Changing color of checkmark or box of checkbox

Question

5.00/5 (1 vote)

See more:

Hello together,

I'd like to change the color of either the checkmark of a checkbox or the background color of the box itself. So, I don't want to change the color of the control's background (I found several articles on that using OnEraseBkgnd and OnCtlColor), I'd rather like to change the white color around the checkmark. Is there a way how I can do that without having to draw the complete control on my own?

Kind regards
Marcus

Posted 5-Jan-11 8:34am

khb

Add a Solution

Comments

Shahriar Iqbal Chowdhury/Galib 5-Jan-11 15:03pm

you can use the image trick. You will need 2 images of same size one is checked image, other is unchecked image feel free to put color on images.put a unchecked image and on click event replace the unchecked image with the checked one.For reference checkout ExtJs checkbox

1 solution

Add a Solution

This content, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

Espen Harlinn · Answer 1 · 2011-01-05T09:05:00

Solution 1

Drawing it yourself can be done easily using bitmap resources - one bitmap for each state.

Regards
Espen Harlinn

Posted 5-Jan-11 9:05am

Espen Harlinn

Comments

Manfred Rudolf Bihy 5-Jan-11 15:21pm

Sounds sensible! 5+
Can this be done with the standard CheckBox control or does he need to roll his own?

Espen Harlinn 5-Jan-11 15:32pm

This can be done with standard checkbox - BS_CHECKBOX | BS_OWNERDRAW and WM_DRAWITEM
or by subclassing. Personally I prefer subclassing ...

Manfred Rudolf Bihy 5-Jan-11 15:43pm

Good one! () Oops I ran out of fives :)

khb 6-Jan-11 4:46am

Thank you! So it looks like I have to do some drawing ;)

Changing color of checkmark or box of checkbox

1 solution

Solution 1

Add your solution here

Preview 0

Changing color of checkmark or box of checkbox

1 solution

Solution 1

Add your solution here

Preview 0

Existing Members

...or Join us