How to center text vertically in an EDIT control in pure win32?

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Is it possible to center text vertically in an edit control in pure win32 api ? The controls are already super-classed so a sub/super classing solution is not a problem. But shifting/changing to some custom control is not an option.

I am working in c++;

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 13 '13 at 13:20

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You'll have to do so manually by inserting the appropriate number of spaces.

"RichEdit" is the appropriate Win32 control if you want to center text.

answered Jan 13 '13 at 13:20

MSalters

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could you please shed more light on it ? – StudentX Jan 13 '13 at 16:44
Notepad is essentially a decorated EDIT control; Wordpad is a decorated RichEdit control. Compare the two. – MSalters Jan 14 '13 at 07:26
I meant, how ? I looked into RichEdit and seems like it doesn't support Vertical Centering. – StudentX Jan 15 '13 at 06:44
I think it's done via `PARAFORMAT2`, members `dySpaceBefore` and `dySpaceAfter` (when equal, the text would be centered in the Y direction = vertical) – MSalters Jan 15 '13 at 08:35

score -2 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 14 '13 at 22:34

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You can apply the ES_CENTER window style to an EDIT control. If it has the ES_MULTILINE window style, all of its lines will be centered.

answered Jan 14 '13 at 22:34

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ES_CENTER centers horizontally. – StudentX Jan 15 '13 at 06:43

How to center text vertically in an EDIT control in pure win32?

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