GUI Control Styles

This page contains a list of the common and extended styles that can be used with windows, and also specific styles that can be used with controls. These styles are used in the "style" and/or "exStyle" parameters of many of the GUI functions. To use these values you must #include the file specified at the top of each section.

Note: The "Value" is given just for reference, you should always use the "name" of the style in order to keep your scripts readable.

Common Styles	Value	Description
		#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
Default/forced for GUI creation		$GUI_SS_DEFAULT_GUI see GUICreate function.
$WS_BORDER	0x00800000	Creates a window that has a thin-line border.
$WS_POPUP	0x80000000	Creates a pop-up window. This style cannot be used with the WS_CHILD style.
$WS_CAPTION	0x00C00000	Creates a window that has a title bar (includes the WS_BORDER style).
$WS_CLIPCHILDREN	0x02000000	Excludes the area occupied by child windows when drawing occurs within the parent window. This style is used when creating the parent window.
$WS_CLIPSIBLINGS	0x04000000	Clips child windows relative to each other; that is, when a particular child window receives a WM_PAINT message, the WS_CLIPSIBLINGS style clips all other overlapping child windows out of the region of the child window to be updated. If WS_CLIPSIBLINGS is not specified and child windows overlap, it is possible, when drawing within the client area of a child window, to draw within the client area of a neighboring child window.
$WS_DISABLED	0x08000000	Creates a window that is initially disabled.
$WS_DLGFRAME	0x00400000	Creates a window that has a border of a style typically used with dialog boxes.
$WS_HSCROLL	0x00100000	Creates a window that has a horizontal scroll bar.
$WS_MAXIMIZE	0x01000000	Creates a window that is initially maximized.
$WS_MAXIMIZEBOX	0x00010000	Creates a window that has a maximize button. Cannot be combined with the WS_EX_CONTEXTHELP style. The WS_SYSMENU style must also be specified.
$WS_MINIMIZE	0x20000000	Creates a window that is initially minimized.
$WS_MINIMIZEBOX	0x00020000	Creates a window that has a minimize button. Cannot be combined with the WS_EX_CONTEXTHELP style. The WS_SYSMENU style must also be specified.
$WS_OVERLAPPED	0x00000000	Creates an overlapped window. An overlapped window has a title bar and a border. Same as the WS_TILED style.
$WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW	0x00CF0000	Creates an overlapped window with the WS_OVERLAPPED, WS_CAPTION, WS_SYSMENU, WS_THICKFRAME, WS_MINIMIZEBOX, and WS_MAXIMIZEBOX styles. Same as the WS_TILEDWINDOW style.
$WS_POPUPWINDOW	0x80880000	Creates a pop-up window with WS_BORDER, WS_POPUP, and WS_SYSMENU styles. The WS_CAPTION and WS_POPUPWINDOW styles must be combined to make the window menu visible.
$WS_SIZEBOX	0x00040000	Creates a window that has a sizing border. Same as the WS_THICKFRAME style.
$WS_SYSMENU	0x00080000	Creates a window that has a window menu on its title bar. The WS_CAPTION style must also be specified.
$WS_THICKFRAME	0x00040000	Creates a window that has a sizing border. Same as the WS_SIZEBOX style
$WS_VSCROLL	0x00200000	Creates a window that has a vertical scroll bar.
$WS_VISIBLE	0x10000000	Creates a window that is initially visible.
$WS_CHILD	0x40000000	Creates a child window. A window with this style cannot have a menu bar. This style cannot be used with the WS_POPUP style.
$WS_GROUP	0x00020000	Specifies the first control of a group of controls. The group consists of this first control and all controls defined after it, up to the next control with the WS_GROUP style.
$WS_TABSTOP	0x00010000	Turns the control into a tab stop, which enables the user to select the control by tabbing through the controls in a dialog box.
$DS_MODALFRAME	0x00000080	Creates a dialog box with a modal dialog-box frame that can be combined with a title bar and window menu by specifying the WS_CAPTION and WS_SYSMENU styles.
$DS_SETFOREGROUND	0x00000200	This style is useful for modal dialog boxes that require immediate attention from the user regardless of whether the owner window is the foreground window.
$DS_CONTEXTHELP	0x00002000	Includes a question mark in the title bar of the dialog box. Cannot be used with the WS_MAXIMIZEBOX or WS_MINIMIZEBOX styles. Same as WS_EX_CONTEXTHELP extended style.

