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Dear Support,

Is there a way to skin the scroll-bar of the drop list of an CExtComboBox?

Thanks,
Ron.

The CExtComboBox class implements a skinned/improved version of the combo box common control, but it uses the standard popup list box provided by the basic implementation of this control. If we decided to replace this popup list box control, that would mean to implement the combo box from scratch.

I still think that is looks a little strange that the whole applications is skinned, and then suddenly you get this old scroll-bar.

We agree with you. This feature is still in our to-do list. The main problem is that such a scroll bar in a standard control is not a separate window but part of the control’s non-client area. So the HWND-based CExtScrollBar cannot be used here. There is an article at CodeProject that demonstrates an approach to using scroll bar common controls with other common controls instead of built-in scroll bars. You can also download our test project that implements the approach given in the article (with regard to CExtScrollBar windows).

Dear Support,

I see that skinning the list box is possible (from the codeproject project), but i could not find it in the sample project - correct me if I’m wrong.

Thanks,
Ron.