Controls

The term control refers to a rectangular area of the display that may respond to user input events. A control provides a means of access to a window, which means it can be drawn onto the window and receive input.

Controls are derived from CCoeControl.

Examples of controls include:

• buttons

• menus

• text edit boxes

• main panes that display application specific data

For more information on controls, see:

• Window-owning controls and non-window-owning controls

• The run-time control hierarchy

• UI Control Framework overview

For information on controls and event handling, see Window server events.

For more information on implementing controls in different architecture approaches see:

• Traditional Symbian UI application architecture

• View architecture

• Dialog architecture

This section comprises:

• Window owning and non-window owning controls
  
• Compound controls
  
• Commonly used controls