Quick Access Separators

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   My designers would like a separator capability on the quick access toolbar.  Something like this:

or this

I tried calling BeginGroup on a couple of controls, and got this.

That is servicable but not as aesthetically pleasing as I was hoping.  Is there any way to add some spacing around the bar to give a more obvious separation?  Is the second picture in my wish list even remotely possible?

Thanks.

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mrmathis Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 17 May 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 105	Post Options Post Reply Quote mrmathis Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Quick Access Separators Posted: 12 November 2008 at 9:55am
	My designers would like a separator capability on the quick access toolbar. Something like this: or this I tried calling BeginGroup on a couple of controls, and got this. That is servicable but not as aesthetically pleasing as I was hoping. Is there any way to add some spacing around the bar to give a more obvious separation? Is the second picture in my wish list even remotely possible? Thanks.
	--Mike

Oleg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 21 May 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 11234	Post Options Post Reply Quote Oleg Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 13 November 2008 at 2:38am
	Thanks, please patch our sources - insert if (pControl->GetBeginGroup()) nLeft += 6; in CXTPRibbonBar::Reposition before "if (!bSpecial && (nLeft + szControl.cx > nRight))" Its changed for next release too.
	Oleg, Support Team CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

mrmathis Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 17 May 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 105	Post Options Post Reply Quote mrmathis Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 13 January 2009 at 11:08am
	This is working out well for me. One question has been raised by my UI specialists. When docked above the ribbon, the separator is a couple of pixels too high, as shown below: It looks fine when docked below the ribbon. I think I've found the code that draws this in CXTPOffice2003Theme::DrawCommandBarSeparator. ... else if (pBar->GetPosition() == xtpBarTop \|\| pBar->GetPosition() == xtpBarBottom \|\| bSkipWrapSeparators) { if (!pControl->GetWrap()) { Line(pDC, rcControl.left - 4, rcRow.top + 4, rcControl.left - 4, rcRow.bottom - 4, XPCOLOR_SEPARATOR); if (!m_bPlainSeparators) Line(pDC, rcControl.left - 3, rcRow.top + 5, rcControl.left - 3, rcRow.bottom - 3, COLOR_3DHIGHLIGHT); } ... It looks like rcRow.top is what I want adjusted, but I don't see how to isolate the "above" case from the "below" case. Additionally, it looks like this function is used by popup menus as well, and I don't want to hose those up. Any suggestions for cleaning this up?
	--Mike

mrmathis Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 17 May 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 105	Post Options Post Reply Quote mrmathis Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 January 2009 at 11:46am
	Any thoughts on this?
	--Mike