how to make multiline text in wxListCtrl

[Vadim Zeitlin]

On Sun, 04 Mar 2007 22:28:16 +0100 Milan Babuskov <milanb at panonnet.net> wrote:

MB> Vadim Zeitlin wrote:
MB> >  Now the question is whether we should replace \n with some unprintable
MB> > character in the generic version (trivial) thus standardizing on the
MB> > current MSW behaviour or do something different/better. Any ideas?
MB> 
MB> Well, I don't know if it would be too much, but I really like the way 
MB> MSW shows text when it doesn't fit in the cell horizontally. It shows 
MB> "..." and when you move mouse over it, it shows entire text (hovering 
MB> above other cells). It would be cool it multiline cell would only show 
MB> the first line and when you move mouse to it, it would show all lines 
MB> (with opaque background, of course).

 This is unfortunately impossible to implement as long as we don't have
support for tooltips for parts of the window. And AFAIK GTK+ still doesn't
support this.

 Regards,
VZ

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