Status bar changes?

Message Topic Search Topic Options Post Reply Create New Topic Printable Version Translate Topic

   I've belatedly noticed a change in the behaviour of the status bar--not sure when it appeared (12.0 / 12.1??) but it still applies to 13.0.0. The "old" behaviour is that initialising the status bars in the usual way with:

m_wndStatusBar.SetIndicators(indicators, sizeof(indicators)/sizeof(UINT))

resulted in the status panes being fixed in width to whatever size you had set for the intial text. The current behaviour is that changing the pane text resizes the pane so that the text fits.

Another change is that the "old" status bar, based on CStatusBar (I think), would take any text prefixed by "\t" and center it. The "new" behaviour is to treat this as a tab and offset the subsequent text.

If you wish to get the "old" behaviour then for each affected pane you need to do the following:

m_wndStatusBar.GetPane(i)->BestFit();
m_wndStatusBar.GetPane(i)->SetTextAlignment(DT_CENTER);
In addition, you need to strip out any "\t" entries in your status bar text.

Author	Message Topic Search Topic Options Post Reply Create New Topic Printable Version Translate Topic
robin_l Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 15 October 2006 Status: Offline Points: 117	Post Options Post Reply Quote robin_l Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Status bar changes? Posted: 22 March 2009 at 6:57pm
	I've belatedly noticed a change in the behaviour of the status bar--not sure when it appeared (12.0 / 12.1??) but it still applies to 13.0.0. The "old" behaviour is that initialising the status bars in the usual way with: m_wndStatusBar.SetIndicators(indicators, sizeof(indicators)/sizeof(UINT)) resulted in the status panes being fixed in width to whatever size you had set for the intial text. The current behaviour is that changing the pane text resizes the pane so that the text fits. Another change is that the "old" status bar, based on CStatusBar (I think), would take any text prefixed by "\t" and center it. The "new" behaviour is to treat this as a tab and offset the subsequent text. If you wish to get the "old" behaviour then for each affected pane you need to do the following: m_wndStatusBar.GetPane(i)->BestFit(); m_wndStatusBar.GetPane(i)->SetTextAlignment(DT_CENTER); In addition, you need to strip out any "\t" entries in your status bar text.
	Product: Xtreme ToolkitPro 2009 (13.4.1) Platform: Windows 7 Ultimate(64bit) Language: Visual Studio 2010 (C++)