Extra Options for Radio Boxes?

[Chimaera]

Ive been playing with the extra styles for a radio box and cant seem to get it how i want

Problem 1

The radio button sits on the edge of the left boundary of the slot it occupies is there a way to have a gap near the edge of the area

ie move the round bit to the right to create a gap on the left so it looks better

Problem 2

Is there a way to make a darker border or a line for the edge of the area? ie this edge

Any options?

[orbs]

my usual rant about the round box and the text was always that they are too near, not too far apart...   (so i just added a whitespace before the text). but for your issue, i think you can try create the radio with blank text, and add the text as a label, so you can control the exact position.

as for the 2nd issue - a group should do it, otherwise - a set of 4 labels to simulate 4 lines around the area you want (top & bottom labels height 1px, left & right labels width 1px).

b.t.w i always prefer to switch to the older style (no visual theme) for radio controls:

Func RemoveTheme($hItem)
    DllCall("UxTheme.dll","int","SetWindowTheme","hwnd",$hItem,"wstr",0,"wstr",0)
EndFunc

call this with the handle of the radio control, which you can get by ControlGetHandle()

 

P.S. this should be in the GUI forum, no?

Edited March 23, 2015 by orbs

[guinness]

That dll call is already in WinAPI.

[orbs]

That dll call is already in WinAPI.

 

good to know! i've been using this as is for ages now, so didn't bother to look it up...

[guinness]

The reason I say, is because if it's included already then might as well re-use it rather than injecting a new line of code. Duplication is something developers don't think about.

[Chimaera]

thx for that orbs, i had something similar from melba so at least i know i can use it now, i wasnt sure if it would cause probs

The bit im talking about is this

This is how it is normal

But i want the gap like this

I dont understand in what universe anyone would want the radio on the edge of the background control?

Ive chopped the second example to give the idea , it looks so much better away from the edge.

I had a look through the help for WinApi and theme bits but its very complicated so ill just use the example like orbs gave.

Presumably its still a line of code either way so no major difference.

i had a look at the example for this but it doesn't seem to change anything that i can see

_WinAPI_SetThemeAppProperties

[jdelaney]

Why not just remove the background?  Make it transparent.

Edited March 23, 2015 by jdelaney

[Chimaera]

I kinda liked the way it looked but no matter

It just seems odd to have it that way