(Resolved) Padding on Right Aligned Listview Column Header

[Bob Vertex]

Hi Folks,

I've got a problem with my Listview column header text when I right align it.
The text is so far to the right it's difficult to make out what it says as it is too close to the column separator.

I'm using owner draw to make the header dark grey / white and I've tried adding spaces to the end of the text but it seems to ignore them at runtime.



Any Ideas?

[jmcilhinney]

If you're owner-drawing then you can specify exactly where to draw text. Are you doing that? If so, you're doing it wrong. We can't really tell you exactly what's wrong with if we haven't seen it. If you're specifying a rectangle within which to draw the text, it should be fairly obvious that you need to use a rectangle that doesn't go as far to the right.

[jmcilhinney]

My guess (we shouldn't have to guess because you should show us) is that you are calling DrawString and using a Rectangle that is based on the bounds of the column header. If you call Inflate on that Rectangle, you can make it grow or shrink. If you call Inflate and specify -10 in the X direction and 0 in the Y direction, the Rectangle will remain the same height while each end will move in 5 pixels. That will give you 5 pixels padding on the left and the right when drawing text.

[Bob Vertex]

My guess (we shouldn't have to guess because you should show us) is that you are calling DrawString and using a Rectangle that is based on the bounds of the column header. If you call Inflate on that Rectangle, you can make it grow or shrink. If you call Inflate and specify -10 in the X direction and 0 in the Y direction, the Rectangle will remain the same height while each end will move in 5 pixels. That will give you 5 pixels padding on the left and the right when drawing text.

Apologies for not posting the code - my first call for help here :-(

followed your suggestion and it worked perfectly, thanks so much I was banging my head against a wall there, just couldn't see what was in front of me