Re: Using a generic control where the native one is default

Hi,

I've used a hack to make it work in the past. See the patch in this 
discussion, it probably still works:
https://groups.google.com/g/wx-dev/c/n5oPcE6i8hU/m/x6JC2PJpEgAJ

Maarten


On 8 Jan 2025 18:49, Vadim Zeitlin wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Jan 2025 11:23:47 -0800 (PST) PB wrote:
>
> P> is there a (simple and supported) way of using (also) the generic version
> P> of a control on the platform where the native control is used by default
> P> (aside from wxGenericStatic{Bitmap|Text})?
>
>   Unfortunately, the simple (and supported :-) answer to this question is
> "no". It would be really nice to have it and I toyed with the idea of
> adding factory-like API that would allow it several times in the past, but
> could never get something working.
>
> P> I am interested in generic wxListCtrl on Windows in particular.
>
>   Of course, we do have hacks for allowing to do this in particular cases
> (we're nothing if not pragmatic...) and it might be possible to do it in
> this one too: AFAICS, you should be able to #include wx/generic/listctrl.h
> and then just use wxGenericListCtrl.
>
>   I am a bit curious why do you want to use generic wxListCtrl under
> Windows instead of just using wxDataViewCtrl there, which is already
> generic on this platform and has many other advantages compared to
> wxListCtrl (its main drawback is not being native, but this doesn't count
> if you use generic version of wxListCtrl anyhow).
>
>   A better solution would be really nice to have but, realistically, I'm not
> sure if we're ever going to have it...
>
>   Good luck,
> VZ

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