How do I put a tab space in a comboBox

[Suyambu2002]

Hi,

I have a problem like adding tab space in a ComboBox
I mean,

I have to give the values of a combo box like...

New Opportunity Description of the New Opportunity

I tried with
New Opportunity\tDescription of the New Opportunity

But its dispalying a Junk instead of a tab space.
New Opportunity|Description of the New Opportunity

Could any one please help me...

Urgent requirement.

Thanks in advance.
Suyambulingam

[martho]

IMO the only way is to draw the items on your own. See here http://www.codeguru.com/Cpp/controls/combobox/, there are Multi-Col-Combo-boxes as well.

[Sam Hobbs]

A ComboBox is a combination of two controls; one of which is a list box. I think you can do what you need to do by setting the list box to use tabs, but I don't know the details.

[Igor Vartanov]

Originally posted by Sam Hobbs
A ComboBox is a combination of two controls; one of which is a list box. I think you can do what you need to do by setting the list box to use tabs, but I don't know the details.

The details are unfavorable. To use tabstops listbox must be created with LBS_USETABSTOPS. If it was not it successfully accepts style modification but it affects nothing - list appears to stay unaware of tabs.

In the case of combo it creates the plain listbox. I didn't found out how to cheat it.