SetSelection(wxNOT_FOUND) not working under windows? Topic is solved

[AUser]

Hi,

I have recently found that I cannot get wxListBox-es to clear their selection. I have attached an example program demonstrating this problem (bug?).


The code is being compiled by wx2.8.11 using tdm-gcc32, windows 7

$ wx-config --cflags
-I/usr/local/lib/wx/include/msw-unicode-release-2.8 -I/usr/local/include/wx-2.8 -DWXUSINGDLL -D__WXMSW__ -mthreads
$ wx-config --version
2.8.11

To reproduce bug:

Compile:
$ g++ *cpp `wx-config --cflags --libs`
Run:
$./a.exe

then click File->About.

Then note that the item is selected, where I have set the selection to wxNOT_FOUND. According to the docs, this is supposed to

"Sets the selection to the given item n or removes the selection entirely if n == wxNOT_FOUND."

Does anyone have any work-arounds? Appending items seems to always append them in the selected state.

The code works fine under GTK and mac OSX..

Thanks,

[AUser]

I had a thought... Its a 32 bit binary on a 64 bit system. I looked through the wx code, and it is using SendMessage(...) for CB_SETCURSEL : does this need to be a 64 bit -1, or a 32 bit -1?

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library ... S.85).aspx

[AUser]

Nope.. my bad... That doesnt fix it

[doublemax]

I think that's a bug. I tested it with the "listbox" sample that comes with wxWidgets. If you create a multiple-selection listbox, select some items and click "Deselect all", it selects all items instead of deselecting them.

As a workaround, use SetSelection(-1, false)

[AUser]

Great, your workaround does indeed work around the problem. Have you reported this, or should i?

Thanks. This was really frustating!

[doublemax]

I haven't reported it. Please do so if you have time.