Cross-Platform GUI Programming with wxWidgets

In this chapter, you have learned how to draw on device contexts and use the wxWidgets printing framework, and you received a quick introduction to wxGLCanvas. You can look at the following source code in your wxWidgets distribution for examples of drawing and printing code:

• samples/drawing

• samples/font

• samples/erase

• samples/image

• samples/scroll

• samples/printing

• src/html/htmprint.cpp

• demos/bombs

• demos/fractal

• demos/life

For advanced 2D drawing applications, you might want to consider the wxArt2D library, which offers loading and saving of graphical objects using SVG files (Scalable Vector Graphics), flicker-free updating, gradients, vector paths, and more. See Appendix E, "Third-Party Tools for wxWidgets," for where to get wxArt2D.

Next, we'll look at how your application can respond to mouse, keyboard, and joystick input.