Pelles C forum
C language => Windows questions => Topic started by: czerny on August 18, 2014, 12:55:47 PM
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Hallo,
with a menu item string "Example\tCtrl-x" I get left aligned shurtcuts. But I want them right aligned.
After a bit of googling I found "Example\aCtrl-x". But it is not working, neither in resources nor with AppendMenu. Pelle doubles the backshlash. Is there an other methode?
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If the escapes don't work properly, use an array of chars?
char x[] = {'E', 'x', 'a', 'm', 'p', 'l', 'e', 7, 'C', 't', 'r', 'l', '-', 'x', 0};
printf("The string: [%s]\n", x);
(assuming \a means Ascii 7...)
P.S.: In assembler, one would use chr$("Example", 7, "Ctrl-X", 0)
Is there a C equivalent to that syntax?
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P.S.: In assembler, one would use chr$("Example", 7, "Ctrl-X", 0)
Is there a C equivalent to that syntax?
"Example\07Ctrl-X" // doesn't work!
sprintf(MenuItem, "%s%cCtrl-X", "Example", 7); // doesn't work!
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In assembler, one would use chr$("Example", 7, "Ctrl-X", 0)
Is there a C equivalent to that syntax?
char string[] = "Example\x07Ctrl-X"
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Found this, it works ok here using \t.
hMenu = CreateMenu();
hSubMenu = CreatePopupMenu();
AppendMenu(hMenu, MF_STRING | MF_POPUP, (UINT)hSubMenu, TEXT("&File"));
AppendMenu(hSubMenu, MF_STRING, MENU_FILE_NEW, TEXT("&New\tCtrl+N"));
John
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Found this, it works ok here using \t.
hMenu = CreateMenu();
hSubMenu = CreatePopupMenu();
AppendMenu(hMenu, MF_STRING | MF_POPUP, (UINT)hSubMenu, TEXT("&File"));
AppendMenu(hSubMenu, MF_STRING, MENU_FILE_NEW, TEXT("&New\tCtrl+N"));
John
John! If you do this
hMenu = CreateMenu();
hSubMenu = CreatePopupMenu();
AppendMenu(hMenu, MF_STRING | MF_POPUP, (UINT)hSubMenu, TEXT("&File"));
AppendMenu(hSubMenu, MF_STRING, MENU_FILE_NEW, TEXT("&New\tCtrl+N"));
AppendMenu(hSubMenu, MF_STRING, MENU_FILE_BLA, TEXT("&Bla\tAlt+Ctrl+B"));
is than 'Ctrl+N' and 'Alt+Ctrl+B' left aligned or right aligned?
See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa381024(v=vs.85).aspx (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa381024(v=vs.85).aspx)
and http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4975077/how-do-i-right-align-the-shortcut-keys-in-menu (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4975077/how-do-i-right-align-the-shortcut-keys-in-menu)
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To the right. See image
I can send the project if you want.
John
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I think czerny has found bug in porc.exe. It doesn't handle that escape \a correctly.
That left-hand aligning is WinForms feature and needs OwnerDraw for WinAPI32.
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I think czerny has found bug in porc.exe. It doesn't handle that escape \a correctly.
That left-hand aligning is WinForms feature and needs OwnerDraw for WinAPI32.
Welcome back!
John
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I am a little bit confused.
I think czerny has found bug in porc.exe. It doesn't handle that escape \a correctly.
That left-hand aligning is WinForms feature and needs OwnerDraw for WinAPI32.
Do you really mean that the left-hand aligning is WinForms feature?
John: If this is a Pelles C project, then please post the project!
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I am a little bit confused.
I think czerny has found bug in porc.exe. It doesn't handle that escape \a correctly.
That left-hand aligning is WinForms feature and needs OwnerDraw for WinAPI32.
Do you really mean that the left-hand aligning is WinForms feature?
John: If this is a Pelles C project, then please post the project!
Here it is.
John
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Here it is.
And it is not right-aligned!
See the Pelles C IDE edit menu as an example.
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What am I missing? The short cuts look right aligned to me.
John
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Czerny mean right justifyed.
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Like this.
John
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Like this.
Yes! What have you done?
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That is exactly what that app does.
Note the "&Copy\tC"
AppendMenu(hSubMenu, MF_STRING, MENU_EDIT_CUT, TEXT("Cu&t\tCtrl+X"));
AppendMenu(hSubMenu, MF_STRING, MENU_EDIT_COPY, TEXT("&Copy\tC"));
John
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That is exactly what that app does.
I have not compiled your SmallEd2 example and we have different looks. Doesn't that mean that it is OS dependent?
I am working here with XP SP3.
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That is exactly what that app does.
I have not compiled your SmallEd2 example and we have different looks. Doesn't that mean that it is OS dependent?
I am working here with XP SP3.
Yes, I just tried it on an old XP - it is not working the same. Don't know what to suggest.
John
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So the question arises: How can you left-align your shurtcuts?
Here (XP SP3) Pelles C ide shurtcuts are right-aligned and per example notepad is left-aligned. So there should be a difference. Do you have any differences?
Could anybody else try the SmallEd2 example and look at the edit menu?
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sprintf(MenuItem, "%s%cCtrl-X", "Example", 8); // works!Though '\a' == 7 a value of 8 is working.
'\b' is working too!
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Ascii 7 doesn't work on XP SP3 (inserts a black dot),
8 means right-aligned,
9 means left-aligned.
Now the question is how it works on Win 7 + 8...
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On Win7 \t and \b work the same, right aligned.
John