[Win32]Add context menu to edit control

[Member 2965471]

How can i add a context menu to an edit control? I try to handle WM_RBUTTONDOWN in the main window, but don't work if the mouse click is on the edit control.

[CPallini]

You have to subclass the Edit Control, see, for instance Create your own controls - the art of subclassing[^]. :)

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[venkatmakam]

Derive a new class from the CEdit and handle the ON_WM_CONTEXTMENU() message.Check this article for referance, How to modify a CEdit context menu[^]

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[Member 2965471]

I'm not using MFC. So i've to call SetWindowSubclass function and set my own EditProc in which handle WM_CONTEXTMENU?

[Mark Salsbery]

Member 2965471 wrote:

So i've to call SetWindowSubclass function and set my own EditProc in which handle WM_CONTEXTMENU?

Yes.

Mark Salsbery Microsoft MVP - Visual C++ :java:

[Lost User]

As an alternative to the mentioned subclassing, it is also possible to handle WM_RBUTTONDOWN directly in your dialogs message loop:

HWND hwndDlg = CreateDialog(...);

MSG msg;
while(GetMessage(&msg,0,0,0)){
	if(msg.hwnd == GetDlgItem(hwndDlg,ID\_MYEDITCONTROL) && msg.message == WM\_RBUTTONDOWN)
		;     // WM\_RBUTTONDOWN has been received for ID\_MYEDITCONTROL on hwndDlg; show your context menu here
	else{
		TranslateMessage(&msg);
		DispatchMessage(&msg);
	}
}