrieve the user data associated with the panel.
virtual void setUserData (const T* p_UserData)
set_user (const_cast<void *>(reinterpret_cast<const void*>(p_UserData)));
// Associate the user panel with the user data pointed to by p_UserData.
#endif /* NCURSES_CURSESP_H_incl */