Common Extended Styles	Value	Description
Top		#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
$WS_EX_ACCEPTFILES	0x00000010	Allow an edit or input control within the created GUI window to receive filenames via drag and drop. The control must have also the $GUI_DROPACCEPTED state set by GUICtrlSetState.
$WS_EX_APPWINDOW	0x00040000	Forces a top-level window onto the taskbar when the window is visible.
$WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE	0x00000200	Specifies that a window has a border with a sunken edge.
$WS_EX_COMPOSITED	0x02000000	Paints all descendants of a window in bottom-to-top painting order using double-buffering.
$WS_EX_CONTEXTHELP	0x00000400	Includes a question mark in the title bar of the window. Cannot be used with the WS_MAXIMIZEBOX or WS_MINIMIZEBOX.
$WS_EX_CONTROLPARENT	0x00010000	The window itself contains child windows that should take part in dialog box navigation. If this style is specified, the dialog manager recurses into children of this window when performing navigation operations such as handling the TAB key, an arrow key, or a keyboard mnemonic.
$WS_EX_DLGMODALFRAME	0x00000001	Creates a window that has a double border; the window can, optionally, be created with a title bar by specifying the WS_CAPTION style in the dwStyle parameter.
$WS_EX_LAYERED	0x00080000	The window is a layered window. This style cannot be used if the window has a class style of either CS_OWNDC or CS_CLASSDC. Windows 8: The WS_EX_LAYERED style is supported for top-level windows and child windows. Previous Windows versions support WS_EX_LAYERED only for top-level windows.
$WS_EX_LAYOUTRTL	0x00400000	Specifies that a window has a layout from right to left (RTL) instead of the standard left to right (LTR).
$WS_EX_LEFT	0x00000000	The window has generic left-aligned properties. This is the default.
$WS_EX_LEFTSCROLLBAR	0x00004000	If the shell language is Hebrew, Arabic, or another language that supports reading order alignment, the vertical scroll bar (if present) is to the left of the client area. For other languages, the style is ignored.
$WS_EX_LTRREADING	0x00000000	The window text is displayed using left-to-right reading-order properties. This is the default.
$WS_EX_MDICHILD	0x00000040	Create a child window that will be moved with its parent (simulation of a MDI window maximize/minimize are not simulated).
$WS_EX_NOACTIVATE	0x08000000	A top-level window created with this style does not become the foreground window when the user clicks it. The system does not bring this window to the foreground when the user minimizes or closes the foreground window. The window should not be activated through programmatic access or via keyboard navigation by accessible technology, such as Narrator. To activate the window, use the SetActiveWindow or SetForegroundWindow function. The window does not appear on the taskbar by default. To force the window to appear on the taskbar, use the WS_EX_APPWINDOW style.
$WS_EX_NOINHERITLAYOUT	0x00100000	The window does not pass its window layout to its child windows.
$WS_EX_NOPARENTNOTIFY	0x00000004	The child window created with this style does not send the WM_PARENTNOTIFY message to its parent window when it is created or destroyed.
$WS_EX_NOREDIRECTIONBITMAP	0x00200000	The window does not render to a redirection surface. This is for windows that do not have visible content or that use mechanisms other than surfaces to provide their visual.
$WS_EX_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW	0x00000300	Combines the WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE and WS_EX_WINDOWEDGE styles.
$WS_EX_PALETTEWINDOW	0x00000188	Combines the WS_EX_WINDOWEDGE, WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW and WS_EX_TOPMOST styles. The window is palette window, which is a modeless dialog box that presents an array of commands.
$WS_EX_RIGHT	0x00001000	The window has generic "right-aligned" properties. This depends on the window class. This style has an effect only if the shell language is Hebrew, Arabic, or another language that supports reading-order alignment; otherwise, the style is ignored. Using the WS_EX_RIGHT style for static or edit controls has the same effect as using the SS_RIGHT or ES_RIGHT style, respectively. Using this style with button controls has the same effect as using BS_RIGHT and BS_RIGHTBUTTON styles.
$WS_EX_RIGHTSCROLLBAR	0x00000000	The vertical scroll bar (if present) is to the right of the client area. This is the default.
$WS_EX_RTLREADING	0x00002000	If the shell language is Hebrew, Arabic, or another language that supports reading-order alignment, the window text is displayed using right-to-left reading-order properties. For other languages, the style is ignored.
$WS_EX_STATICEDGE	0x00020000	Creates a window with a three-dimensional border style intended to be used for items that do not accept user input.
$WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW	0x00000080	Creates a tool window; that is, a window intended to be used as a floating toolbar. A tool window has a title bar that is shorter than a normal title bar, and the window title is drawn using a smaller font. A tool window does not appear in the taskbar or in the dialog box that appears when the user presses ALT+TAB. If a tool window has a system menu, its icon is not displayed on the title bar. However, you can display the system menu by typing ALT+SPACE.
$WS_EX_TOPMOST	0x00000008	Specifies that a window created with this style should be placed above all non-topmost windows and should stay above them, even when the window is deactivated.
$WS_EX_TRANSPARENT	0x00000020	The window appears transparent because the bits of underlying sibling windows have already been painted.
$WS_EX_WINDOWEDGE	0x00000100	Specifies that a window has a border with a raised edge.
$GUI_WS_EX_PARENTDRAG	0x00100000	Allow the label or pic control to be used as the title bar to drag the whole the parent window. (Needs #include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>)

