#!/usr/bin/perl --
use strict; use warnings;
use Wx;
my $f = Wx::Frame->new(undef, -1, ""); ## this, otherwise nothing on screen, nada
my $l = Wx::ListCtrl->new(
    $f,
    -1,
    [-1,-1],
    [-1,-1],
    Wx::wxLC_REPORT() 
);


$l->InsertColumn( $_, "column $_" ) for 0 .. 3;
for my $col( 0 .. 2 ){
    for( 0 .. 10 ){
        if( $col == 0 ){
            $l->InsertStringItem( $_, qq{row $_ col $col} );
        }
        $l->SetItemString( $_, $col, qq{row $_ col $col} )
    }
    $l->SetColumnWidth($col, Wx::wxLIST_AUTOSIZE()  ); ## autosize after adding all items
}


for my $row ( 11 .. 20 ){
    $l->AddStringItems ( map { "row $row col $_" } 0 .. 3 ) ;
}

$l->SetColumnWidth($_, Wx::wxLIST_AUTOSIZE()  ) for 0 .. 3;

for my $col ( 0 .. 3 ){
    warn
    my $column0 = $l->GetColumn( $col );
    $column0->SetText( $column0->GetText . " (?red?)" );
    $column0->SetBackgroundColour( Wx::wxRED() );
    $column0->SetTextColour( Wx::wxRED() );
    warn
    my $column0font = $column0->GetFont;
    $column0font->SetPointSize( 12 + $column0font->GetPointSize );
    $column0font->SetWeight( Wx::wxFONTWEIGHT_BOLD() );
    $column0->SetFont( $column0font);
    warn $column0->GetFont;
    $l->Refresh;
    $l->SetColumn( $col, $column0);
    warn $l->GetColumn( $col );
}


$f->Show(1); 
exit Wx::SimpleApp->new->MainLoop;

sub Wx::ListCtrl::GetItemFont { $_[0]->GetItem($_[1])->GetFont }
sub Wx::ListCtrl::SetItemFont { $_[0]->GetItem($_[1])->SetFont($_[2]) }
sub Wx::ListCtrl::AddStringItems {
#~     warn "@_\n";
    my $l = shift;
    my $ix = $l->GetItemCount;
    $l->InsertStringItem( $ix, 'placeholder' );
    my $col = 0;
    while(@_){
#~         warn "$ix $col $_[0] ", 
        $l->SetItemString( $ix, $col, shift @_);
        $col++;
    }
}