Creating a List Box with No Vertical Scroll Bar

 Last reviewed: November 2, 1995
Article ID: Q68115
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) versions 3.0 and 3.1
  • Microsoft Win32 Application Programming Interface (API) included with: 

        - Microsoft Windows NT versions 3.5 and 3.51
    - Microsoft Windows 95 version 4.0

A Windows list box with the LBS_STANDARD style will display a vertical scroll bar if there are more items in the list than can be displayed in the client area of the list box.

To create a list box that will not use a vertical scroll bar, you must remove the WS_VSCROLL bit from the window style. The following style specification removes this bit: 

   (LBS_STANDARD | LBS_HASSTRINGS) & ~WS_VSCROLL

Additional reference words: 3.00 3.10 3.50 4.00 95
KBCategory: kbui
KBSubcategory: UsrCtl

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Last reviewed: November 2, 1995
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