Checkbox Styles	Value	Description
Top		#include <ButtonConstants.au3>
Default/forced		See GUICtrlCreateCheckbox function.
$BS_3STATE	0x0005	Creates a check box in which the box can be unavailable as well as selected or cleared. Use the unavailable state to show that the state of the check box is not determined.
$BS_AUTO3STATE	0x0006	Creates a three-state check box in which the state cycles through selected, unavailable, and cleared each time the user selects the check box.
$BS_AUTOCHECKBOX	0x0003	Creates a check box in which the check state switches between selected and cleared each time the user selects the check box.
$BS_CHECKBOX	0x0002	Creates a small, empty check box with a label displayed to the right of it. To display the text to the left of the check box, combine this flag with the BS_RIGHTBUTTON style.
$BS_LEFT	0x0100	Left-aligns the text in the button rectangle on the right side of the check box.
$BS_PUSHLIKE	0x1000	Makes a button (such as a check box, three-state check box, or radio button) look and act like a push button. The button looks raised when it isn't pushed or checked, and sunken when it is pushed or checked.
$BS_RIGHT	0x0200	Right-aligns text in the button rectangle on the right side of the check box.
$BS_RIGHTBUTTON	0x0020	Positions a check box square on the right side of the button rectangle.
$BS_GROUPBOX	0x0007	Creates a rectangle in which other buttons can be grouped. Any text associated with this style is displayed in the rectangle's upper-left corner.
$BS_AUTORADIOBUTTON	0x0009	Same as a radio button, except that when the user selects it, the button automatically highlights itself and removes the selection from any other radio buttons with the same style in the same group.

Push Button Styles	Value	Description
Top		#include <ButtonConstants.au3>
Default/forced		See GUICtrlCreateButton, GUICtrlCreateCheckbox, GUICtrlCreateRadio functions.
$BS_BOTTOM	0x0800	Places the text at the bottom of the button rectangle.
$BS_CENTER	0x0300	Centers the text horizontally in the button rectangle.
$BS_DEFPUSHBUTTON	0x0001	Creates a push button with a heavy black border. If the button is in a dialog box, the user can select the button by pressing the ENTER key, even when the button does not have the input focus. This style is useful for enabling the user to quickly select the most likely option, or default.
$BS_MULTILINE	0x2000	Wraps the button text to multiple lines if the text string is too long to fit on a single line in the button rectangle.
$BS_TOP	0x0400	Places text at the top of the button rectangle.
$BS_VCENTER	0x0C00	Vertically centers text in the button rectangle.
$BS_ICON	0x0040	Specifies that the button displays an icon.
$BS_BITMAP	0x0080	Specifies that the button displays a bitmap.
$BS_FLAT	0x8000	Specifies that the button is two-dimensional; it does not use the default shading to create a 3-D image.
$BS_NOTIFY	0x4000	Enables a button to send BN_KILLFOCUS and BN_SETFOCUS notification messages to its parent window. Note that buttons send the BN_CLICKED notification message regardless of whether it has this style. To get BN_DBLCLK notification messages, the button must have the BS_RADIOBUTTON or BS_OWNERDRAW style.

