1. [WIN]Removing the Focus Indicator
Howdy y'all!
In some code that I'm working on, I have a titleless window with a dialog
frame, within which there are six TogglePicture controls. Each button is 16
x 16. The problem is that when the program is first started, or whenever
one of the buttons is pushed, the "dotted outline" appears ... to show that
the button has focus. I'd rather that this did not happen, because the
buttons are just small enough that it messes up the image in the button, and
just plain "don't look good."
So, is there any way to keep this outline from appearing? On program start
up, I've tried to take the focus off the buttons using setFocus(), but that
did not help. Also, I've used removeStyle() to remove the WS_TABSTOP style
from the buttons. Again, no good.
This isn't a show stopper, but I'm a dang perfectionists, and you know how
anal we get about these things. If anyone's about a idea about this, give
me a holler!
Thanks!
Happy Hunting,
Travis Beaty
Claude, Texas.
2. Re: [WIN]Removing the Focus Indicator
Hi Travis,
I've got no joy for you here, I feel.
> In some code that I'm working on, I have a titleless window with a dialog
> frame, within which there are six TogglePicture controls. Each button is
16
> x 16. The problem is that when the program is first started, or whenever
> one of the buttons is pushed, the "dotted outline" appears ... to show
that
> the button has focus. I'd rather that this did not happen, because the
> buttons are just small enough that it messes up the image in the button,
and
> just plain "don't look good."
>
> So, is there any way to keep this outline from appearing? On program
start
> up, I've tried to take the focus off the buttons using setFocus(), but
that
> did not help. Also, I've used removeStyle() to remove the WS_TABSTOP
style
> from the buttons. Again, no good.
This dotted line is drawn by Windows when a button has focus. TABSTOP has
nothing to do with it.
> This isn't a show stopper, but I'm a dang perfectionists, and you know how
> anal we get about these things. If anyone's about a idea about this, give
> me a holler!
If you can't make the buttons bigger, then consider using a FlatToolBar
control. I think this might do the trick for you. I haven't tried it myself
yet.
I remember having this problem in a VB program once. I had to make the
buttons 21 x 21 from memory.
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Derek Parnell
Melbourne, Australia
"To finish a job quickly, go slower."
