Thread: Hot Key controls

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    Thumbs up Hot Key controls

    If i'm not mistaken, a hot key control is like a white box which contains items which can be selected (usually used to set options). Has anybody got a link, any info (such as functions associated with them) or even something to look up on MSDN?

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    Also are 'Accelerators'. The menu items with the underscore.

    Put an amperstand in front of the letter you want the underscore 'under' in the menu items title (not ID) ie &File
    Code:
    // Load accelerators for main menu (HACCEL hAccel)
    hAccel = LoadAccelerators( hInstance, MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDR_MAINMENU));
    Put this line into the winmain after the window is created but before your call to ShowWindow() UpdateWindow()
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    I know what those are. That's not what i'm talking about. Here's a screenshot of what i'm talking about... (its just from an Admin Mod configure utility)

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    You mean a list box?
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    its like a list box but it doesn't drop down or anything. Loom at the pic

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    List boxes have no drop-down feature. The best feature they offer in that regard is simple scrolling to highlight a certain number of items. If the window region is large enough, like in your screenshot, all the items are displayed without a scrollbar. You may be getting list boxes confused with drop-down boxes and combo boxes, which do have a drop-down feature.
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