Combo Styles	Value	Description
Top		#include <ComboConstants.au3>
Default/forced		$GUI_SS_DEFAULT_COMBO see GUICtrlCreateCombo function.
$CBS_AUTOHSCROLL	0x0040	Automatically scrolls the text in an edit control to the right when the user types a character at the end of the line. If this style is not set, only text that fits within the rectangular boundary is enabled.
$CBS_DISABLENOSCROLL	0x0800	Shows a disabled vertical scroll bar in the list box when the box does not contain enough items to scroll. Without this style, the scroll bar is hidden when the list box does not contain enough items.
$CBS_DROPDOWN	0x0002	Displays only the edit control by default. The user can display the list box by selecting an icon next to the edit control.
$CBS_DROPDOWNLIST	0x0003	Displays a static text field that displays the current selection in the list box.
$CBS_LOWERCASE	0x4000	Converts to lowercase any uppercase characters that are typed into the edit control of a combo box.
$CBS_NOINTEGRALHEIGHT	0x0400	Specifies that the combo box will be exactly the size specified by the application when it created the combo box. Usually, Windows CE sizes a combo box so that it does not display partial items.
$CBS_OEMCONVERT	0x0080	Converts text typed in the combo box edit control from the Windows CE character set to the OEM character set and then back to the Windows CE set. This style is most useful for combo boxes that contain file names. It applies only to combo boxes created with the CBS_DROPDOWN style.
$CBS_SIMPLE	0x0001	Displays the list box at all times. The current selection in the list box is displayed in the edit control.
$CBS_SORT	0x0100	Sorts strings that are typed into the list box.
$CBS_UPPERCASE	0x2000	Converts to uppercase any lowercase characters that are typed into the edit control of a combo box.

List Styles	Value	Description
Top		#include <ListBoxConstants.au3>
Default/forced		$GUI_SS_DEFAULT_LIST see GUICtrlCreateList function.
$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.
$LBS_NOINTEGRALHEIGHT	0x0100	Specifies that the list box will be exactly the size specified by the application when it created the list box.
$LBS_NOSEL	0x4000	Specifies that the user can view list box strings but cannot select them.
$LBS_NOTIFY	0x0001	Notifies the parent window when the user taps or double-taps a string in the list box.
$LBS_SORT	0x0002	Sorts strings in the list box alphabetically.
$LBS_STANDARD	0xA00003	Sorts strings in the list box alphabetically. The parent window receives an input message when the user taps or double-taps a string. The list box has borders on all sides. (LBS_NOTIFY \| LBS_SORT \| WS_VSCROLL \| WS_BORDER)
$LBS_USETABSTOPS	0x0080	Enables a list box to recognize and expand tab characters when drawing its strings. The default tab positions are 32 dialog box units. A dialog box unit is equal to one-fourth of the current dialog box base-width unit.

Edit/Input Styles	Value	Description
Top		#include <EditConstants.au3>
Default/forced		$GUI_SS_DEFAULT_EDIT, $GUI_SS_DEFAULT_INPUT see GUICtrlCreateEdit or GUICtrlCreateInput function.
$ES_AUTOHSCROLL	0x0080	Automatically scrolls text to the right by 10 characters when the user types a character at the end of the line. When the user presses the ENTER key, the control scrolls all text back to the zero position.
$ES_AUTOVSCROLL	0x0040	Scrolls text up one page when the user presses the ENTER key on the last line.
$ES_CENTER	0x0001	Centers text in a multiline edit control.
$ES_LOWERCASE	0x0010	Converts all characters to lowercase as they are typed into the edit control.
$ES_NOHIDESEL	0x0100	Negates the default behavior for an edit control. The default behavior hides the selection when the control loses the input focus and inverts the selection when the control receives the input focus. If you specify ES_NOHIDESEL, the selected text is inverted, even if the control does not have the focus.
$ES_NUMBER	0x2000	Accepts into the edit control only digits to be typed.
$ES_OEMCONVERT	0x0400	This style is most useful for edit controls that contain file names.
$ES_MULTILINE	0x0004	Designates a multiline edit control. The default is a single-line edit control.
$ES_PASSWORD	0x0020	Displays an asterisk (*) for each character that is typed into the edit control.
$ES_READONLY	0x0800	Prevents the user from typing or editing text in the edit control.
$ES_RIGHT	0x0002	Right-aligns text in a multiline edit control.
$ES_UPPERCASE	0x0008	Converts all characters to uppercase as they are typed into the edit control.
$ES_WANTRETURN	0x1000	Specifies that a carriage return be inserted when the user presses the ENTER key while typing text into a multiline edit control in a dialog box. If you do not specify this style, pressing the ENTER key has the same effect as pressing the dialog box's default push button. This style has no effect on a single-line edit control.

