listbox font color change

[prpleprncs]

How do you change the the color of the font in a listbox?

 

[dds82]

Subclass it and handle the WM_SETFONT message.

 

[prpleprncs]

Thank you, but I don't know how to subclass...??

 

[dds82]

If you're using MFC, just derive a class from CListBox and handle the WM_SETFONT message in that derived class. Then, wherever you need to use the color change, just change CListBox to CMyColoredListBox.

If you're not using MFC, it gets more complicated. You'll need to look into SetWindowLong(), using the index GWL_WNDPROC.

 

[dds82]

Hang on a second, what am I thinking here???

You can probably just send it the WM_SETFONT message, like this:

SendMessage(hwndListBox,WM_SETFONT,(WPARAM)hFont,TRUE);

If you're using MFC, there should be a member function of CListBox called SetFont() that does exactly what you're looking for.

 

[prpleprncs]

Are you sure there is a SetFont method. I haven't been able to find nor use it.

 

[dds82]

Apparently, there isn't. Try sending it the message.

 

[prpleprncs]

I got it. I have a ColorListBox.cpp and .h that I included. But thanks for the suggestions.