[fxruby-users] FXListBox and SEL_PAINT messages?

[David Peoples]

The documentation says the FXListBox widget sends the SEL_COMMAND and 
SEL_CHANGED messages. It doesn't say anything about the SEL_PAINT 
message, and my test code (below), if correct, shows that FXListBox 
doesn't send that message. Is there a way to cause that message to be 
sent? I'm trying to alter the way an FXListBox displays itself.

David Peoples

--- test code start ---

#/usr/bin/env ruby

# Tested on Ruby 1.8.2, FXRuby 1.2.6, Windows XP and SuSE Linux

require 'fox12'
include Fox

class TestWindow < FXMainWindow
   include Responder
   ID_MYID = FXMainWindow::ID_LAST

   def initialize(app)
     super(app, "Generic Test", nil, nil, DECOR_ALL, 0, 0, 400, 200)
     contents = FXHorizontalFrame.new(self, 
LAYOUT_SIDE_TOP|FRAME_NONE|LAYOUT_FILL_X|LAYOUT_FILL_Y|PACK_UNIFORM_WIDTH)
     myListBox = FXListBox.new(contents, self, ID_MYID, 
FRAME_SUNKEN|FRAME_THICK|LISTBOX_NORMAL|LAYOUT_FIX_WIDTH,
       0, 0, 220, 0)
     myListBox.appendItem('An example')
     myListBox.appendItem('A longer example')
     myListBox.appendItem('Short')
     myListBox.numVisible = myListBox.numItems

     FXMAPFUNC(SEL_CHANGED, TestWindow::ID_MYID, "onChange")
     FXMAPFUNC(SEL_PAINT,   TestWindow::ID_MYID, "onPaint")

     # I tested this originally using myListBox.connect(...)
     # then switched to the FXMAPFUNC() version in case the connect()
     # behind-the-scenes magic didn't handle this situation.

   end

   def create
     super
     show(PLACEMENT_SCREEN)
   end

   def onPaint(sender, sel, ptr)
     puts "TestWindow.onPaint called."
     # This never gets called.
   end

   def onChange(sender, sel, ptr)
     puts "TestWindow.onChange called."
     # This gets called as expected.
   end

end

application = FXApp.new("Generic Test", "FoxTest")
TestWindow.new(application)
application.create
application.run

--- test code end ---

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