Progress Bar Styles	Value	Description
Top		#include <ProgressConstants.au3>
$PBS_MARQUEE	0x08	Displays progress status as a scrolling marquee.
$PBS_SMOOTH	0x01	Displays progress status in a smooth scrolling bar instead of the default segmented bar. Note This style is supported only in the Windows Classic theme. All other themes won't visually change with or without this style.
$PBS_SMOOTHREVERSE	0x10	Displays progress status with a smooth backward transition when changing from a higher value to a lower value. By default, the control will instantly jump to the lower value. Note This style is supported only on Windows Vista or later.
$PBS_VERTICAL	0x04	Displays progress status vertically, from bottom to top.

Up-down Styles	Value	Description
Top		#include <UpDownConstants.au3>
Default/forced		$GUI_SS_DEFAULT_UPDOWN see GUICtrlCreateUpdown function.
$UDS_ALIGNLEFT	0x08	Positions the up-down control next to the left edge of the buddy window. The buddy window is moved to the right and its width is decreased to accommodate the width of the up-down control.
$UDS_ALIGNRIGHT	0x04	Positions the up-down control next to the right edge of the buddy window. The width of the buddy window is decreased to accommodate the width of the up-down control.
$UDS_ARROWKEYS	0x20	Causes the up-down control to process the UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW keys on the keyboard.
$UDS_HORZ	0x40	Causes the up-down control's arrows to point left and right instead of up and down.
$UDS_NOTHOUSANDS	0x80	Prevents insertion of a thousands separator between every three decimal positions.
$UDS_WRAP	0x01	Causes the position to wrap if it is incremented or decremented beyond the end or beginning of the range.

Label/Static Styles	Value	Description
Top		#include <StaticConstants.au3>
Default/forced		$GUI_SS_DEFAULT_LABEL, $GUI_SS_DEFAULT_ICON, $GUI_SS_DEFAULT_PIC see GUICtrlCreateLabel, GUICtrlCreateIcon, GUICtrlCreatePic functions.
$SS_BLACKFRAME	0x07	Specifies a box with a frame around the control that is the same color as the Window Frame. The default Windows color is black. Frame-style static controls do not display text.
$SS_BLACKRECT	0x04	Specifies a rectangle filled with the current window frame color. This color is black in the default color scheme. Rectangle-style static controls do not display text.
$SS_CENTER	0x01	Specifies a simple rectangle and centers the error value text in the rectangle. The control automatically wraps words that extend past the end of a line to the beginning of the next centered line.
$SS_CENTERIMAGE	0x0200	Specifies that the midpoint of a static control with the SS_BITMAP style will remain fixed when you resize the control. The four sides are adjusted to accommodate a new bitmap. If the bitmap is smaller than the control's client area, the rest of the client area is filled with the color of the pixel in the upper-left corner of the bitmap. It can be used with static control having only one line of text. This style bit do not result in unused portions of the control being filled with the color of the top left pixel of the bitmap or icon. Unused portions of the control will remain the background color.
$SS_ETCHEDFRAME	0x12	Draws the frame of the static control using the EDGE_ETCHED edge style. Frame-style static controls do not display text.
$SS_ETCHEDHORZ	0x10	Draws the top and bottom edges of the static control using the EDGE_ETCHED edge style. Frame-style static controls do not display text.
$SS_ETCHEDVERT	0x11	Draws the left and right edges of the static control using the EDGE_ETCHED edge style. Frame-style static controls do not display text.
$SS_GRAYFRAME	0x08	Specifies a box with a frame drawn with the same color as the screen background (desktop). This color is gray in the default color scheme. Frame-style static controls do not display text.
$SS_GRAYRECT	0x05	Specifies a rectangle filled with the current screen background color. This color is gray in the default color scheme. Rectangle-style static controls do not display text.
$SS_LEFT	0x0000	Specifies a simple rectangle and left-aligns the text in the rectangle. The text is formatted before it is displayed. Words that extend past the end of a line are automatically wrapped to the beginning of the next left-aligned line. Words that are longer than the width of the control are truncated.
$SS_LEFTNOWORDWRAP	0x0C	Specifies a rectangle and left-aligns the text in the rectangle. Tabs are expanded, but words are not wrapped. Text that extends past the end of a line is clipped.
$SS_NOPREFIX	0x80	Prevents interpretation of any ampersand (&) characters in the control's text as accelerator prefix characters. An application can combine SS_NOPREFIX with other styles by using the bitwise OR (\|) operator. This can be useful when file names or other strings that might contain an ampersand (&) must be displayed within a static control in a dialog box.
$SS_NOTIFY	0x0100	Sends the parent window the STN_CLICKED notification when the user clicks the control.
$SS_RIGHT	0x0002	Specifies a rectangle and right-aligns the specified text in the rectangle.
$SS_RIGHTJUST	0x0400	Specifies that the lower right corner of a static control with the SS_BITMAP or SS_ICON style is to remain fixed when the control is resized. Only the top and left sides are adjusted to accommodate a new bitmap or icon.
$SS_SIMPLE	0x0B	Specifies a simple rectangle and displays a single line of left-aligned text in the rectangle. The text line cannot be shortened or altered in any way. Also, if the control is disabled, the control does not gray its text.
$SS_SUNKEN	0x1000	Draws a half-sunken border around a static control.
$SS_WHITEFRAME	0x09	Specifies a box with a frame drawn with the same color as the window background. This color is white in the default color scheme. Frame-style static controls do not display text.
$SS_WHITERECT	0x06	Specifies a rectangle filled with the current window background color. This color is white in the default color scheme. Rectangle-style static controls do not display text.

