Question

I’ve got a Rich Edit Control, created like this,

            box = CreateWindowEx(
                0, 
                MSFTEDIT_CLASS, 
                L"Type here", 
                WS_VISIBLE | WS_CHILD | WS_TABSTOP | SS_OWNERDRAW,
                position.x,
                position.y,
                dimensions.x,
                dimensions.y,
                owner,
                0,
                hinst,
                0);

The documentation indicates that ES_LEFT will left-align the text, which is what I’m looking for. But when I add it to the list of styles, nothing happens. How can I set this edit control style?

Answer 1

Just like you would any other style in the fourth parameter of CreateWindowEx():

WS_VISIBLE | WS_CHILD | WS_TABSTOP | ES_LEFT