Listview sizing question

[BOB MECHLER]

I need to make the last column of a listview extend to the right margin of the listview and cause the depth of the listview to show whole rows and not partial. I'd also like to widen vertically the listview rows so there is more space between rows other than the default usually assigned by the font that is set.

Also if the widening of the columns causes a horizontal scroll bar to appear at the bottom, how do I do the measurements to adjust the size of the listview so that only whole rows appear.

Bob Mechler

[Rodney Hicks]

You might check out the MSDN site:
ms-help://MS.LHSMSSDK.1033/MS.LHSWinSDK.1033/Controls/controls/listview/reflist.htm

You should find exactly what you want there.

[Michael Mattias]

Bad link, but if that's for listBOX controls as suggested by the link name, that won't help for a listVIEW control.

Listview_SetColumnWidth = adjust column widths. Many options.

On making the (vertical?) size such that partial rows don't show? I think you will need to use ListView_GetItemRect to get the size of an item (its RECT), then use AdjustWindowRect() based on a client height you calculate based on the number of rows you want to show and the unit height, then SetWindowPos() or MoveWindow() to resize the control. I think you'll also have to allow separately for the size of the listview's header control if present (code not shown) in your client size calculations.

MCM

[Rodney Hicks]

Fixed the link! Sorry!

[Michael Mattias]

>Fixed the link! Sorry!

You did? IE 7 does not like it!

(Is that a link to something on your local disk?)

This gets you to the start of the listview controls reference on-line:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa922166.aspx

MCM

[Rodney Hicks]

Decidedly curious that link. It is on my disk, for I can access it while disconnected(cached?). Yet I hadn't downloaded any thing from MSDN, only searched what I thought was their site and bookmarked. This is the link I started at and when I found the page I copied and pasted here.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx

[Roger Garstang]

Sounds like he knows how to size, what he needs is to use %LVSCW_AUTOSIZE_USEHEADER in the call to set the column width which has the same effect as double clicking the column dividers in the header.

Be aware though that XP has a bug in that if you use OwnerData and don't just add your items to the listview, neither %LVSCW_AUTOSIZE_USEHEADER or doudleclicking the divider for the first column will size right. This only applies if you link the theme xml to your exe too, not having themes on causes it to use the old version of the DLL and it will work fine. They fixed it in Vista along with an additional style that makes the Listview autosize all columns for you...but I doubt they will ever fix it in XP since it has been there forever and is another reason to put the virus known as Vista on your PC.