Other Window Styles for Edit Field and List Box Controls

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The following window style options are available for edit field and list box controls. For additional information, see the MSDN Library.

Window Styles for Edit Field and List Box Controls
Value	Description
WS_GROUP	Specifies the first control in a group of controls. All controls defined with this style after the first control belong to the same group.
WS_VSCROLL	Creates a window with a vertical scroll bar.
LBS_STANDARD	Creates a bordered list box.
LBS_NOTIFY	The parent window receives an input message whenever the end user clicks or double-clicks a string.
LBS_NODATA	Specifies a no-data list box. Specify this style when the count of items in the list box will exceed one thousand. A no-data list box must also have the LBS_OWNERDRAWFIXED style, but must not have the LBS_SORT or LBS_HASSTRINGS style. A no-data list box resembles an owner-drawn list box except that it contains no string or bitmap data for an item. Commands to add, insert, or delete an item always ignore any specified item data; requests to find a string within the list box always fail. The system sends the WM_DRAWITEM message to the owner window when an item must be drawn. The itemID member of the DRAWITEMSTRUCT structure passed with the WM_DRAWITEM message specifies the line number of the item to be drawn. A no-data list box does not send a WM_DELETEITEM message.
LBS_NOINTEGRALHEIGHT	Creates a list box that is precisely the size specified by the application when it created the list box.
LBS_NOREDRAW	List box is not updated when changes are made.
LBS_MULTIPLESEL	Toggles string selection each time the end user clicks or double-clicks the string.
LBS_HASSTRINGS	Specifies that a list box contains items consisting of strings. The list box maintains the memory and addresses for the strings so that the application can use the LB_GETTEXT message to retrieve the text for a particular item. By default, all list boxes except owner-drawn list boxes have this style. You can create an owner-drawn list box either with or without this style.
LBS_USETABSTOPS	Allows a list box to recognize and expand tab characters when drawing strings.
LBS_MULTICOLUMN	Creates a multicolumn list box that scrolls horizontally.
LBS_EXTENDEDSEL	Allows the end user to select multiple items using the SHIFT key and the mouse, or key combinations.
LBS_DISABLENOSCROLL	Displays a disabled vertical scroll bar when the list box does not contain enough items to scroll.
LBS_WANTKEYBOARDINPUT	Passes WM_VKEYTOITEM or WM_CHARTOITEM messages when the end user presses a key while the list box has focus. This allows an application to perform special processing on the keyboard input.
LBS_OWNERDRAWFIXED	Indicates that the owner of the list box is responsible for drawing the list box’s contents. Items in the list box are the same height.
LBS_OWNERDRAWVARIABLE	Indicates that the owner of the list box is responsible for drawing the list box’s contents. Items in the list box are of variable height.

Other Window Styles for Edit Field and List Box Controls

InstallShield 2019 Help Library

April 2019