Edit box doesn't work when its in a child window

[momar33]

Not sure if i am missing something or not, but it seems that edit controls do not work on child windows.

Any info on this or is there a way around it?

My goal is to have the edit on a tab within the child.

Here is an example:

#include <GUIConstants.au3>

$mainGui = GUICreate("My GUI Tab")  ; will create a dialog box that when displayed is centered

GUISetBkColor(0x00E0FFFF)
GUISetFont(9, 300)
GUISetState ()

$child = GUICreate("View Spells", 400, 350, 0, 0, BitOR($WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW, $WS_CHILD), Default, $mainGui)
GUICtrlCreateEdit("Why can't i edit this?", 15, 40, 370, 300, $WS_VSCROLL)

;~ $tab=GUICtrlCreateTab (10,10, 200,100)

;~ $tab0=GUICtrlCreateTabitem ("tab0")


;~ $tab1=GUICtrlCreateTabitem ( "tab----1")


;~ $tab2=GUICtrlCreateTabitem ("tab2")
;~ GUICtrlSetState(-1,$GUI_SHOW)   ; will be display first
;~ GUICtrlCreateEdit("Why can't i edit this?", 15, 40, 370, 300, $WS_VSCROLL)

;~ GUICtrlCreateTabitem ("")   ; end tabitem definition

;GUICtrlCreateLabel ("label3", 20,130,50,20)

GUISetState ()

; Run the GUI until the dialog is closed
While 1
    $msg = GUIGetMsg()
    
    If $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Then ExitLoop
Wend

Edited July 12, 2007 by momar33

[martin]

Not sure if i am missing something or not, but it seems that edit controls do not work on child windows.

Any info on this or is there a way around it?

My goal is to have the edit on a tab within the child.

Here is an example:

#include <GUIConstants.au3>

$mainGui = GUICreate("My GUI Tab")  ; will create a dialog box that when displayed is centered

GUISetBkColor(0x00E0FFFF)
GUISetFont(9, 300)
GUISetState ()

$child = GUICreate("View Spells", 400, 350, 0, 0, BitOR($WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW, $WS_CHILD), Default, $mainGui)
GUICtrlCreateEdit("Why can't i edit this?", 15, 40, 370, 300, $WS_VSCROLL)

;~ $tab=GUICtrlCreateTab (10,10, 200,100)

;~ $tab0=GUICtrlCreateTabitem ("tab0")
;~ $tab1=GUICtrlCreateTabitem ( "tab----1")
;~ $tab2=GUICtrlCreateTabitem ("tab2")
;~ GUICtrlSetState(-1,$GUI_SHOW)   ; will be display first
;~ GUICtrlCreateEdit("Why can't i edit this?", 15, 40, 370, 300, $WS_VSCROLL)

;~ GUICtrlCreateTabitem ("")   ; end tabitem definition

;GUICtrlCreateLabel ("label3", 20,130,50,20)

GUISetState ()

; Run the GUI until the dialog is closed
While 1
    $msg = GUIGetMsg()
    
    If $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Then ExitLoop
Wend

[momar33]

Ok that does let you edit the text. But why can't i highlight text with the mouse?

I checked and you CAN do this in a normal edit.

[martin]

Ok that does let you edit the text. But why can't i highlight text with the mouse?

I checked and you CAN do this in a normal edit.

I'm afraid I don't understand it. The problem goes if the child window doesn't have a title bar, but that just introduces another problem.

The mouse is having no effect in the edit. You can't select the edit by clicking in it, but the GUICtrlSetState($ed,$GUI_FOCUS) got round that. If you move the caret with the cursor keys you can't change it by clicking somewhere else with the mouse. Equally, dragging over characters doesn't work but, strangely, double clicking does highlight a word.

I've tried modifying some other scripts to put edit in child windows and I get the same problem.

Looks like a bug to me but it would be best to get some other opinions.

[momar33]

Eureka!

I figured it out. If you take out the CHILD style and add a dll call it will work, it also fixes another problem i had were focus would not change between child guis unless i clicked on the title bar.

Here is the end code:

#include <GUIConstants.au3>

$mainGui = GUICreate("My GUI Tab")  ; will create a dialog box that when displayed is centered

GUISetBkColor(0x00E0FFFF)
GUISetFont(9, 300)
GUISetState ()

$child = GUICreate("View Spells", 400, 350, 0, 0, $WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW, Default, $mainGui)
DllCall("user32.dll", "int", "SetParent", "hwnd", WinGetHandle($child), "hwnd", WinGetHandle($mainGui))
GUICtrlCreateEdit("Why can't i edit this?", 15, 40, 370, 300, $WS_VSCROLL)

;~ $tab=GUICtrlCreateTab (10,10, 200,100)

;~ $tab0=GUICtrlCreateTabitem ("tab0")


;~ $tab1=GUICtrlCreateTabitem ( "tab----1")


;~ $tab2=GUICtrlCreateTabitem ("tab2")
;~ GUICtrlSetState(-1,$GUI_SHOW)   ; will be display first
;~ GUICtrlCreateEdit("Why can't i edit this?", 15, 40, 370, 300, $WS_VSCROLL)

;~ GUICtrlCreateTabitem ("")   ; end tabitem definition

;GUICtrlCreateLabel ("label3", 20,130,50,20)

GUISetState ()

; Run the GUI until the dialog is closed
While 1
    $msg = GUIGetMsg()
   
    If $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Then ExitLoop
Wend