Tab Styles	Value	Description
Top		#include <TabConstants.au3>
Default/forced		See GUICtrlCreateTab function.
$TCS_SCROLLOPPOSITE	0x0001	Unneeded tabs scroll to the opposite side of the control when a tab is selected.
$TCS_BOTTOM	0x0002	Tabs appear at the bottom of the control. This value equals TCS_RIGHT. This style is not supported if you use comctl32.dll version 6.
$TCS_RIGHT	0x0002	Tabs appear vertically on the right side of controls that use the TCS_VERTICAL style. This value equals TCS_BOTTOM. This style is not supported if you use visual styles.
$TCS_MULTISELECT	0x0004	Multiple tabs can be selected by holding down CTRL when clicking. This style must be used with the TCS_BUTTONS style.
$TCS_FLATBUTTONS	0x0008	Selected tabs appear as being indented into the background while other tabs appear as being on the same plane as the background. This style only affects tab controls with the TCS_BUTTONS style.
$TCS_FORCEICONLEFT	0x0010	Icons are aligned with the left edge of each fixed-width tab. This style can only be used with the TCS_FIXEDWIDTH style.
$TCS_FORCELABELLEFT	0x0020	Labels are aligned with the left edge of each fixed-width tab; that is, the label is displayed immediately to the right of the icon instead of being centered. This style can only be used with the TCS_FIXEDWIDTH style, and it implies the TCS_FORCEICONLEFT style.
$TCS_HOTTRACK	0x0040	Items under the pointer are automatically highlighted
$TCS_VERTICAL	0x0080	Tabs appear at the left side of the control, with tab text displayed vertically. This style is valid only when used with the TCS_MULTILINE style. To make tabs appear on the right side of the control, also use the TCS_RIGHT style. This style is not supported if you use comctl32.dll version 6.
$TCS_TABS	0x0000	Tabs appear as tabs, and a border is drawn around the display area. This style is the default.
$TCS_BUTTONS	0x0100	Tabs appear as buttons, and no border is drawn around the display area.
$TCS_SINGLELINE	0x0000	Only one row of tabs is displayed. The user can scroll to see more tabs, if necessary. This style is the default.
$TCS_MULTILINE	0x0200	Multiple rows of tabs are displayed, if necessary, so all tabs are visible at once.
$TCS_RIGHTJUSTIFY	0x0000	The width of each tab is increased, if necessary, so that each row of tabs fills the entire width of the tab control. This window style is ignored unless the TCS_MULTILINE style is also specified.
$TCS_FIXEDWIDTH	0x0400	All tabs are the same width. This style cannot be combined with the TCS_RIGHTJUSTIFY style.
$TCS_RAGGEDRIGHT	0x0800	Rows of tabs will not be stretched to fill the entire width of the control. This style is the default.
$TCS_FOCUSONBUTTONDOWN	0x1000	The tab control receives the input focus when clicked.
$TCS_OWNERDRAWFIXED	0x2000	The parent window is responsible for drawing tabs.
$TCS_TOOLTIPS	0x4000	The tab control has a tooltip control associated with it.
$TCS_FOCUSNEVER	0x8000	The tab control does not receive the input focus when clicked.

