Is there a way to add my own button inside the edit common control?

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Say, if I have a default EDIT common control in my MFC-based dialog window:

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I'm looking for a way to add a small "X" (or delete) button inside of it (here's my Photoshop rendering of what I need):

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Is there a way to do it by modifying the default edit control?

Is that button at the right side really part of the mentioned _EDIT common control_? You may use owner drawing to achieve what you want. — πάντα ῥεῖ, Apr 20 '15 at 21:51
@πάνταῥεῖ: I was thinking of somehow using another common control, i.e. Button for that. The issue with owner drawing is... well, drawing everything by myself. That obviously involves visual styles and themes, etc. With an already defined button I could eliminate all that if I could somehow display it on top of the edit control, make Edit ctrl not draw where button is placed and limit the right-side edge of the Edit to right before the button. — c00000fd, Apr 20 '15 at 22:05
[Insert buttons into an edit control](http://www.catch22.net/tuts/insert-buttons-edit-control) is basically, what you're looking for. In essence, you subclass a standard Edit control, and place a standard Button control in its non-client area. As long as you properly [subclass your control](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb773183.aspx) you should be good to go. — IInspectable, Apr 20 '15 at 22:11
I'm afraid such thing like a UserControl combined from other control elements, isn't available natively for MFC, unless you're using OLE, COM (ATL) or such techniques IIRC. — πάντα ῥεῖ, Apr 20 '15 at 22:12
@IInspectable: Thanks. That's what I was looking for. It's not as simple as I thought, but sounds like it's doable. — c00000fd, Apr 20 '15 at 23:36

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 21 '15 at 02:47

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Please consider using new class CMFCEditBrowseCtrl. It does have method CMFCEditBrowseCtrl::EnableBrowseButton() to do exactly what you need.

answered Apr 21 '15 at 02:47

Andrew Komiagin

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 07 '16 at 21:03

If I wanted more than one button, I would investigate alternatives:

See the CMFCEditBrowseCtrl class' code. Then decide if derive a class from it and extend; or else derive from CEdit, copy CMFCEditBrowseCtrl code and extend.
Case the edit is multi-line, I would investigate the methods CEdit::SetRect and CEdit::SetRectNP. Case it is single-line I would look to CEdit::SetMargins. Then implement normal buttons over the text area of the edit.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 29 '20 at 09:12

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Please refer this article for CMFCEditBrowseCtrl class..

answered Sep 29 '20 at 09:12

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