Quiet Checkboxes

[Andy]

This one is something simple, but I like check boxes to be "quiet".
By that I mean no rectangle around them when they are clicked.

There is a simple way to do this, it uses two controls

A checkbox & a static.

If we add the SS_NOTIFY style to the static control, we can detect it has been clicked on, and if we keep the checkbox width to just say 20 with no text we can place the static along side it.

Add in the SENDMESSAGE(w1,BM_CLICK....) message to the static's CASE statement  we can also make the checkbox do as it would do if it was actually clicked.

The bottom line is if we put these two together, it looks like a checkbox but you don't get the rectangle around the text.

Simple, but looks clean.

Just an idea for all of you who like a tidy ship.

See attached,

Andy.
 

[Brian]

Andy,

Doesn't BS_PUSHLIKE do something similar?

Brian

[Andy]

No idea Brian, you might be right, it's just that we can find a way to get rid of those rectangles around the text.

Andy.

[Brian]

Sorry, Andy - I was wrong!

Brian