Scrollbar in a list box

[SlimShady]

I have a listbox:

- I want to see a scrollbar when content doesn't fit in the current size

- AND the list items should not be sorted alphabetically.

I can't make it work.

I tried this:

$style2 = BitOr(0x00800000, 0x10000000)
$ItemList1 = GUISetControl("list", "ItemList", 160, 40, 120, 225, $style2)

From the help file:

List box styles                        Value

LBS_DISABLENOSCROLL      0x1000

LBS_USETABSTOPS                0x0080

Edited June 5, 2004 by SlimShady

[Valik]

And what are those 2 styles? You'll get a lot more help a lot faster when you use the style names, not their number equivalents.

[SlimShady]

And what are those 2 styles?  You'll get a lot more help a lot faster when you use the style names, not their number equivalents.

I don't care much. I'm not in a hurry.

Anyways, I was tired and quickly made this topic.

I updated the first post.

[Valik]

You need WS_VSCROLL as well.

[SlimShady]

I mean a scrollbar in a listbox. Or is it not possible?

[Jos]

LBS_DISABLENOSCROLL currently disables the scrollbar but the helpfile description says it should always display the vertical scroll bar...

[Valik]

SlimShady, Did you actually try adding that style in?

JdeB, LBS_DISABLENOSCROLL shows a scrollbar at all times. If there is not enough stuff in the list, then it is disabled, otherwise (And provided WS_VSCROLL is set), then the scrollbar will be enabled.

[Valik]

Should use the symbolic name... those styles aren't correct... There is a 4 bit difference between 0x00800000 and 0x0080:

0x00800000 = 8388608

0x0080 = 128 <--- The correct one.

#include <GuiConstants.au3>

GuiCreate("Blah", 300, 300)
$style2 = BitOr($LBS_DISABLENOSCROLL, $LBS_USETABSTOPS)
$style2 = BitOr($style2, $WS_VSCROLL)
$ItemList1 = GUISetControl("list", "ItemList", 160, 40, 120, 75, $style2)
GuiSetControlData($ItemList1, "Blah|cool|abcde|exdfs|sfksjdlf|sldfkslfj|flskdfgjsdl|slkdhj")
GUIWaitClose()

Edited June 5, 2004 by Valik

[Jos]

understand what you are saying but my point was that if you use this script:

#include <GuiConstants.au3>
GuiCreate("Blah", 300, 300)
$ItemList1 = GUISetControl("list", "ItemList", 160, 40, 120, 75)
GuiSetControlDataGUIWaitClose()

it will show the vscrollbar only when the records don't fit the listbox and then when you look at the explanation in the helpfile:

LBS_DISABLENOSCROLL  0x1000 Shows a disabled vertical scroll bar for the list box when the box does not contain enough items to scroll. If you do not specify this style, the scroll bar is hidden when the list box does not contain enough items.

You would expect that when you add LBS_DISABLENOSCROLL, it would always show the vScrolllBar.....

[SlimShady]

What I tested:

action: Give the listbox no style.

result: listbox has a vertical scrollbar.

action: Give listbox the LBS_USETABSTOPS style, so sorting alphabetically is disabled.

result: no vertical scrollbar, LBS_USETABSTOPS works fine.