Thread: Static Text on Tab Controls

Hello Everybody.

I currently have a tab control that has a static control that is made for each tab. Then each static text is then added onto the static control to make it possible for tab switching. The text can be drawn correctly, but I have a problem. The text has a static, gray-like, background that I am trying to remove. How would I go about doing that?

My current code is:

Code:

hwnd_tabs_content[0] = CreateWindowEx(0,"STATIC","",SS_WHITERECT|WS_VISIBLE|WS_EX_TRANSPARENT|WS_CHILD|WS_EX_WINDOWEDGE,1,21,586,367,hwnd_tabs,NULL,g_hinst,NULL);
HWND test=CreateWindowEx(0,"STATIC","asdf",WS_VISIBLE|WS_CHILD|WS_EX_TRANSPARENT,10,10,400,20,hwnd_tabs_content[0],NULL,g_hinst,NULL);
SendMessage (test,WM_SETFONT,(WPARAM) GetStockObject(DEFAULT_GUI_FONT), 0);

I think that you have to ownerdraw the control to change the background color (with edit controls you can work with WM_CTLCOLOREDIT and WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC messages, but this don't apply to static controls). Just assign the SS_OWNERDRAW style and check the WM_DRAWITEM message on the control's parent window, the display it on your way:

Code:

case WM_DRAWITEM:
        {
        DRAWITEMSTRUCT *dis=(DRAWITEMSTRUCT*)lParam;

        char bff[100];
        int bkm;
        COLORREF cr;
        HFONT hf;
        
        SendMessage(dis->hwndItem,WM_GETTEXT,(WPARAM)sizeof(bff),(LPARAM)bff);
        FillRect(dis->hDC,&dis->rcItem,(HBRUSH)GetStockObject(WHITE_BRUSH));//use here the colorbrush you want
        DrawEdge(dis->hDC,&dis->rcItem,EDGE_SUNKEN,BF_RECT|BF_FLAT);
        
        bkm=SetBkMode(dis->hDC,TRANSPARENT);
        cr=SetTextColor(dis->hDC,0x00000000);
        hf=(HFONT)SelectObject(dis->hDC,GetStockObject(DEFAULT_GUI_FONT));
        
        DrawText(dis->hDC,bff,strlen(bff),&dis->rcItem,DT_TOP|DT_WORDBREAK);
        
        SetBkMode(dis->hDC,bkm);
        SetTextColor(dis->hDC,cr);
        SelectObject(dis->hDC,hf);
        }
    break;

Only one point to be care: before finsh the operation, reset the HDC values to the originals (see the 3 last lines).

Hope that helps
Niara

Another thing, the WS_EX_ styles should be applied as dwExStyle, not dwStyle:

Code:

CreateWindowEx(WS_EX_TRANSPARENT,"STATIC","",SS_WHITERECT|WS_VISIBLE...

Niara

Originally Posted by Niara

I think that you have to ownerdraw the control to change the background color (with edit controls you can work with WM_CTLCOLOREDIT and WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC messages, but this don't apply to static controls). Just assign the SS_OWNERDRAW style and check the WM_DRAWITEM message on the control's parent window, the display it on your way:

Code:

case WM_DRAWITEM:
        {
        DRAWITEMSTRUCT *dis=(DRAWITEMSTRUCT*)lParam;

        char bff[100];
        int bkm;
        COLORREF cr;
        HFONT hf;
        
        SendMessage(dis->hwndItem,WM_GETTEXT,(WPARAM)sizeof(bff),(LPARAM)bff);
        FillRect(dis->hDC,&dis->rcItem,(HBRUSH)GetStockObject(WHITE_BRUSH));//use here the colorbrush you want
        DrawEdge(dis->hDC,&dis->rcItem,EDGE_SUNKEN,BF_RECT|BF_FLAT);
        
        bkm=SetBkMode(dis->hDC,TRANSPARENT);
        cr=SetTextColor(dis->hDC,0x00000000);
        hf=(HFONT)SelectObject(dis->hDC,GetStockObject(DEFAULT_GUI_FONT));
        
        DrawText(dis->hDC,bff,strlen(bff),&dis->rcItem,DT_TOP|DT_WORDBREAK);
        
        SetBkMode(dis->hDC,bkm);
        SetTextColor(dis->hDC,cr);
        SelectObject(dis->hDC,hf);
        }
    break;

Only one point to be care: before finsh the operation, reset the HDC values to the originals (see the 3 last lines).

Hope that helps
Niara

How would I go about implementing that code? I am not getting the WM_DRAWITEM message.