Say, if I have a default EDIT common control in my MFC-based dialog window:
![](https://www.manongdao.com/static/images/pcload.jpg)
I'm looking for a way to add a small "X" (or delete) button inside of it (here's my Photoshop rendering of what I need):
![](https://www.manongdao.com/static/images/pcload.jpg)
Is there a way to do it by modifying the default edit control?
Please consider using new class CMFCEditBrowseCtrl
. It does have method CMFCEditBrowseCtrl::EnableBrowseButton()
to do exactly what you need.
If I wanted more than one button, I would investigate alternatives:
See the CMFCEditBrowseCtrl
class' code. Then decide if derive a class from it and extend; or else derive from CEdit, copy CMFCEditBrowseCtrl
code and extend.
Case the edit is multi-line, I would investigate the methods CEdit::SetRect and CEdit::SetRectNP. Case it is single-line I would look to CEdit::SetMargins. Then implement normal buttons over the text area of the edit.