Control Styles
The User Interface Library distinguishes between several types of controls. Each control type, in turn can encompass one or more control styles. Most of these control styles are the function identically, but their appearances may differ substantially. The following table lists the relationships between various control types and control styles.
Control Types and Styles
| Type | Style (Used in NewCtrl and ATTR_CTRL_STYLE) |
| Numeric | CTRL_NUMERIC CTRL_NUMERIC_LS |
| Color Numeric | CTRL_COLOR_NUMERIC
CTRL_COLOR_NUMERIC_LS |
| Numeric Slide | CTRL_NUMERIC_THERMOMETER
CTRL_NUMERIC_THERMOMETER_LS |
| CTRL_NUMERIC_TANK
CTRL_NUMERIC_TANK_LS | |
| CTRL_NUMERIC_GAUGE
CTRL_NUMERIC_GAUGE_LS | |
| CTRL_NUMERIC_METER
CTRL_NUMERIC_METER_LS | |
| CTRL_NUMERIC_KNOB
CTRL_NUMERIC_KNOB_LS | |
| CTRL_NUMERIC_DIAL
CTRL_NUMERIC_DIAL_LS | |
| CTRL_NUMERIC_VSLIDE | |
| CTRL_NUMERIC_HSLIDE | |
| CTRL_NUMERIC_FLAT_VSLIDE | |
| CTRL_NUMERIC_FLAT_HSLIDE | |
| CTRL_NUMERIC_LEVEL_VSLIDE
CTRL_NUMERIC_LEVEL_VSLIDE_LS | |
| CTRL_NUMERIC_LEVEL_HSLIDE
CTRL_NUMERIC_LEVEL_HSLIDE_LS | |
| CTRL_NUMERIC_POINTER_VSLIDE
CTRL_NUMERIC_POINTER_VSLIDE_LS | |
| CTRL_NUMERIC_POINTER_HSLIDE
CTRL_NUMERIC_POINTER_HSLIDE_LS | |
| String | CTRL_STRING
CTRL_STRING_LS |
| Text Message | CTRL_TEXT_MSG |
| Text Box | CTRL_TEXT_BOX
CTRL_TEXT_BOX_LS |
| Command Button | CTRL_SQUARE_COMMAND_BUTTON
CTRL_SQUARE_COMMAND_BUTTON_LS |
| CTRL_OBLONG_COMMAND_BUTTON | |
| CTRL_ROUND_COMMAND_BUTTON | |
| CTRL_ROUNDED_COMMAND_BUTTON | |
| Picture Button | CTRL_PICTURE_COMMAND_BUTTON
CTRL_PICTURE_COMMAND_BUTTON_LS |
| CTRL_PICTURE_TOGGLE_BUTTON
CTRL_PICTURE_TOGGLE_BUTTON_LS | |
| Toggle Button | CTRL_ROUND_BUTTON |
| CTRL_SQUARE_BUTTON
CTRL_SQUARE_BUTTON_LS | |
| CTRL_ROUND_FLAT_BUTTON | |
| CTRL_SQUARE_FLAT_BUTTON | |
| CTRL_ROUND_PUSH_BUTTON | |
| CTRL_SQUARE_PUSH_BUTTON
CTRL_SQUARE_PUSH_BUTTON_LS | |
| CTRL_ROUND_PUSH_BUTTON2 | |
| CTRL_SQUARE_PUSH_BUTTON2 | |
| Text Button | CTRL_SQUARE_TEXT_BUTTON
CTRL_SQUARE_TEXT_BUTTON_LS |
| CTRL_OBLONG_TEXT_BUTTON | |
| CTRL_ROUND_TEXT_BUTTON | |
| CTRL_ROUNDED_TEXT_BUTTON | |
| Radio Button | CTRL_ROUND_RADIO_BUTTON |
| CTRL_SQUARE_RADIO_BUTTON | |
| CTRL_CHECK_BOX | |
