Overview and comparison with other GUI models

wxWindows takes elements of other GUI APIs, and adds some elements of its own. Of course, it cannot hope to cover every (or even one) native API completely. The following sections discuss different GUI models and compare these with what wxWindows provides.

Windows

Dialog boxes

Menus

Events

Keyboard input

Repainting of windows

Scrolling

Printing

Programmatic versus interactive GUI building

Dimensions

Colour

On-line help

Interprocess Communication