Applies styles to IlvStylable objects. More...

#include <ilviews/base/stylist.h>

Inheritance diagram for IlvStylist:

Public Member Functions
virtual IlvStylist *	getParentStylist () const =0
	Returns the parent stylist. More...

void	removeStyling ()
	Removes all styling information from the stylist.

IlBoolean	setStyleSheet (const char *text, size_t length)
	Applies styling information to this stylist. More...

IlBoolean	setStyleSheet (std::istream &file)
	Applies styling information to this stylist. More...

Detailed Description

Applies styles to IlvStylable objects.

Library: xviews or winviews or mviews (mutually exclusive)

A stylist is responsible for applying the styles that are stored in the style sheets attached to it to the stylable object it is in charge of.

See also: IlvStylable.

Member Function Documentation

◆ getParentStylist()

virtual IlvStylist* IlvStylist::getParentStylist ( ) const

pure virtual

Returns the parent stylist.

Stylist hierarchy is how cascading styling is done: if no style apply for a given stylable in this stylist, the parent stylist will be queried, recursively until there is no parent stylist anymore.

Returns: The parent stylist or 0 if there is none.

Implemented in IlvAbstractView, and IlvDisplay.

◆ setStyleSheet() [1/2]

IlBoolean IlvStylist::setStyleSheet	(	const char *	text,
		size_t	length
	)

Applies styling information to this stylist.

The style sheet is queried for styling information if the look & feel handler is set to CSS. Calling this method again overwrites the previous styling information. After setting the stylesheet notifyStyleChanges() must be called to recalculate the style and redraw.

Parameters

text.	A pointer to the css styling text.
length.	Length of the styling text.

Returns: IlTrue if the style sheet was applied succesfully, and IlFalse if a problem occured.

See also: removeStyling().

◆ setStyleSheet() [2/2]

IlBoolean IlvStylist::setStyleSheet ( std::istream & file )