wxAuiDefaultTabArt customization

[papillon68]

I'm trying to customize a wxAuiNotebook but it seems no changes are successful.
I've derived a new class for the wxAuiDefaultTabArt:

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class MyAuiTabArt : public wxAuiDefaultTabArt
{
public:
	MyAuiTabArt() {}
	virtual ~MyAuiTabArt() {}
	wxAuiDefaultTabArt *Clone() {
		return new MyAuiTabArt();
	}
	void DrawButton(wxDC &dc, wxWindow *wnd, const wxRect &inRect, int bitmapId, int buttonState, int orientation, wxRect *outRect);
};

and using this code to draw a customized tab:

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 void MyAuiTabArt::DrawButton(wxDC &dc, wxWindow *wnd, const wxRect &inRect, int bitmapId, int buttonState, int orientation, wxRect *outRect)
 {
	 dc.SetPen(wxPen(wxColor(255, 0, 0), 0));
	 dc.DrawRectangle(wxPoint(0, 0), wxSize(400, 100));
	 dc.SetBackground(wxColor(255, 0, 0));
	 dc.SetTextForeground( wxColour(255, 240, 233));
 }

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	myTabArt = new MyAuiTabArt();
	myAuiNotebook->SetArtProvider(myTabArt);

I couldn't find any specific information around or in the documentation, so I'm wondering if any of you guys were able to do it. Thanks.

[doublemax]

Does the DrawButton get called?

If yes, try using the "wxRect &inRect" for drawing, don't draw at (0,0). E.g. dc.DrawRectangle( inRect );

[papillon68]

Thanks for the reply, doublemax.
No the function wasn't called and so I ended up subclassing DrawTab like this:

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 void MyAuiTabArt::DrawTab(wxDC &dc, wxWindow *wnd, const wxAuiNotebookPage &pane, const wxRect &inRect, int closeButtonState, wxRect *outTabRect, wxRect *outButtonRect, int *xExtent)
 {
	wxSize tabSize(200, 40);
	outTabRect->SetSize(tabSize);
	dc.SetBrush(panelBackgroundColor);
	dc.DrawRectangle(inRect);
	dc.SetBrush(dockBackgroundColor);
	dc.DrawRectangle(pane.rect);
	wxFont captionFont;
	captionFont.SetPointSize(11);
	dc.SetFont(captionFont);
	dc.SetTextForeground(dockTitleColor);
	dc.DrawText(pane.caption, 0, 0);	 
 }

I use dc.DrawRectangle(inRect) to color the whole tab row, and later dc.DrawRectangle(pane.rect) to color the tab background. And the dc.DrawText for the tab caption.
I hope this can be useful for other folks.