Hi,
It isn't implemented in wxWidgets - probably because the library
attempts to either use the native platform controls or mimic them as
closely as possible. If you cannot do it with a native control, you most
likely can't do it in wxWidgets. I doubt this is seen as a missing
feature so you're unlikely to see it implemented in the future.
Wx::Grid is the way to go to do what you want.
By the way, I noticed on Perl Monks some information regarding how
Wx::ListCtrl handles a large number of items.
For that you need to use the wxLC_VIRTUAL|wxREPORT style. See the
Wx::Demo where the virtual list control reports 100,000 items.
For a Wx::Grid control with a large number of items, you should use a
custom Wx::GridTable. The example in Wx::Demo reports 100,000 columns by
100,000 rows.
Hope it helps. Sorry no positive answer on the column formatting.
Regards
Mark
On 28/03/2013 23:40, James Lynes wrote:
Steve:
Thanks for taking a look! I haven't found anything else either. I think
it's a long standing issue.
I did mock-up an alternate solution using wxGrid(attached). It's a lot
more visually flexible, but not sure if it will fit into the OPs plans.
We'll see.
Thanks again, James
On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 3:06 PM, <steveco.1...@gmail.com
<mailto:steveco.1...@gmail.com>> wrote:
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Good Afternoon Florida,
Hi James, I've had a look at your code thinking that it was an easy
fix.... and I have the same as you.
I guess the silence from other quarters implies that they too
haven't found anything else.
I can't really spend any more time on this now, but if I do get a
minute I'll have another look.
Good luck,
Regards
Steve
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*From:* James Lynes [mailto:jmlyne...@gmail.com
<mailto:jmlyne...@gmail.com>]
*Sent:* 27 March 2013 15:42
*To:* wxperl-users@perl.org <mailto:wxperl-users@perl.org>
*Subject:* Formatting the Column Headers of a ListCtrl
Good Afternoon(in Florida at least):
I have been trying to help a Perl Monks poster with the question:
How do you change the color and font of a ListCtrl column header?
It's been interesting archeology so far!
It seems that Wx::ListItem->SetTextColour
->SetBackgroundColour
->SetFont
calls don't work when applied to a ListCtrl::InsertColumn(col, item)
call. They work fine when applied to an item. SetText and SetWidth
also work fine with InsertColumn.
I found a post on the wxWidgets wiki saying as much and suggesting a
work around of setting the color and font on the ListCtrl and then
changing the color and font of the items as they are created. This
kinda works except for setting the background of the column header.
The font, font size and text color do get set as directed(on my
CitrusPerl 5.16/2.8x installation). And the items get set as
directed. See the attached test code.
Is this issue "fixed" in 2.9.x? Any other ideas on changing the
column header font/text color/background color? Any better work-arounds?
Thanks for your time and experience.
James
