How to change font of specific item in a listbox

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Article Metadata

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Tested with

Devices(s): Nokia E90

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Compatibility

Platform(s): S60 3rd Edition, S60 5th Edition

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Platform Security

Capabilities: )

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Article

Keywords: CEikColumnListBox, CAknColumnListBox, CColumnListBoxData, CFormattedCellListBoxData.

Created: vasant21 (18 Oct 2008)

Last edited: hamishwillee (24 Jun 2011)

Overview

This snippet shows how to change the font of specific item in a Listbox, Listbox font can be changed using CColumnListBoxData or CFormattedCellListBoxData as they handle data layout of the listbox items.

This snippet can be self-signed.

Preconditions

Here we assume that we already have a working code for listbox.

MMP file

The following capabilities and libraries are required:

CAPABILITY  None
 
LIBRARY     avkon.lib
LIBRARY     eikcoctl.lib
LIBRARY     eikctl.lib

Listbox using CFormattedCellListBoxData for handling data

#include <eikfrlbd.h> 
 
 
CFormattedCellListBoxData*  columnData = iListBox->ItemDrawer()->FormattedCellData();
// aIndex - index of item to be changed.
columnData->SetSubCellFontL( aIndex, LatinPlain12());

Listbox using CColumnListBoxData for handling data

#include <eikclbd.h> 
 
 
CColumnListBoxData* columnData = iListBox->ItemDrawer()->ColumnData();
// aIndex - index of item to be changed.
columnData->SetColumnFontL( aIndex, LatinBold12());

Postconditions

Font of the item specified with aIndex will be changed.