How to Change the Method of Selecting Multiple Controls

The information in this article applies to:

• The dialog editor, included with Microsoft Visual C++, 32 bit edition, version 2.0, 2.1, and 4.0

SUMMARY

The dialog editor in the Visual C++ development environment selects multiple controls only if they are completely enclosed in the selection box. You can modify this behavior to include controls partially outside the selection box.

MORE INFORMATION

To change the selection method in the dialog editor, modify the Windows NT registry using REGEDT32.EXE. (There is no user interface option for this feature in the development environment.) First close Visual C++. Then use REGEDT32.EXE to select the Dialog Editor key. For Visual C++ version 2.0, this key can be found as follows:

   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Visual C++ 2.0\Dialog Editor

   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Developer\Dialog Editor

REFERENCES

For more information about the dialog editor and selecting controls, see the "Using the Dialog Editor" chapter, or search for "dialog editor", in the Visual C++ Books Online. Note that the feature described in this article is not mentioned in the documentation.