Using Drop-Down Buttons in a Toolbar Control

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In addition to standard push buttons, a toolbar can also have drop-down buttons. A drop-down button is usually indicated by the presence of an attached down arrow.

When the user clicks on this arrow (or the button itself, if no arrow is present), a TBN_DROPDOWN notification message is sent to the parent of the toolbar control. You can then handle this notification and display a pop-up menu; similar to the behavior of Internet Explorer.

The following procedure illustrates how to implement a drop-down toolbar button with a pop-up menu:

To implement a drop-down button

1. Once your CToolBarCtrl object has been created, set the TBSTYLE_EX_DRAWDDARROWS style, using the following code:

         m_ToolBarCtrl.SetExtendedStyle(TBSTYLE_EX_DRAWDDARROWS);
   

2. Set the TBSTYLE_DROPDOWN style for any new (InsertButton or AddButtons) or existing (SetButtonInfo) buttons that will be drop-down buttons. The following example demonstrates modifying an existing button in a CToolBarCtrl object:

         TBBUTTONINFO tbi;
   
         tbi.dwMask = TBIF_STYLE;
         tbi.cbSize = sizeof(TBBUTTONINFO);
         m_ToolBarCtrl.GetButtonInfo(0, &tbi);
         tbi.fsStyle |= TBSTYLE_DROPDOWN;
         m_ToolBarCtrl.SetButtonInfo(0, &tbi);
   

3. Add a TBN_DROPDOWN handler to the parent class of the toolbar object.

      ON_NOTIFY(TBN_DROPDOWN, IDC_TOOLBAR1, &CMyDialog::OnTbnDropDownToolBar1)
   

4. In the new handler, display the appropriate popup menu. The following code demonstrates one method:

   void CMyDialog::OnTbnDropDownToolBar1(NMHDR* pNMHDR, LRESULT* pResult)
   {
      LPNMTOOLBAR pToolBar = reinterpret_cast<LPNMTOOLBAR>(pNMHDR);
      ClientToScreen(&(pToolBar->rcButton)); // TrackPopupMenu uses screen coords
   
      CMenu menu;
      VERIFY(menu.LoadMenu(IDR_MENU1));
      CMenu* pPopup = menu.GetSubMenu(0);
      if (NULL != pPopup)
      {
         pPopup->TrackPopupMenu(TPM_LEFTALIGN | TPM_RIGHTBUTTON, 
            pToolBar->rcButton.left, pToolBar->rcButton.bottom, this);
      }
   
      *pResult = 0;
   }
   

See Also

Using CToolBarCtrl
Controls