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Containers

The following interface elements are not visible, but control the positioning of visible elements:

IupBackgroundBox - Creates a simple native container with no decorations.
IupCbox - Creates a void container for positioning elements in absolute coordinates. It is a concrete layout container.
IupHbox - Creates a void container for composing elements horizontally.
IupFill - Creates void element, which dynamically occupies empty spaces always trying to expand itself.
IupGridBox - Creates a void container for composing elements in a regular grid.
IupMultiBox - Creates a void container for composing elements in a irregular grid.
IupNormalizer - Sets the widths, heights, or both to the largest size in the specified list.
IupRadio - Creates a void container for grouping mutually exclusive toggles.
IupVbox - Creates a void container for composing elements vertically.
IupZbox - Creates a void container for composing elements in hidden layers with only one layer visible.

 
All visible interface elements must ultimately belong to an IupDialog.

IupDialog - Create a native standard window. This is the mandatory top-level container for any and all application-defined windows.
IupDetachBox - Creates a detachable void container.
Iup[GL]Expander - Creates a void container that can interactively show or hide its child.
Iup[Flat]Frame - Creates a native container, which draws a frame with a title around its child.
IupSbox - Creates a void container that allows its child to be resized.
IupScrollBox - Creates a native container that allows its child to be scrolled.
IupSplit - Creates a void container that split its client area in two.
IupTabs - Creates a tab control (like IupZbox, but interactively visibile)

 
Several pre-defined dialogs are provided:

IupAlarm - Show a modal dialog containing a message and up to three buttons.
IupMessage - Show a modal dialog containing a message with an OK button.
IupFileDlg - Creates the File Dialog element.
IupFontDlg - Creates a Font Dialog element, for selecting a font.
IupGetColor - Shows a modal dialog which allows the user to select a color.
IupGetParam - Shows a modal dialog for capturing parameter values using several types of controls.
IupGetText - Shows a modal dialog to edit a multiline text.
IupListDialog - Shows a modal dialog to select items from a simple or multiple selection list.
IupProgressDlg - Creates a progress dialog for displaying the progress of an operation.
IupLayoutDialog - Creates a Layout Dialog to visually edit the layout of another dialog in run time.
IupGlobalsDialog - Creates an Globals Dialog to check and edit global attributes, functions (read-only) and names (read-only) in run time.
IupElementPropertiesDialog - Creates an Element Properties Dialog to edit the properties of an element in run time.
IupClassInfoDialog - Creates an Iup Class Information dialog to show all registered classes, class attributes and callbacks.

 
The following routines can be used for managing elements.

IupAppend - Inserts an interface element at the end of the container, after the last element of the container.
IupDetach - Detaches an interface element from its parent.
IupInsert - Inserts an interface element before another child of the container.
IupReparent - Moves an interface element from one position in the hierarchy tree to another.
IupGetDialog - Returns the handle of the dialog that contains that interface element.
IupGetBrother - Returns either brother of an element.
IupGetChild - Returns a child of the control given its position.
IupGetChildCount - Returns the number of children of the given control.
IupGetChildPos - Returns the position of a child of the given control.
IupGetNextChild - Returns the next child of the specified control given its brother.
IupGetDialogChild - Returns the identifier of the child element with the specified name.
IupGetParent - Returns the parent of a control.