CComboBox::DrawItem

virtual void DrawItem( LPDRAWITEMSTRUCT lpDrawItemStruct );

Parameters

lpDrawItemStruct

A pointer to a DRAWITEMSTRUCT structure that contains information about the type of drawing required.

Remarks

Called by the framework when a visual aspect of an owner-draw combo box changes. The itemAction member of the DRAWITEMSTRUCT structure defines the drawing action that is to be performed. See CWnd::OnDrawItem for a description of this structure.

By default, this member function does nothing. Override this member function to implement drawing for an owner-draw CComboBox object. Before this member function terminates, the application should restore all graphics device interface (GDI) objects selected for the display context supplied in lpDrawItemStruct.

Example

// CMyComboBox is my owner-drawn combo box derived from CComboBox. This 
// example draws an item's text centered vertically and horizontally. The 
// combo box control was created with the following code:
//   pmyComboBox->Create(
//      WS_CHILD|WS_VISIBLE|WS_BORDER|WS_HSCROLL|WS_VSCROLL|
//      CBS_SORT|CBS_OWNERDRAWVARIABLE,
//      CRect(10,10,200,200), pParentWnd, 1);
//
void CMyComboBox::DrawItem(LPDRAWITEMSTRUCT lpDrawItemStruct) 
{
   ASSERT(lpDrawItemStruct->CtlType == ODT_COMBOBOX);
   LPCTSTR lpszText = (LPCTSTR) lpDrawItemStruct->itemData;
   ASSERT(lpszText != NULL);
   CDC dc;

   dc.Attach(lpDrawItemStruct->hDC);

   // Save these value to restore them when done drawing.
   COLORREF crOldTextColor = dc.GetTextColor();
   COLORREF crOldBkColor = dc.GetBkColor();

   // If this item is selected, set the background color 
   // and the text color to appropriate values. Erase
   // the rect by filling it with the background color.
   if ((lpDrawItemStruct->itemAction | ODA_SELECT) &&
      (lpDrawItemStruct->itemState  & ODS_SELECTED))
   {
      dc.SetTextColor(::GetSysColor(COLOR_HIGHLIGHTTEXT));
      dc.SetBkColor(::GetSysColor(COLOR_HIGHLIGHT));
      dc.FillSolidRect(&lpDrawItemStruct->rcItem, ::GetSysColor(COLOR_HIGHLIGHT));
   }
   else
      dc.FillSolidRect(&lpDrawItemStruct->rcItem, crOldBkColor);

   // Draw the text.
   dc.DrawText(
      lpszText,
      strlen(lpszText),
      &lpDrawItemStruct->rcItem,
      DT_CENTER|DT_SINGLELINE|DT_VCENTER);

   // Reset the background color and the text color back to their
   // original values.
   dc.SetTextColor(crOldTextColor);
   dc.SetBkColor(crOldBkColor);

   dc.Detach();
}

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