From abd201bfa23a64d16c55065a2d518288b0e44bfc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Katayama Hirofumi MZ <katayama.hirofumi.mz@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2026 07:24:27 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] [USER32][COMCTL32] ComboBox: Don't check owner window on
 creation (#8647)

Reduce imm32:himc failures.
JIRA issue: CORE-19268
- Don't check lphc->owner nor
  WS_VISIBLE on ComboBox creation.
---
 dll/win32/comctl32/combo.c           | 4 ++++
 win32ss/user/user32/controls/combo.c | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/dll/win32/comctl32/combo.c b/dll/win32/comctl32/combo.c
index f9b0e0837a1..e40aaa2dbd0 100644
--- a/dll/win32/comctl32/combo.c
+++ b/dll/win32/comctl32/combo.c
@@ -425,7 +425,11 @@ static LRESULT COMBO_Create( HWND hwnd, LPHEADCOMBO lphc, HWND hwndParent, LONG
 
   /* M$ IE 3.01 actually creates (and rapidly destroys) an ownerless combobox */
 
+#ifdef __REACTOS__
+  if(TRUE)
+#else
   if( lphc->owner || !(style & WS_VISIBLE) )
+#endif
   {
       UINT lbeStyle   = 0;
       UINT lbeExStyle = 0;
diff --git a/win32ss/user/user32/controls/combo.c b/win32ss/user/user32/controls/combo.c
index c118b314233..3d305364afe 100644
--- a/win32ss/user/user32/controls/combo.c
+++ b/win32ss/user/user32/controls/combo.c
@@ -473,7 +473,11 @@ static LRESULT COMBO_Create( HWND hwnd, LPHEADCOMBO lphc, HWND hwndParent, LONG
 
   /* M$ IE 3.01 actually creates (and rapidly destroys) an ownerless combobox */
 
+#ifdef __REACTOS__
+  if(TRUE)
+#else
   if( lphc->owner || !(style & WS_VISIBLE) )
+#endif
   {
       UINT lbeStyle   = 0;
       UINT lbeExStyle = 0;