Re: Drop-down list with CBS_DROPDOWNLIST | CBS_OWNERDRAWVARIABLE in Vista

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I just wanted to add my two cents worth. This is a really bad bit of
design from Microsoft. The developer's excuse that the XP look was
retained 'For compatibility...' is just laziness. There is no good
reason why the CS_DROPDOWNLIST | CS_OWNERDRAW* boxes couldn't use the
frame style of the standard CS_DROPDOWNLIST, and put the owner-draw
stuff inside. Sure, there might be some work for us to handle the
different way of showing the focus, but that would be minor and
handled entirely within WM_DRAWITEM. No non-trivial app is going to
look great under Vista without some work, anyway.

Telling us to subclass and paint it ourselves is appalling.

Grant.

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