Combobox Size

[TimStone]

I've noticed this for a long time ... never found an answer to it.

If I have a series of controls defined in an .rc file, all with a vertical size of 10, if one is a combobox, dropdown, then on the actual dialog it will be a larger then the other edit fields. It appears to be 12 to 14 high rather then 10 like the other items.

Any thoughts on this ?

[Enrico Maria Giordano]

The height of a combobox is tied to the font used, as far as I know.

EMG

[James Bott]

Tim,

I agree with Enrico.

Also, some comboboxes contain a Get so you may be able to change oCmbo:oGet:nHeight. I haven't tried this.

James

[TimStone]

It just looks bad. The same font is used for edits and comboboxes !

In the code, we use:

REDEFINE COMBOBOX abcITEMS aCol ID 2211 OF oDvm STYLE CBS_DROPDOWN MESSAGE "Enter the color of this unit" UPDATE

And the RC is:

CONTROL "", 2211, "ComboBox", WS_BORDER|CBS_DROPDOWN|WS_VSCROLL|WS_TABSTOP, 368,41,110, 264

We have to use 264 to allow enough vertical length for the data to display. However all GET edit boxes have a height of 10.

It would be nice to have them uniform.

[James Bott]

Tim,

Did you try:

oCmbo:oGet:nHeight := 10
oCmbo:oGet:refresh()

Or you may have to do:

oCmbo:oGet:setSize( oCmbo:oGet:nWidth, 10, .t. )

James

[TimStone]

Actually I found that setting the height of my edit boxes on the dialog is probably easiest. I have them set to 13 and they now match the combo box.

I'm manually realligning all the dialogs ... so it actually cleans up nicely and makes the screens easier to read. I think my clients will be pleased.

[Enrico Maria Giordano]

That's the height I use too.

EMG