Windowless controls are not magic

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Why do user interface actions tend to occur on the release, not on the press?

The Old New Thing — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 01:40:32 GMT

It has its ups and downs.

Why do user interface actions tend to occur on the release, not on the press?

The Old New Thing — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 22:56:17 GMT

It has its ups and downs.

C# Nuggets : WPF/E December 2006 CTP Released

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Accessibility is not just for people with disabilities

The Old New Thing — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 17:00:33 GMT

You'll probably use it too.

re: What are Test Hooks?

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re: Windowless controls are not magic

Chris Becke — Thu, 17 Feb 2005 11:30:00 GMT

User32 IS a GUI toolkit. What is this obsession with running off and writing windowless controls anyway. I mean - "proper" windowed controls implement a certain set of functionality that contributes to their heavyweightness. Any full featured windowless control is surely going to have re-implemented enough of that to be heavy all over again?

Anyway, is the core Win32 windowing system so ossified that it couldnt be lightened up? Why ARE we worried about user32 handle limits still?

re: Windowless controls are not magic

Dan McCarty — Wed, 16 Feb 2005 04:05:00 GMT

KiwiBlue: Actually, Access 2.0 created its forms by rendering the form's controls at run-time into an on-screen bitmap. It then used two on-screen lightweight controls to (convincingly) imitate the control that currently had focus. Since Access 2.0 originally ran on Win 3.1, what they were able to accomplish on 16-bit Windows was pretty advanced at the time.

I'm waxing a bit off-topic, but FWIW, Access 2.0 had one of the finest forms designers I've ever seen. It was a pleasure to work with. Kudos to the original team.

(For the record, I spent way too of my life developing for Access 2.0.)

re: Windowless controls are not magic

Dan McCarty — Wed, 16 Feb 2005 04:04:00 GMT

re: Windowless controls are not magic

Brad Baker — Mon, 14 Feb 2005 23:36:00 GMT

People in this discussion mentioned "clipping" the select field area when moving a higher z-order DIV over a select field.

Can they please expand on this and the general approached used?