ComboBox List Size/Position

[Carl W Mitchell]

Help!

Does anyone know how to cause the resized listbox portion of an
ownerdraw combobox to center or align to the right edge
of the text window? I know I need to use movewindow, but cannot get the
listbox handle.

I want to use an ownerdraw combox to provide several tabbed text
columns and need to show the list portion either shoved left
(default) or to the right (my problem).

Thanks!

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[James C Morgan]

MIGHT TRY

RSET   LSET CSET

GS = SPACE$(8)
A$ = "File"
CSET GS = A$
A$ = GS

[Kurt Kuzba]

i know i need to use movewindow, but cannot get the
listbox handle.

control handle ?

[Borje Hagsten]

Looks like question was asked 7 Nov 2000. I'll return 7 Nov 2042 with an answer.
Meanwhile, in case someone is in a hurry, look-up %WM_CTLCOLORLISTBOX and %CB_GETDROPPEDSTATE. Else a code was also given at https://forum.powerbasic.com/forum/u...ider-drop-list

[Dave Biggs]

There's a more recent example here

(Shows how to set up column alignment. Doesn't address listbox position though)

[Michael Mattias]

from Win SDK on disk:

An application sends a CB_GETDROPPEDCONTROLRECT message to retrieve the screen coordinates of a combo box in its dropped-down state.

That what you are looking for?

OR...

Instead of using a single combobox control, you could use an edit control + button control, with a listbox control right underneath it. .

That would give you real flexibility.. at the cost of having to perform some synchronization in code yourself.