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How to show caret in a disabled MFC CEdit control?

If an edit control is disabled, the caret disappears. that case, if the edit is displaying a long text, then it is not possible to see the rest of the words.With the caret i, we can do that.

Solution

  • I think you must use an enabled readonly edit control instead of a disabled one.

    Check 'readonly' in the edit box property window or use ES_READONLY when calling Create. Also, don't forget to check Auto HScroll (ES_AUTOHSCROLL) ( and AutoVScroll if multiline).

    CEdit* pEdit = new CEdit;
pEdit->Create(ES_MULTILINE | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_TABSTOP | WS_BORDER
  | ES_AUTOHSCROLL | ES_READONLY, (10, 10, 100, 100), this, 1);