Setting list-row height

[nadav70]

Hello,

Does anybody knows how to set the height of rows in a list (CAknColumnListBox)? Even though I've managed to reduce font size, the height of the rows has remained the same.

Thanks,
Nadav

[stenlik]

Hi,

listbox base class CEikListBox has a View() method, which returns the pointer to the CListBoxView class, try to call

CEikListBox::View()::SetItemHeight().

Anyway if you need to set such listbox properties like font, item height, etc. it's usually better do make your own listbox...

BR
STeN

[nadav70]

Thanks Sten, accurate reply as always :).

Regarding your suggestion to create my own list:

1. Why is it better? which things are easier to do with my own class?
2. Which class should I inherit? I can inherit CAknColumnListBox, but it seems to be more standard to follow the generic examples, and inherit from CEikColumnListBoxTypedef, or something of the sort (like CAknSingleStyleListBox does, for example).

Thanks,
Nadav

[stenlik]

Hi,

why it is better? Once you have own listbox - you are controlling the appearance on your own - while the fact you are deriving from the Symbian classes means, that the framework cares of starndard behavior. Having own listbox classes you can do anything you want, without checking, which listbox you have to use, how to format the model strings, where the icon will be displayed, etc...

Derive the model from MListBoxModel
Derive the drawer from CListItemDrawer
Derive the listbox from CEikListBox

I found this way very comfortable.
BR
STeN

[nadav70]

Since I am a beginner to Symbian, I think it might be a little too complicated for me to actually draw the cells myself (I need the time for developing other stuff). So I will probably stick to the generic column lists at the moment. In the future, I might change that to further customize my view.

I think Symbian generic support for column tables should be flexible enough to accommodate some standard needs (such as deciding the background color, the type of margins between cells, displaying a header line, etc.). I don't know if this is currently the case or not. I hope it is...

Thanks you again,
Nadav