Cosmetic issues between listbox and listctrl.

Dark Alchemist · Post by **Dark Alchemist** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 12:58 am

This has been bugging me for a couple of years now but why is it that the same font attributes for both and they aren't really the same? I can have a listctrl on one side and a listbox on the other side filled with items and they do not horizontally line up YET the boxes are? Almost reminds me of a kerning issue but I have no idea how to fix it even if it were.

Any ideas about this?

btw, this is on Windows (98, XP, Vista, 7).

Post by **doublemax** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 9:11 am

A screen shot would have been nice.

Both are native controls, so i'm not sure there is anything you can do about it. I guess that the wxListCtrl has a different vertical spacing because it can display rules between the "cells".

You could try replacing the wxListBox with a "one column, no header wxListCtrl", then they should line up.

Dark Alchemist · Post by **Dark Alchemist** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 3:37 pm

Yep, I am going to have to rewrite a lot of code to make the change which, for my purposes, is more trouble than it is worth *but* I do agree with you I suspect it is due to the rules but what I wonder is if the same situation happens in other OSes?

Screenshot? Hera ya go

Dark Alchemist · Post by **Dark Alchemist** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 2:01 am

Too bad there isn't a simple fix for this so I could use both as they are.

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