The WM_VSCROLL message is sent to a window when a scroll event occurs in the window's standard vertical scroll bar. This message is also sent to the owner of a vertical scroll bar control when a scroll event occurs in the control.
A window receives this message through its WindowProc function.
Syntax
WM_VSCROLL
WPARAM wParam
LPARAM lParam;
Parameters
- wParam
The high-order word specifies the current position of the scroll box if the low-order word is SB_THUMBPOSITION or SB_THUMBTRACK; otherwise, this word is not used.
The low-order word specifies a scroll bar value that indicates the user's scrolling request. This parameter can be one of the following values.
SB_BOTTOM- Scrolls to the lower right.
SB_ENDSCROLL- Ends scroll.
SB_LINEDOWN- Scrolls one line down.
SB_LINEUP- Scrolls one line up.
SB_PAGEDOWN- Scrolls one page down.
SB_PAGEUP- Scrolls one page up.
SB_THUMBPOSITION- The user has dragged the scroll box (thumb) and released the mouse button. The high-order word indicates the position of the scroll box at the end of the drag operation.
SB_THUMBTRACK- The user is dragging the scroll box. This message is sent repeatedly until the user releases the mouse button. The high-order word indicates the position that the scroll box has been dragged to.
SB_TOP- Scrolls to the upper left.
- lParam
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If the message is sent by a scroll bar, this parameter is the handle to the scroll bar control. If the message is not sent by a scroll bar, this parameter is NULL.
Return Value
If an application processes this message, it should return zero.
Remarks
The SB_THUMBTRACK request code is typically used by applications that provide feedback as the user drags the scroll box.
If an application scrolls the content of the window, it must also reset the position of the scroll box by using the SetScrollPos function.
Note that the WM_VSCROLL message carries only 16 bits of scroll box position data. Thus, applications that rely solely on WM_VSCROLL (and WM_HSCROLL) for scroll position data have a practical maximum position value of 65,535.
However, because the SetScrollInfo, SetScrollPos, SetScrollRange, GetScrollInfo, GetScrollPos, and GetScrollRange functions support 32-bit scroll bar position data, there is a way to circumvent the 16-bit barrier of the WM_HSCROLL and WM_VSCROLL messages. See GetScrollInfo for a description of the technique.
Notification Requirements
| Minimum DLL Version |
None |
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| Header | Declared in Winuser.h, include Windows.h |
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| Minimum operating systems |
Windows 95, Windows NT 3.1 |
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See Also