Color Checkboxes

How do you color a checkbox? Coloring the text of a checkbox is not a problem, but not the box itself. Success has been eluding me and I am not sure where to start. :confused:

Hmm I haven't tried this, but if one of the WM_CTLCOLOR messages doesn't handle checkboxes, you could always made an owner drawn box and just handle drawing it manually.

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Hmm I haven't tried this, but if one of the WM_CTLCOLOR messages doesn't handle checkboxes, you could always made an owner drawn box and just handle drawing it manually.

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Unfortunatly this did not work for me, but perhaps I have not applied it correctly. My static text boxes work well with the WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC message, but after going through all of the messages I have come to a wall. (I even did the obvious ones that would not work)

Building my own checkbox sounds very complicated for me, and I really do not know where to start. :confused:

You input is greatly appreciated. :)

Have you tried WM_CTLCOLORBTN?

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Originally Posted by anonytmouse

Have you tried WM_CTLCOLORBTN?

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Yes, WM_CTLCOLORBTN was tried, but perhaps it was not applied correctly. Do you, or anyone else, have an example?

For non-push button 'button' controls, like checkboxes, handle the parent's WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC. See also this page; the information is good for winxp, too.

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case WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC:
  {
  int nID=GetDlgCtrlID((HWND)lParam);
  switch (nID)
    {
    case IDC_CHECKBOX:
      SetTextColor((HDC)wParam,RGB(255,0,0)); /*red*/
      return (LRESULT)GetStockObject(LTGRAY_BRUSH);
    case IDC_ANOTHER_CHECKBOX:
      SetTextColor(HDC)wParam,RGB(0,255,0)); /*green*/
      return (LRESULT)GetStockObject(BLACK_BRUSH);
    }
  }

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Nice piece of code Ken. ;) However, this was accomplished, but not in such a nice format. What I was looking for was the box its self being colored. For example: the check mark being yellow and the background to the box being black.

Perhaps I am faced with creating my own checkbox, and that sounds painful.

Thanks for your reply though. It was greatly appreciated. :D