Re: ListView Selection Bar Color
Using SkinCrafter and other similar skin libs allows you to do this with ease,
the problem is
SkinCrafter currently does not support customizing the selection bar in
ListViews. It does support
customizing the selection bar in a plain list control. I never understood why
Windows did not allow
the customizing of all controls without going through the trouble of owner draw
controls.
From what I hear Windows Vista will allow better customizing of controls.
> Hi there,
>
> I've always found it strange what Windows API "Lets" you change and what
> it doesnt. It's like someone has to sit down one day and say:
> "ok, we wont let them change the color of this because we dont think
> it should change and what we think is better than what anybody else
> thinks".
> Strange too, because somewhere in the system dll it has to do:
> color=GetSystemColor(x)
> to get the color. One more stinky little function call:
> SetBarColor(color)
> and you could set the bar color of any control that has a selection
> bar, but noooo that would be too good :)
> Are they afraid someone will set it to the same color as the text and
> then the text wont be visible? I could think of a million other ways
> to screw up an app and they havent been afraid of that, and they sure
> weren't afraid of hackers when surfing with IE he he.
>
> Perhaps in Windows9000 op sys you'll be able to do it :)
>
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