| LED | CTRL_ROUND_LIGHT |
| CTRL_SQUARE_LIGHT | |
| CTRL_ROUND_LED
CTRL_ROUND_LED_LS | |
| CTRL_SQUARE_LED
CTRL_SQUARE_LED_LS | |
| Binary Switch | CTRL_HSWITCH |
| CTRL_VSWITCH | |
| CTRL_GROOVED_HSWITCH | |
| CTRL_GROOVED_VSWITCH | |
| CTRL_TOGGLE_HSWITCH
CTRL_TOGGLE_HSWITCH_LS | |
| CTRL_TOGGLE_VSWITCH
CTRL_TOGGLE_VSWITCH_LS | |
| Ring | CTRL_RING
CTRL_RING_LS |
| CTRL_RECESSED_MENU_RING
CTRL_RECESSED_MENU_RING_LS | |
| CTRL_MENU_RING
CTRL_MENU_RING_LS | |
| CTRL_POPUP_MENU_RING
CTRL_POPUP_MENU_RING_LS | |
| Ring Slide | CTRL_RING_VSLIDE |
| CTRL_RING_HSLIDE | |
| CTRL_RING_FLAT_VSLIDE | |
| CTRL_RING_FLAT_HSLIDE | |
| CTRL_RING_LEVEL_VSLIDE
CTRL_RING_LEVEL_VSLIDE_LS | |
| CTRL_RING_LEVEL_HSLIDE
CTRL_RING_LEVEL_HSLIDE_LS | |
| CTRL_RING_POINTER_VSLIDE
CTRL_RING_POINTER_VSLIDE_LS | |
| CTRL_RING_POINTER_HSLIDE
CTRL_RING_POINTER_HSLIDE_LS | |
| CTRL_RING_THERMOMETER
CTRL_RING_THERMOMETER_LS | |
| CTRL_RING_TANK
CTRL_RING_TANK_LS | |
| CTRL_RING_GAUGE
CTRL_RING_GAUGE_LS | |
| CTRL_RING_METER
CTRL_RING_METER_LS | |
| CTRL_RING_KNOB
CTRL_RING_KNOB_LS | |
| CTRL_RING_DIAL
CTRL_RING_DIAL_LS | |
| Picture Ring | CTRL_PICTURE_RING
CTRL_PICTURE_RING_LS |
| List Box | CTRL_LIST
CTRL_LIST_LS |
| Tree | CTRL_TREE
CTRL_TREE_LS |
| Decoration | CTRL_RAISED_BOX
CTRL_RAISED_BOX_LS |
| CTRL_RECESSED_BOX
CTRL_RECESSED_BOX_LS | |
| CTRL_FLAT_BOX | |
| CTRL_RAISED_CIRCLE | |
| CTRL_RECESSED_CIRCLE | |
| CTRL_FLAT_CIRCLE | |
| CTRL_RAISED_FRAME | |
| CTRL_RECESSED_FRAME
CTRL_RECESSED_NARROW_FRAME | |
| CTRL_FLAT_FRAME | |
| CTRL_RAISED_ROUND_FRAME | |
| CTRL_RECESSED_ROUND_FRAME | |
| CTRL_FLAT_ROUND_FRAME | |
| CTRL_RAISED_ROUNDED_BOX | |
| CTRL_RECESSED_ROUNDED_BOX | |
| CTRL_FLAT_ROUNDED_BOX
CTRL_SMOOTH_VERTICAL_BOX_LS CTRL_SMOOTH_HORIZONTAL_BOX_LS | |
| Graph | CTRL_GRAPH
CTRL_GRAPH_LS |
| Strip Chart | CTRL_STRIP_CHART
CTRL_STRIP_CHART_LS |
| Digital Graph Control | CTRL_DIGITAL_GRAPH
CTRL_DIGITAL_GRAPH_LS |
| Picture | CTRL_PICTURE
CTRL_PICTURE_LS |
| Timer | CTRL_TIMER |
| Canvas | CTRL_CANVAS |
| Table | CTRL_TABLE
CTRL_TABLE_LS |
| Splitter | CTRL_HORIZONTAL_SPLITTER CTRL_HORIZONTAL_SPLITTER_LS CTRL_VERTICAL_SPLITTER CTRL_VERTICAL_SPLITTER_LS |
| Tab | CTRL_TABS |
| ActiveX | CTRL_ACTIVEX |