Function Reference


_GUICtrlComboBoxEx_SetDroppedWidth

Set the maximum allowable width, in pixels, of the ListBox of a ComboBox

#include <GuiComboBoxEx.au3>
_GUICtrlComboBoxEx_SetDroppedWidth ( $hWnd, $iWidth )

Parameters

$hWnd Handle to the control
$iWidth The width of the ListBox, in pixels

Return Value

Success: the new width of the ListBox.
Failure: -1.

Remarks

By default, the minimum allowable width of the drop-down ListBox is zero.
The width of the ListBox is either the minimum allowable width or the ComboBox width, whichever is larger.

Use $CBS_DROPDOWN or $CBS_DROPDOWNLIST style.

Related

_GUICtrlComboBoxEx_GetDroppedWidth

Example

#include <GuiComboBoxEx.au3>
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <GuiImageList.au3>

Global $g_idMemo

Example()

Func Example()
        ; Create GUI
        Local $hGUI = GUICreate("ComboBoxEx Get/Set Dropped Width (v" & @AutoItVersion & ")", 400, 300)
        Local $hCombo = _GUICtrlComboBoxEx_Create($hGUI, "", 2, 2, 394, 100)
        $g_idMemo = GUICtrlCreateEdit("", 2, 32, 396, 266, 0)
        GUICtrlSetFont($g_idMemo, 9, 400, 0, "Courier New")
        GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

        Local $hImage = _GUIImageList_Create(16, 16, 5, 3)
        _GUIImageList_AddIcon($hImage, @SystemDir & "\shell32.dll", 110)
        _GUIImageList_AddIcon($hImage, @SystemDir & "\shell32.dll", 131)
        _GUIImageList_AddIcon($hImage, @SystemDir & "\shell32.dll", 165)
        _GUIImageList_AddIcon($hImage, @SystemDir & "\shell32.dll", 168)
        _GUIImageList_AddIcon($hImage, @SystemDir & "\shell32.dll", 137)
        _GUIImageList_AddIcon($hImage, @SystemDir & "\shell32.dll", 146)
        _GUIImageList_Add($hImage, _GUICtrlComboBoxEx_CreateSolidBitMap($hCombo, 0xFF0000, 16, 16))
        _GUIImageList_Add($hImage, _GUICtrlComboBoxEx_CreateSolidBitMap($hCombo, 0x00FF00, 16, 16))
        _GUIImageList_Add($hImage, _GUICtrlComboBoxEx_CreateSolidBitMap($hCombo, 0x0000FF, 16, 16))
        _GUICtrlComboBoxEx_SetImageList($hCombo, $hImage)

        For $x = 0 To 8
                _GUICtrlComboBoxEx_AddString($hCombo, StringFormat("%03d : string", $x), $x, $x)
        Next

        ; get dropped width
        MemoWrite("Dropped Width......: " & _GUICtrlComboBoxEx_GetDroppedWidth($hCombo))

        Sleep(500)

        ; show drop down
        _GUICtrlComboBoxEx_ShowDropDown($hCombo, True)

        Sleep(500)

        ; hide drop down
        _GUICtrlComboBoxEx_ShowDropDown($hCombo)

        ; set Dropped Width
        _GUICtrlComboBoxEx_SetDroppedWidth($hCombo, 500)

        Sleep(500)

        ; get dropped width
        MemoWrite("Dropped Width......: " & _GUICtrlComboBoxEx_GetDroppedWidth($hCombo))

        Sleep(500)

        ; show drop down
        _GUICtrlComboBoxEx_ShowDropDown($hCombo, True)

        Sleep(500)

        ; hide drop down
        _GUICtrlComboBoxEx_ShowDropDown($hCombo)

        ; Loop until the user exits.
        Do
        Until GUIGetMsg() = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
        GUIDelete()
EndFunc   ;==>Example

; Write a line to the memo control
Func MemoWrite($sMessage)
        GUICtrlSetData($g_idMemo, $sMessage & @CRLF, 1)
EndFunc   ;==>MemoWrite