- wxControl::DoSetSize(x, y, width, height, sizeFlags);
-
- // I'm commenting this out since the code appears to make choices
- // and comboxes too high when they have associated sizers. I'm sure this
- // is not the end of the story, which is why I'm leaving it #if'ed out for
- // now. JACS.
-#if 0
- // if the height specified for the visible part of the control is
- // different from the current one, we need to change it separately
- // as it is not affected by normal WM_SETSIZE
- if ( height != wxDefaultCoord )
+
+ // the height which we must pass to Windows should be the total height of
+ // the control including the drop down list while the height given to us
+ // is, of course, just the height of the permanently visible part of it so
+ // add the drop down height to it
+
+ // don't make the drop down list too tall, arbitrarily limit it to 30
+ // items max and also don't make it too small if it's currently empty
+ size_t nItems = GetCount();
+ if ( !nItems )
+ nItems = 9;
+ else if ( nItems > 30 )
+ nItems = 30;
+
+ const int hItem = SendMessage(GetHwnd(), CB_GETITEMHEIGHT, 0, 0);
+ const int heightWithItems = height + hItem*nItems;
+
+
+ // do resize the native control
+ wxControl::DoSetSize(x, y, width, heightWithItems, sizeFlags);
+
+
+ // make the control itself of the requested height: notice that this
+ // must be done after changing its size or it has no effect (apparently
+ // the height is reset to default during the control layout) and that it's
+ // useless to to do it when using the deferred sizing -- in this case it
+ // will be done from MSWEndDeferWindowPos()
+#if wxUSE_DEFERRED_SIZING
+ if ( m_pendingSize == wxDefaultSize )