How to hook wxEVT_SHOW for a wxPanel child of a wxDialog

[Gabriele Giuseppini]

Dear all,

I have a dialog that contains a custom control of mine, derived from wxScrolled<wxPanel>. I would like the custom control to be notified of it being shown when the parent dialog is shown, but it seems that wxEVT_SHOW is not fired.

The custom control registers its own handlers for wxEVT_SHOW and wxEVT_SIZE in the constructor, as follows:

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class ShipPreviewPanel : public wxScrolled<wxPanel>
{
	...
}        

ShipPreviewPanel::ShipPreviewPanel(wxWindow* parent)
    : wxScrolled<wxPanel>(
        parent,
        wxID_ANY,
        wxDefaultPosition,
        wxDefaultSize,
        wxBORDER_SIMPLE | wxVSCROLL)
{
    ...
    Bind(wxEVT_SHOW, &ShipPreviewPanel::OnShow, this, this->GetId());
    Bind(wxEVT_SIZE, &ShipPreviewPanel::OnResized, this, this->GetId());
    ...
}

The parent dialog later on shows "itself" as follows:

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std::optional<std::filesystem::path> ShipLoadDialog::Open()
{
    this->Show();
}

At this moment I can see that my custom control's OnResized handler is invoked, but OnShow is never invoked, not even when the parent wxDialog is closed. Yet the custom control is definitely visible.

In all of this I am assuming that child controls of a dialog would fire wxEVT_SHOW whenever they become visible, e.g. when the parent dialog becomes visible itself. Is my assumption incorrect? How are wxEVT_SHOW events fired and propagated?

[Manolo]

In all of this I am assuming that child controls of a dialog would fire wxEVT_SHOW whenever they become visible

False.
From wxShowEvent docs

The event is triggered by calls to wxWindow::Show(), and any user action showing a previously hidden window or vice versa.

For example, the event is triggered when in your code you call myframe->Show(). But that event is not fired for the children of that frame (or any other wxTopLevelWindow).

What it's really fired for any control is the size-event. And currently you handle it. Perhaps you may want to handle also the paint-event.

[Gabriele Giuseppini]

Clear, thanks for the clarification.