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Re: [WIN]Removing the Focus Indicator

• Posted by Derek Parnell <ddparnell at bigpond.com> Mar 19, 2001
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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."