Avi Clip Styles	Value	Description
Top		#include <AVIConstants.au3>
Default/forced		$GUI_SS_DEFAULT_AVI see GUICtrlCreateAvi function.
$ACS_AUTOPLAY	0x04	Starts playing the animation as soon as the AVI clip is opened.
$ACS_CENTER	0x01	Centers the animation in the animation control's window.
$ACS_TRANSPARENT	0x02	Allows you to match an animation's background color to that of the underlying window, creating a "transparent" background. (Default value)
$ACS_NONTRANSPARENT	0x10	To override default ACS_TRANSPARENT

Date Styles	Value	Description
Top		#include <DateTimeConstants.au3>
Default/forced		$GUI_SS_DEFAULT_DATE see GUICtrlCreateDate function.
$DTS_UPDOWN	0x01	Places an up-down control to the right of a DTP control to modify time values. This style can be used instead of the drop-down month calendar, which is the default style.
$DTS_SHOWNONE	0x02	Enables the control to accept "no date" as a valid selection state.
$DTS_LONGDATEFORMAT	0x04	Displays the date in long format. The default format string for this style is defined by LOCALE_SLONGDATEFORMAT, which produces output like "Friday, April 19, 1998."
$DTS_TIMEFORMAT	0x09	Displays the time. The default format string for this style is defined by LOCALE_STIMEFORMAT, which produces output like "5:31:42 PM."
$DTS_RIGHTALIGN	0x20	The drop-down month calendar will be right-aligned with the control instead of left-aligned, which is the default.
$DTS_SHORTDATEFORMAT	0x00	Displays the date in short format. The default format string for this style is defined by LOCALE_SSHORTDATE, which produces output like "4/19/96".

MonthCal Styles	Value	Description
Top		#include <DateTimeConstants.au3>
Default/forced		See GUICtrlCreateMonthCal function.
$MCS_NOTODAY	0x10	The month calendar control will not display the "today" date at the bottom of the control.
$MCS_NOTODAYCIRCLE	0x08	The month calendar control will not circle the "today" date.
$MCS_WEEKNUMBERS	0x04	The month calendar control will display week numbers (1-52) to the left of each row of days. Week 1 is defined as the first week that contains at least four days.

TreeView Styles	Value	Description
Top		#include <TreeViewConstants.au3>
Default/forced		$GUI_SS_DEFAULT_TREEVIEW see GUICtrlCreateTreeView function.
$TVS_HASBUTTONS	0x0001	Displays plus (+) and minus (-) buttons next to parent items. The user clicks the buttons to expand or collapse a parent item's list of child items. To include buttons with items at the root of the tree view, TVS_LINESATROOT must also be specified.
$TVS_HASLINES	0x0002	Uses lines to show the hierarchy of items.
$TVS_LINESATROOT	0x0004	Uses lines to link items at the root of the tree view control. This value is ignored if TVS_HASLINES is not also specified.
$TVS_DISABLEDRAGDROP	0x0010	Prevents the tree view control from sending TVN_BEGINDRAG notification messages.
$TVS_SHOWSELALWAYS	0x0020	Causes a selected item to remain selected when the tree view control loses focus.
$TVS_RTLREADING	0x0040	Normal windows display text left-to-right (LTR). Windows can be mirrored to display languages such as Hebrew or Arabic that read right-to-left (RTL). Normally, tree view text will be displayed in same direction as the the text in its parent window. If TVS_RTLREADING is set, tree view text will read in the opposite direction from the text in the parent window.
$TVS_NOTOOLTIPS	0x0080	The tree view control does not support tooltips.
$TVS_CHECKBOXES	0x0100	Enables check boxes for items in a tree-view control. Once a tree-view control is created with this style, the style cannot be removed. Instead, you must destroy the control and create a new one in its place.
$TVS_TRACKSELECT	0x0200	Enables hot tracking in a tree view control.
$TVS_SINGLEEXPAND	0x0400	When this style is enabled, changing the selection in the tree view will automatically cause the item being selected to expand and the item being unselected to collapse. If the mouse is used to single-click the selected item and that item is closed, it will be expanded. If the user holds the CTRL key down while selecting an item, the item being unselected will not be collapsed.
$TVS_FULLROWSELECT	0x1000	Enables full-row selection in the tree view. The entire row of the selected item is highlighted, and clicking anywhere on an item's row will cause it to be selected. This style cannot be used in conjunction with the TVS_HASLINES style.
$TVS_NOSCROLL	0x2000	Disables both horizontal and vertical scrolling in the control. The control will not display any scroll bars.
$TVS_NONEVENHEIGHT	0x4000	The height of the items can be set to an odd height with the TVM_SETITEMHEIGHT message. By default, the height of items must be an even value.

