edit text label

[JohnB]

Does any one know how to create a editable text field like one that appears in a treeview or a listview control? It can also be seen in the windows explorer or desktop under a file icon. Is there an API function?

[seaweed]

Here's kind of a silly way to replicate the feature, but I'm sure there is a much better way...

Create a form with a single textbox (Text1) and some other control to switch the focus to. Then add the following to the form's code module:

Option Explicit

Private Sub Form_Load()

    With Text1
        .BackColor = Me.BackColor
        .BorderStyle = 0
        .Appearance = 0
        .TabStop = False
    End With
    
    'SomeOtherControl.SetFocus

End Sub

Private Sub Text1_Click()

    With Text1
        .BackColor = vbWindowBackground
        .BorderStyle = vbFixedSingle
        .SelStart = 0
        .SelLength = Len(.Text)
    End With
        
End Sub

Private Sub Text1_KeyPress(KeyAscii As Integer)

    If KeyAscii = 13 Then
        'SomeOtherControl.SetFocus
    End If
        
End Sub

Private Sub Text1_LostFocus()
        
        With Text1
            .BackColor = Me.BackColor
            .BorderStyle = 0
        End With

End Sub

Hope that helps a little!

~seaweed

[This message has been edited by seaweed (edited 02-03-2000).]