Combobox Color Picker

I recently wanted to allow certain color selection in one of my projects. The common control available is a great thing but I wanted the look-and-feel of something similar to what VC++ offers in its options dialog box. The following code acomplishes exactly that.

Just include the ComboColorPicker.h and ComboColorPicker.cpp files in your project and create a control member variable for a regular combobox in VC’s classwizard and you have your self a combobox for color selection. This combobox implements focus indication correctly but still lacks the [Automatic] option VC has.

ComboColorPicker.h

#if !defined(AFX_COMBOCOLORPICKER_H__B2348841_5541_11D1_8756_
   00A0C9181E86__INCLUDED_)
#define AFX_COMBOCOLORPICKER_H__B2348841_5541_11D1_8756_
   00A0C9181E86__INCLUDED_
#if _MSC_VER >= 1000
#pragma once
#endif    // _MSC_VER >= 1000
// ComboColorPicker.h : header file
// © 1997 Baldvin Hansson
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// CComboColorPicker window
class CComboColorPicker : public CComboBox
{
// Construction
public:
   CComboColorPicker();
// Attributes
private:
   bool m_bInitialized;
   static COLORREF m_rgStandardColors[];
public:
// Operations
private:
   void InitializeData();
public:
   COLORREF GetSelectedColor();
// Overrides
   // ClassWizard generated virtual function overrides
   //{{AFX_VIRTUAL(CComboColorPicker)
   protected:
   virtual void PreSubclassWindow();
   //}}AFX_VIRTUAL
   virtual void DrawItem(LPDRAWITEMSTRUCT lpDrawItemStruct);
// Implementation
public:
   virtual ~CComboColorPicker();
   // Generated message map functions
protected:
   //{{AFX_MSG(CComboColorPicker)
   int OnCreate(LPCREATESTRUCT lpCreateStruct);
   //}}AFX_MSG
   DECLARE_MESSAGE_MAP()
};
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//{{AFX_INSERT_LOCATION}}
// Microsoft Developer Studio will insert additional declarations
// immediately before the previous line.
#endif // !defined(AFX_COMBOCOLORPICKER_H__B2348841_5541_11D1_
       //          8756_00A0C9181E86__INCLUDED_)

ComboColorPicker.cpp

// ComboColorPicker.cpp : implementation file
// © 1997 Baldvin Hansson
#include “stdafx.h”
#include “ComboColorPicker.h”
#ifdef _DEBUG
#define new DEBUG_NEW
#undef THIS_FILE
static char THIS_FILE[] = __FILE__;
#endif
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// CComboColorPicker
COLORREF CComboColorPicker::m_rgStandardColors[] = {
   RGB(0, 0, 0),            // Black
   RGB(255, 255, 255),      // White
   RGB(128, 0, 0),          // Dark Red
   RGB(0, 128, 0),          // Dark Green
   RGB(128, 128, 0),        // Dark Yellow
   RGB(0, 0, 128),          // Dark Blue
   RGB(128, 0, 128),        // Dark Magenta
   RGB(0, 128, 128),        // Dark Cyan
   RGB(192, 192, 192),      // Light Grey
   RGB(128, 128, 128),      // Dark Grey
   RGB(255, 0, 0),          // Red
   RGB(0, 255, 0),          // Green
   RGB(255, 255, 0),        // Yellow
   RGB(0, 0, 255),          // Blue
   RGB(255, 0, 255),        // Magenta
   RGB(0, 255, 255),        // Cyan
   };
CComboColorPicker::CComboColorPicker()
{
   m_bInitialized = false;
}
CComboColorPicker::~CComboColorPicker()
{
}
BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CComboColorPicker, CComboBox)
   //{{AFX_MSG_MAP(CComboColorPicker)
   ON_WM_CREATE()
   //}}AFX_MSG_MAP
END_MESSAGE_MAP()
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// CComboColorPicker message handlers
int CComboColorPicker::OnCreate(LPCREATESTRUCT lpCreateStruct)
{
   if (CComboBox::OnCreate(lpCreateStruct) == -1)
      return -1;
   InitializeData();
   return 0;
}
void CComboColorPicker::PreSubclassWindow()
{
   InitializeData();
   CComboBox::PreSubclassWindow();
}
void CComboColorPicker::InitializeData()
{
   int nItem;
   if (m_bInitialized)
      return;
   for (int nColor = 0; nColor < sizeof(m_rgStandardColors)/
        sizeof(COLORREF); nColor++)
   {
      // Here we could affect the sort order at run-time
      nItem = AddString((LPCTSTR)m_rgStandardColors[nColor]);
      if (CB_ERRSPACE == nItem)
         break;
   }
   m_bInitialized = true;
}
void CComboColorPicker::DrawItem(LPDRAWITEMSTRUCT lpDrawItemStruct)
{
   CDC dc;
   CBrush brushBlack;
   brushBlack.CreateStockObject(BLACK_BRUSH);
   if (!dc.Attach(lpDrawItemStruct->hDC))
      return;
   COLORREF rgbTextColor = dc.GetTextColor();
   COLORREF rgbBkColor   = dc.GetBkColor();
   if (lpDrawItemStruct->itemAction & ODA_FOCUS)
   {
      dc.DrawFocusRect(&lpDrawItemStruct->rcItem);
   }
   else if (lpDrawItemStruct->itemAction & ODA_DRAWENTIRE)
   {
      if (lpDrawItemStruct->itemState & ODS_FOCUS)
         dc.DrawFocusRect(&lpDrawItemStruct->rcItem);
      else
         dc.ExtTextOut(0, 0, ETO_OPAQUE, &lpDrawItemStruct->rcItem,
                       _T(“”), 0, NULL);
   }
   if (0 <= (int)lpDrawItemStruct->itemID)    // Any item selected?
   {
      ::InflateRect(&lpDrawItemStruct->rcItem, -2, -2);
      dc.FillSolidRect(&lpDrawItemStruct->rcItem,
                       (COLORREF)lpDrawItemStruct->itemData);
      dc.FrameRect(&lpDrawItemStruct->rcItem, &brushBlack);
   }
   // Restore the DC state
   dc.SetTextColor(rgbTextColor);
   dc.SetBkColor(rgbBkColor);
   dc.Detach();
}
COLORREF CComboColorPicker::GetSelectedColor()
{
   int nItem = GetCurSel();
   if (CB_ERR == nItem)
      return RGB(0, 0, 0);    // Default to black if nothing is selected
   return m_rgStandardColors[nItem];
}