Can the font be changed in Context Menu?

[Sunaj]

Tried a variety of ideas but nothing seems to work :/

Here's the latest code bit:

$gaGUIMenu=GUICtrlCreateMenuItem($gaMem,$ghMTFMenu)
GUICtrlSetFont(gaGUIMenu,9,"","","Courier New")

Also tried setting the gui font (GUISetFont) with no luck: the context menu opens with exact same standard font anyway. Any help is appreciated, searched the forum high and low to no avail.

[martin]

Tried a variety of ideas but nothing seems to work :/

Here's the latest code bit:

$gaGUIMenu=GUICtrlCreateMenuItem($gaMem,$ghMTFMenu)
GUICtrlSetFont(gaGUIMenu,9,"","","Courier New")

Also tried setting the gui font (GUISetFont) with no luck: the context menu opens with exact same standard font anyway. Any help is appreciated, searched the forum high and low to no avail.

The only way I've found to change the menu font is with Desktop Properties|Appearance|Advanced|Item - menu. This changes all menus of course, and it looks to me like there is only one setting windows uses for all menus. (I now expect the next post to prove me wrong.)

[Holger]

Fonts for menu/items can only be 'changed' by creating 'ownerdrawn' menu items (as I use them in my GUI/Tray-menus):

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms647558.aspx

[Sunaj]

@martin, cheers for the feedback, guess it's a bit unfortunate to change all menu's on the whole system.. still thanks, I never noticed that sub-sub-sub setting before @Holger, thanks for the MSDN link,that settles it. I already use your menu lib for this purpose but wanted a light weight alternative for a new application I'm developing.

Fonts for menu/items can only be 'changed' by creating 'ownerdrawn' menu items (as I use them in my GUI/Tray-menus):

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms647558.aspx

The only way I've found to change the menu font is with Desktop Properties|Appearance|Advanced|Item - menu. This changes all menus of course, and it looks to me like there is only one setting windows uses for all menus. (I now expect the next post to prove me wrong.)

[ValeryVal]

But you can open OWN window with lines as context menu.

Right click ($GUI_EVENT_SECONDARYDOWN) will open second window by call ContextMenu()

#include <GuiConstants.au3>
$NewStyle = False
$hWnd = GuiCreate("Gui Style", 260, 100)
$Style = GUICtrlCreateButton("Set Style",45, 50, 150, 20 )
GUISetState()

While 1
 $Msg = GUIGetMsg()
 Switch $Msg
  Case -3
   Exit
  Case $GUI_EVENT_SECONDARYDOWN
    ContextMenu()
  Case Else
   EndSwitch
WEnd

func ContextMenu()
;Opt('MouseCoordMode',0)
local $MPos = MouseGetPos()
GUICreate("", 100, 100, $MPos[0],$MPos[1],$WS_POPUPWINDOW+$WS_THICKFRAME)
GUISetState ()
While 1
 $Msg = GUIGetMsg()
 Switch $Msg
  Case -3
   Exit
  Case $GUI_EVENT_SECONDARYDOWN
  Case Else
   EndSwitch
WEnd
endfunc

This secondary window (context menu) can have text lines (any fonts), icons, pictures, animation and other controls for selection...

Valery

[ValeryVal]

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$Style = GUICtrlCreateButton("Set Style",45, 50, 150, 20 )

[Sunaj]

Great point Valery! But damn, it's gonna take some smoothass GUI engineering to get a completely custom, updateable, context meny to draw, question is whether the resource use at the end of the day would be much different from using the custom drawn GUI menu by Holger?!

Sunaj

But you can open OWN window with lines as context menu.

Right click ($GUI_EVENT_SECONDARYDOWN) will open second window by call ContextMenu()

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This secondary window (context menu) can have text lines (any fonts), icons, pictures, animation and other controls for selection...

Valery