Thread: Edit Box Scroll Bars

hey, this is annoying me. i have an edit box...next to it is a [Browse] button for the user to browse for a text file to select for analyzing / modifying purposes... it ALWAYS has a horizontal scrollbar >:O i want it to be able to scroll horizontally but only when its needed.. i would also like the same effect for a vertical scrollbar on a static control (can static controls scroll?) which will contain the analysis / modification. if static controls cannot have a scrollbar, its not rocket science to change it to an edit control

thanks

bah so i'm stuck w/the scrollbars? theres gotta be a way because other programs do it.. lol

notepad, wordpad, word... lol

ok, so i had the brilliant realization to do something similar to my word wrap function in another program. but is there a way to tell if the text in the edit control exceeds the viewable area? because i'm thinking if you can find out if it goes off the screen, then you could add the WS_HSCROLL style to the window and remake it..

w/notepad / wordpad / word i meant the vertical scrollbar. for some reason i get WS_VSCROLL and WS_HSCROLL mixed up sometimes.

I'm don't think it does what you say here

but i promise you, it does: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...85/babbler.jpg

Code:

case WM_CREATE:
{
             CreateWindowEx(WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE, TEXT("EDIT"), TEXT(""), 
               WS_VISIBLE | WS_CHILD | WS_HSCROLL | ES_AUTOHSCROLL, 22, 20, 155, 40, hwnd, (HMENU)ID_DIRFIELD, 
               g_hInst, NULL);
             
             CreateWindowEx(0, TEXT("BUTTON"), TEXT("Browse"), WS_VISIBLE | WS_CHILD | BS_PUSHBUTTON, 
               197, 20, 65, 25, hwnd, (HMENU)ID_BROWSEBTN, g_hInst, NULL);
             
             CreateWindowEx(0, TEXT("BUTTON"), TEXT("Analyze"), WS_VISIBLE | WS_CHILD | BS_PUSHBUTTON, 
               50, 70, 70, 25, hwnd, (HMENU)ID_ANALYZEBTN, g_hInst, NULL);
             
             CreateWindowEx(0, TEXT("BUTTON"), TEXT("BabbleIt"), WS_VISIBLE | WS_CHILD | BS_PUSHBUTTON, 
               150, 70, 70, 25, hwnd, (HMENU)ID_BABBLEITBTN, g_hInst, NULL);
             
             CreateWindowEx(WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE, TEXT("STATIC"), TEXT(""), WS_VISIBLE | WS_CHILD | ES_READONLY, 
               22, 110, 240, 140, hwnd, (HMENU)ID_DISPLAY, g_hInst, NULL);
}
break;

thats what i said, it always has the horizontal scrollbar. lol i dont want it to.

when i was speaking of other text editors, i was referring to the vertical scrollbar b/c if you look in the picture, the larger static area may have text that extends beyond the display area.