How to set a CMFCPropertyListCtrl's column width?

Question

I'm adding properties to an object of type CMFCPropertyGridCtrl like this:

myPropertyListCtrl.AddProperty(
    new CMFCPropertyGridProperty(
        _T("Name"),
        foo.GetName())
);

The result is that only the second column is visible but not the first that should contain "Name".

• I found CMFCPropertyGridCtrl::GetPropertyColumnWidth() but there appears to be no corresponding Set... method...
• I looked at the NewControls sample, in which the column sizing appears to be fully automatic. However, I couldn't find the relevant difference to my code.

What am I missing?

Answer 1

m_nLeftColumnWidth responsible for holding the "Name" column's width is a protected member of the CMFCPropertyGridCtrl class. Create your own class, that derives from CMFCPropertyGridCtrl and you will be able to manipulate m_nLeftColumnWidth.