How to manage spacing between controls in a group?

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   Hi, 

I have added a group on my application's  ribbon bar. The actual requirement is, the controls should be evenly spaced as shown below.

However when I added controls, they appear quite unevenly spaced, as below. Please let me know, how to achieve even spacing.ASAP).

The code for this is a below.

pUndeformedDispGroup->SetControlsCentering();
pUndeformedDispGroup->Add(xtpControlLabel, IDS_ANALRES_TRANSLUCENCY_LABEL);
pUndeformedDispGroup->Add(xtpControlLabel, IDS_ANALRES_EDGES_LABEL);
pUndeformedDispGroup->Add(xtpControlLabel, IDS_BLANK_LABEL);
if(CXTPControlEdit* pUndefTransSpinCtrl = (CXTPControlEdit*)pUndeformedDispGroup->Add(xtpControlEdit, ID_ANALRES_UNDEFDISP_TRANSLUCENCY))

{
pUndefTransSpinCtrl->SetWidth(50 * g_nHiResFactor);
SESetStyle(pUndefTransSpinCtrl, xtpButtonIcon);
pUndefTransSpinCtrl->ShowSpinButtons();
}

if( CXTPControlComboBox* pEdgesCtrl = new CXTPControlComboBox())

{
pEdgesCtrl->SetWidth(100 * g_nHiResFactor);
SESetStyle(pEdgesCtrl, xtpButtonCaptionAndDescription);
pUndeformedDispGroup->Add(pEdgesCtrl, ID_ANALRES_UNDEFDISP_EDGES); 
}
pUndeformedDispGroup->Add(xtpControlLabel, IDS_BLANK_LABEL);

if( CXTPControlComboBox* pFaceColCtrl = new CXTPControlComboBox())

{
pFaceColCtrl->SetWidth(100 * g_nHiResFactor);
SESetStyle(pFaceColCtrl, xtpButtonCaptionAndDescription);
pUndeformedDispGroup->Add(pFaceColCtrl, ID_ANALRES_UNDEFDISP_FACECOLOR); 
}
if( CXTPControlComboBox* pEdgeColCtrl = new CXTPControlComboBox())

{
pEdgeColCtrl->SetWidth(100 * g_nHiResFactor);
SESetStyle(pEdgeColCtrl, xtpButtonCaptionAndDescription);
pUndeformedDispGroup->Add(pEdgeColCtrl, ID_ANALRES_UNDEFDISP_EDGECOLOR); 
}
pUndeformedDispGroup->Add(xtpControlLabel, IDS_BLANK_LABEL);
if (CXTPControl* pControl = pUndeformedDispGroup->Add(xtpControlLabel, ID_ANALRES_UNDEFDISP_SELECT_FC))

{
SESetStyle(pControl, xtpButtonIcon);
}
if (CXTPControl* pControl = pUndeformedDispGroup->Add(xtpControlLabel, ID_ANALRES_UNDEFDISP_SELECT_EC))

{
SESetStyle(pControl, xtpButtonIcon);
}
Note : I tried using 'SetControlGrouping' but that makes my display worst.

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Satyen Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 22 December 2008 Location: India Status: Offline Points: 16	Post Options Post Reply Quote Satyen Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: How to manage spacing between controls in a group? Posted: 22 December 2008 at 1:30am
	Hi, I have added a group on my application's ribbon bar. The actual requirement is, the controls should be evenly spaced as shown below. However when I added controls, they appear quite unevenly spaced, as below. Please let me know, how to achieve even spacing.ASAP). The code for this is a below. pUndeformedDispGroup->SetControlsCentering(); pUndeformedDispGroup->Add(xtpControlLabel, IDS_ANALRES_TRANSLUCENCY_LABEL); pUndeformedDispGroup->Add(xtpControlLabel, IDS_ANALRES_EDGES_LABEL); pUndeformedDispGroup->Add(xtpControlLabel, IDS_BLANK_LABEL); if(CXTPControlEdit* pUndefTransSpinCtrl = (CXTPControlEdit)pUndeformedDispGroup->Add(xtpControlEdit, ID_ANALRES_UNDEFDISP_TRANSLUCENCY)) { pUndefTransSpinCtrl->SetWidth(50 g_nHiResFactor); SESetStyle(pUndefTransSpinCtrl, xtpButtonIcon); pUndefTransSpinCtrl->ShowSpinButtons(); } if( CXTPControlComboBox* pEdgesCtrl = new CXTPControlComboBox()) { pEdgesCtrl->SetWidth(100 * g_nHiResFactor); SESetStyle(pEdgesCtrl, xtpButtonCaptionAndDescription); pUndeformedDispGroup->Add(pEdgesCtrl, ID_ANALRES_UNDEFDISP_EDGES); } pUndeformedDispGroup->Add(xtpControlLabel, IDS_BLANK_LABEL); if( CXTPControlComboBox* pFaceColCtrl = new CXTPControlComboBox()) { pFaceColCtrl->SetWidth(100 * g_nHiResFactor); SESetStyle(pFaceColCtrl, xtpButtonCaptionAndDescription); pUndeformedDispGroup->Add(pFaceColCtrl, ID_ANALRES_UNDEFDISP_FACECOLOR); } if( CXTPControlComboBox* pEdgeColCtrl = new CXTPControlComboBox()) { pEdgeColCtrl->SetWidth(100 * g_nHiResFactor); SESetStyle(pEdgeColCtrl, xtpButtonCaptionAndDescription); pUndeformedDispGroup->Add(pEdgeColCtrl, ID_ANALRES_UNDEFDISP_EDGECOLOR); } pUndeformedDispGroup->Add(xtpControlLabel, IDS_BLANK_LABEL); if (CXTPControl* pControl = pUndeformedDispGroup->Add(xtpControlLabel, ID_ANALRES_UNDEFDISP_SELECT_FC)) { SESetStyle(pControl, xtpButtonIcon); } if (CXTPControl* pControl = pUndeformedDispGroup->Add(xtpControlLabel, ID_ANALRES_UNDEFDISP_SELECT_EC)) { SESetStyle(pControl, xtpButtonIcon); } Note : I tried using 'SetControlGrouping' but that makes my display worst.
	Thanks & Regards, Satyenjit Bagal. Software Development Engineer. SIEMENS Automation and Drives.

Oleg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 21 May 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 11234	Post Options Post Reply Quote Oleg Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 December 2008 at 1:48am
	Hi, Don't add additional xtpControlLabel. Show Caption of Edit control instead.
	Oleg, Support Team CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

Satyen Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 22 December 2008 Location: India Status: Offline Points: 16	Post Options Post Reply Quote Satyen Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 December 2008 at 4:41am
	Thanks. The solution worked partially. Now I have following display- I want to display caption as well as tooltip for all controls. Also I want to keep them a bit apart horizontally and vertically. For horizontal distance I removed earlier caption and added blank space (3 tabs) at its place. I tried to add caption and tooltip using 'SetCaption' and 'SetToolTip' functions, but it distorted the display as below. Is there any way to 'show caption and tooltip. as well as keep controls apart'.
	Thanks & Regards, Satyenjit Bagal. Software Development Engineer. SIEMENS Automation and Drives.