if ( !CreateControl(parent, id, pos, size, style, wxDefaultValidator, name) )
return FALSE;
- if ( !MSWCreateControl(wxT("BUTTON"), BS_GROUPBOX, pos, size, label, 0) )
+ // as wxStaticBox doesn't draw its own background, we make it transparent
+ // to force redrawing its background which could have been overwritten by
+ // the other controls inside it
+ //
+ // FIXME: I still think that it isn't the right solution because the static
+ // boxes shouldn't have to be transparent if the redrawing was done
+ // right elsewhere - who ever had to make them transparent in non
+ // wxWindows programs, after all? But for now it does fix a serious
+ // problem (try resizing the sizers test screen in the layout sample
+ // after removing WS_EX_TRANSPARENT bit) and so let's use it until
+ // we fix the real underlying problem
+ if ( !MSWCreateControl(wxT("BUTTON"), BS_GROUPBOX, pos, size, label,
+ WS_EX_TRANSPARENT) )
return FALSE;
+ // to be transparent we should have the same colour as the parent as well
+ SetBackgroundColour(GetParent()->GetBackgroundColour());
+
return TRUE;
}