Focused docked window gripper

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   When a docked window has the focus and its style contains CBRS_XT_GRIPPER_FLAT it is quite clear to the user which window has the focus because the colour of the gripper area changes. There seems to be no visual cue when the style is not present (e.g. when the window looks like the Visual C++ "Workspace" window). Wouldn't it be nicer or the user if some indication were shown? I thought the title text could be drawn in black instead of grey or something.

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gary Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 18 August 2003 Status: Offline Points: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote gary Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Focused docked window gripper Posted: 05 September 2003 at 3:30am
	When a docked window has the focus and its style contains CBRS_XT_GRIPPER_FLAT it is quite clear to the user which window has the focus because the colour of the gripper area changes. There seems to be no visual cue when the style is not present (e.g. when the window looks like the Visual C++ "Workspace" window). Wouldn't it be nicer or the user if some indication were shown? I thought the title text could be drawn in black instead of grey or something.

kstowell Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 25 January 2003 Location: MIchigan, USA Status: Offline Points: 496	Post Options Post Reply Quote kstowell Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 November 2003 at 1:17pm
	Hi Gary, You can accomplish this effect by overriding the DrawCaption(CDC* pDC, const CRect& rect) method for your derived CXTDockWindow class. Cheers, Codejock Software