[wxPython-users] can't get auto width correct for first column in a wx.ListCtrl

[AK]

Marc Tompkins wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 5:54 PM, Robin Dunn <robin at alldunn.com 
> <mailto:robin at alldunn.com>> wrote:
>
>     Assuming you are on Windows then I suspect that this is just another
>     example of MS's weirdness about the native ListView.  There are some
>     other examples of things working differently with the first column
>     than
>     the others.  For example, you can't right or center justify the
>      column
>     label text, if there is an image list then room is reserved in the
>     first
>     column for the images even if you don't use them for the items, etc.
>
>
> So THAT's the cause of all that foolishment!  In one of my projects I 
> beat my head against the first-column justification thing for a few 
> hours, and moved on 'cause I had bigger fish to fry - but it's nice to 
> know it wasn't something I was doing wrong!
>
>
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I ran into this too. But I haven't noticed this in windows programs 
generally. Is there a workaround that they use? -ak