Why is a groupbox built from a Button control ?

[R.Wieser]

Hello All,

Just this week my eye fell on something that I can not quite figure out: A
GroupBox is a Button control with the BS_GROUPBOX style set. As a groupbox
it does not seem to respond to keypresses or mouseclicks. It behaves like
its a static control.

So, why didn't they just use a Static control for it instead ? Or have I
missed something that a GroupBox can do that needs its Button-control roots
?

Regards,
Rudy Wieser

[David Lowndes]

You'd probably need to ask someone who worked on Windows 1 to answer
it definitively - or at least someone with access to the Windows
source code.

Dave

[JJ]

It's a matter of predefined control library. Each have its own predefined
purpose. It's the software developer's god attitude of "Here. We made these
for you. Use it or customize it as you see fit. Otherwise, make your own
controls." And you just tasted some of the forbidden fruits.

[R.Wieser]

Hello JJ,

> It's the software developer's god attitude of "Here. [...]

> And you just tasted some of the forbidden fruits.

I got the feeling that it had something to do with a throw of some dice too,
but just wanted to make sure I did not miss something obvious. Thanks for
(prettymuch) confirming I didn't. :-)

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


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[R.Wieser]

Hello David,

> You'd probably need to ask someone who worked on
> Windows 1 to answer it definitively

Quite likely, yes. Its just that I wanted to make sure that I did not
overlook some obvious usage of a GroupBox (that needed some interaction a
Button control provides). Your answer indicates to me it isn't (anything
obvious). Thanks.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


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