Slider Styles	Value	Description
Top		#include <SliderConstants.au3>
Default/forced		$GUI_SS_DEFAULT_SLIDER see GUICtrlCreateSlider function.
$TBS_AUTOTICKS	0x0001	Adds tick marks when you set the range on the trackbar by using the TBM_SETRANGE message.
$TBS_BOTH	0x0008	Places ticks on both sides of the trackbar.
$TBS_BOTTOM	0x0000	Places ticks on the bottom of a horizontal trackbar.
$TBS_HORZ	0x0000	Specifies a horizontal trackbar. This is the default.
$TBS_VERT	0x0002	Places ticks on the left side of a vertical trackbar.
$TBS_NOTHUMB	0x0080	Specifies that the trackbar has no slider.
$TBS_NOTICKS	0x0010	Specifies that no ticks are placed on the trackbar.
$TBS_LEFT	0x0004	Places ticks on the left side of a vertical trackbar.
$TBS_RIGHT	0x0000	Places ticks on the right side of a vertical trackbar.
$TBS_TOP	0x0004	Places ticks on the top of a horizontal trackbar.

ListView Styles	Value	Description
Top		#include <ListViewConstants.au3>
Default/forced		$GUI_SS_DEFAULT_LISTVIEW see GUICtrlCreateListView function.
$LVS_ICON	0x0000	This style specifies icon view.
$LVS_REPORT	0x0001	This style specifies report view.
$LVS_SMALLICON	0x0002	This style specifies small icon view.
$LVS_LIST	0x0003	This style specifies list view.
$LVS_EDITLABELS	0x0200	Item text can be edited in place.
$LVS_NOCOLUMNHEADER	0x4000	Column headers are not displayed in report view. By default, columns have headers in report view.
$LVS_NOSORTHEADER	0x8000	Column headers do not work like buttons. This style can be used if clicking a column header in report view does not carry out an action, such as sorting.
$LVS_SINGLESEL	0x0004	Only one item at a time can be selected.
$LVS_SHOWSELALWAYS	0x0008	The selection, if any, is always shown, even if the control does not have the focus.
$LVS_SORTASCENDING	0x0010	Item indices are sorted based on item text in ascending order.
$LVS_SORTDESCENDING	0x0020	Item indices are sorted based on item text in descending order.
$LVS_NOLABELWRAP	0x0080	Item text is displayed on a single line in icon view. By default, item text may wrap in icon view.

ListView Extended Styles	Value	Description
Top		#include <ListViewConstants.au3>
$LVS_EX_FULLROWSELECT	0x00000020	When an item is selected, the item and all its subitems are highlighted.
$LVS_EX_GRIDLINES	0x00000001	Displays gridlines around items and subitems.
$LVS_EX_HEADERDRAGDROP	0x00000010	Enables drag-and-drop reordering of columns in a list view control.
$LVS_EX_TRACKSELECT	0x00000008	Enables hot-track selection in a list view control. Hot track selection means that an item is automatically selected when the cursor remains over the item for a certain period of time
$LVS_EX_CHECKBOXES	0x00000004	Enables check boxes for items in a list view control.
$LVS_EX_BORDERSELECT	0x00008000	If this style is set, when an item is selected the border color of the item changes rather than the item being highlighted.
$LVS_EX_DOUBLEBUFFER	0x00010000	Paints via double-buffering, which reduces flicker. This extended style also enables alpha-blended marquee selection on systems where it is supported.
$LVS_EX_FLATSB	0x00000100	Enables flat scroll bars in the list view.
$LVS_EX_MULTIWORKAREAS	0x00002000	The control will not autoarrange its icons until one or more work areas are defined.
$LVS_EX_SNAPTOGRID	0x00080000	In icon view, icons automatically snap into a grid.
$LVS_EX_SUBITEMIMAGES	0x00000002	Allows images to be displayed for subitems.
$LVS_EX_INFOTIP	0x00000400	Displays a tooltip when the item is not fully visible. Sends a notification message to $LVN_GETINFOTIP