Dialog item flags
It is possible to control DialogAPI behavior and appearance using flags. To know which flags
affect a specific control, read in the control item's description.
| Flag | Description |
|---|---|
| DIF_3STATE | A DI_CHECKBOX control will have 3 states. |
| DIF_BOXCOLOR | Control text will have frame color. |
| DIF_BTNNOCLOSE | For button -- do not close dialog. |
| DIF_CENTERGROUP | Centering a group of controls. |
| DIF_CENTERTEXT | Text centering in static controls. |
| DIF_COLORMASK | Mask for color attributes selection. |
| DIF_DISABLE | Disabling a control. |
| DIF_DROPDOWNLIST | Defines read-only list style. |
| DIF_EDITEXPAND | Environment variables "expansion" in edit boxes. |
| DIF_EDITOR | Sequentially defined edit boxes. |
| DIF_GROUP | Grouping of radio buttons. |
| DIF_HISTORY | Allows to keep history for edit boxes. |
| DIF_HIDDEN | Hides a control. |
| DIF_LEFTTEXT | Left-align title of a frame. |
| DIF_LISTAUTOHIGHLIGHT | Automatic assignment of list hotkeys. |
| DIF_LISTNOAMPERSAND | Allows showing ampersands in the listbox. |
| DIF_LISTNOBOX | Display listbox without a frame. |
| DIF_LISTNOCLOSE | Do not close the dialog upon list item selection. |
| DIF_LISTWRAPMODE | "Wraps" list upon navigation. |
| DIF_MANUALADDHISTORY | The dialog handler itself will be adding lines to the history. |
| DIF_MASKEDIT | Defines mask in edit boxes. |
| DIF_MOVESELECT | Change selection in radio buttons group upon input focus change. |
| DIF_NOAUTOCOMPLETE | Disable autocompletion for input lines. |
| DIF_NOBRACKETS | Displays button caption without brackets. |
| DIF_NOFOCUS | Control item can't receive input focus. |
| DIF_NOTCVTUSERCONTROL | do not convert characters (CHAR_INFO::Char) while writing the virtual buffer to the screen. |
| DIF_READONLY | Makes edit boxes "read-only". |
| DIF_SELECTONENTRY | Edit box contents will be selected upon receiving input focus. |
| DIF_SEPARATOR | Text string is displayed as a separator (single horizontal line). |
| DIF_SEPARATOR2 | Text string is displayed as a separator (double horizontal line). |
| DIF_SETCOLOR | Element color definition. |
| DIF_SHOWAMPERSAND | Show ampersand character not using it for the hot key definition. |
| DIF_USELASTHISTORY | Initial value is taken from the history list. |
| DIF_VAREDIT | Edit box without size limit. |
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