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if (GetDlgItem(IDC_LIST)==Set<wbr />Focus())<br />
&nbsp; OnOK();<br />
else<br />
&nbsp; OnSearch();<br />
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Did the trick!! &nbsp;This code was placed in the bn_clicked handler for the hidden button.<br />

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if (GetDlgItem(IDC_LIST)==SetFocus())
  OnOK();
else
  OnSearch();

Did the trick!!  This code was placed in the bn_clicked handler for the hidden button.


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It appears that NM_RETURN never gets sent if a list control is embedded in a dialog. &nbsp;NM_DBLCLK definitely gets called, but NM_RETURN, when the focus is on an item in the list control never gets fired. &nbsp;The only thing that gets fired is the default button handler. &nbsp;I believe that the message never gets fired because I have tried to capture the message in pretranslate and it never captured the message.
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It appears that NM_RETURN never gets sent if a list control is embedded in a dialog.  NM_DBLCLK definitely gets called, but NM_RETURN, when the focus is on an item in the list control never gets fired.  The only thing that gets fired is the default button handler.  I believe that the message never gets fired because I have tried to capture the message in pretranslate and it never captured the message.

How to handle NM_RETURN in a dialog

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