h1(#wxcontrol). Wx::Control

This is the base class for a control or ``widget''.

A control is generally a small window which processes user input and/or
displays one or more item of data.

h2. Derived from

"Window":window.html

"EvtHandler":evthandler.html

"Object":object.html

h2. See also

"Validator":validator.html

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h2. Methods

* "Control#command":#Control_command
* "Control#get_label":#Control_getlabel
* "Control#get_label_text":#Control_getlabeltext
* "Control#set_label":#Control_setlabel

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h3(#Control_command). Control#command

  *command*(%(arg-type)"CommandEvent":commandevent.html% event)

Simulates the effect of the user issuing a command to the item. See "CommandEvent":commandevent.html.


h3(#Control_getlabel). Control#get_label

 String *get_label*()

Returns the control's text. Note that the returned string contains the
mnemonics (@&@ characters) if any, use
"Control#get_label_text":control.html#Control_getlabeltext if they are 
undesired.

h3(#Control_getlabeltext). Control#get_label_text

 String *get_label_text*()

Returns the control's label without the mnemonics characters.

Can also be called as a class method, passing in a single label string;
this will return the same label string with the mnemonic characters removed.

h3(#Control_setlabel). Control#set_label

  *set_label*(%(arg-type)String% label)

Sets the item's text. The @&@ characters in the label are special and
indicate that the following character is a mnemonic for this control and
can be used to activate it from the keyboard (typically by using Alt key
in combination with it). To insert a literal ampersand character, you need to double it, i.e. use @"&&"@