Problem with CAknDoubleStyleListBox with a CAknSearchField

[jjig]

I am writing a project with Carbide 1.3 and Symbian series 60 3rd edition. I am using the carbide's ui designer.

I have several problems with a view in which i have a listbox (CAknDoubleStyleListBox) with a search field (CAknSearchField).

First problem is that Carbide create the search field in that way

CAknSearchField* searchField =
CAknSearchField::NewL( *this, CAknSearchField::EPopup, 0, 40 );

and i only can write numbers in the search field (i need write characters)

I have read in some lists that the problem is the "EPopup", and it looks like true, because if i declared it like "ESearch" i can write characters, but now the search field doesn't
appear in the view (i can make searchs, but i cannot see the characters that i am writing)

I don't like that i cannot (or i don't know how to) change this property from ui designer

Also i had to change the SizeChanged method because i cannot use the function

AknFind::HandlePopupFindSizeChanged( this, iListBox, iListBoxSearchField );

i must to use

AknFind::HandleFixedFindSizeChanged( this, (CAknColumnListBox*)iListBox, iListBoxSearchField );

but this neither solve my problem.

I have also see that the problem could be in the InitializeControls when carbide writes me


iListBox->SetFocus( ETrue );
iFocusControl = iListBox;

Somebody says that they solved the problem writing those lines

iListBoxSearchField->SetFocus(ETrue, EDrawNow) ;
iFocusControl = iListBoxSearchField;

so, giving the focus to the search field. This solution also looks like the good one, but it gives me panics when i go for the second time to a view with the listbox and the search field. The aplication hangs up and exit, but no message is generated.

The really problem is that everything works fine if i use a single listbox, but i must use a listbox with two lines of text. So, i really don't know how to solved this problem in the better way (without modifiyng code that carbide writes between:

// [[[ begin generated function: do not modify and // ]]] end generated function

Is possible solved this from the ui designer?
How can i solved it?

Thank you in advance
Juan Ramon

[lenclud]

Same kind of nightmare for me.
Avkon architecture is a joke. It all evolved from Eikon ER5 when there was no need back in 2002 to base S60 Avkon on Eikon.
There you go I'm bitching again ;)

[lenclud]

Here is a workaround:

void CPanicObsViewInfo::SizeChanged()
	{
	CCoeControl::SizeChanged();
	LayoutControls();
	// [[[ begin generated region: do not modify [Generated Contents]				
	AknFind::HandlePopupFindSizeChanged( this, iListBox, iListBoxSearchField );	
	// ]]] end generated region [Generated Contents]
	
 	//Some silly trick to be able to have a fixed search field with non CAknColumnListBox
	TRAPD(ignore,
		CAknSingleGraphicStyleListBox* dummy = new( ELeave ) CAknSingleGraphicStyleListBox();
		dummy->ConstructL(this,EAknListBoxSelectionList);	
		AknFind::HandleFixedFindSizeChanged( this, dummy, iListBoxSearchField );
		delete dummy;		
		//Fix the empty space between listbox and search field
		TRect lbRect=iListBox->Rect();
		lbRect.iBr.iY=iListBoxSearchField->Position().iY;
		iListBox->SetRect(lbRect);		
		);
	}

Also make sure to set the focus to your search field. Be happy jjig you got your solution 18 months later... never desperate ;)