Window Classes (CommCtrl.h)

This section lists the window class names provided by the common control library.

Constant Description
ANIMATE_CLASS
Creates animation controls. These controls silently display an audio video interleaved (AVI) clip.
DATETIMEPICK_CLASS
Creates date and time picker controls. These controls provide a simple interface to exchange date and time information with a user.
HOTKEY_CLASS
Creates hot key controls. These controls make it easy for the user to define hot keys.
LINK_CLASS
Creates syslink controls. These controls are used with links.
MONTHCAL_CLASS
Creates month calendar controls. These controls provide a simple way for a user to select a date from a familiar interface.
NATIVEFNTCTL_CLASS
Creates native font controls. These controls are used with native fonts.
PROGRESS_CLASS
Creates progress bars. These controls indicate the progress of a lengthy operation.
REBARCLASSNAME
Creates rebar controls. These controls act as a container for child windows.
STANDARD_CLASSES
Creates intrinsic User32 controls, such as button, edit, and scroll bar.
STATUSCLASSNAME
Creates status windows. These controls display status information in a horizontal window.
TOOLBARCLASSNAME
Creates toolbars. These controls contain buttons that carry out menu commands.
TOOLTIPS_CLASS
Creates tooltip controls. These controls display a small pop-up window containing a line of text that describes the purpose of a tool in an application.
TRACKBAR_CLASS
Creates trackbars. These controls let the user select from a range of values by moving a slider.
UPDOWN_CLASS
Creates up-down controls. These controls combine a pair of arrows with an edit control. Clicking the arrows increments or decrements the value in the edit control.
WC_BUTTON
Creates button controls. These controls enable a user to initiate an action.
WC_COMBOBOX
Creates combobox controls. These controls contain a drop-down list from which a single item can be selected.
WC_COMBOBOXEX
Creates ComboBoxEx controls. These controls provide an extension of the combo box control that provides native support for item images.
WC_EDIT
Creates edit controls. These controls contain editable text.
WC_HEADER
Creates header controls. These controls display headings at the top of columns of information and let the user sort the information by clicking the headings.
WC_LISTBOX
Creates listbox controls. These controls contain lists of items.
WC_IPADDRESS
Creates IP address controls. These controls are similar to an edit control, but they enable you to enter a numeric address in Internet protocol (IP) format.
WC_LINK
Creates SysLink controls. These controls contain hypertext links.
WC_LISTVIEW
Creates list-view controls. These controls display a collection of items, each consisting of an icon and a label, and provide several ways to arrange the items.
WC_NATIVEFONTCTL
Creates native font controls. These are invisible controls that work in the background to enable a dialog box's predefined controls to display the current system language.
WC_PAGESCROLLER
Creates pager controls. These controls are used to contain and scroll another window.
WC_SCROLLBAR
Creates scroll bar controls. These controls enable the user to scroll the contents of a window.
WC_STATIC
Creates static controls. These controls contain noneditable text.
WC_TABCONTROL
Creates tab controls. These controls define multiple pages for the same area of a window or dialog box. Each page consists of a set of information or a group of controls that an application displays when the user selects the corresponding tab.
WC_TREEVIEW
Creates tree-view controls. These controls display a hierarchical list of items. Each item consists of a label and an optional bitmap.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Header
CommCtrl.h