Highlighting/Emphasizing Popup Entries

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   I have some "command finder" functionality that is used to highlight a command's location on the ribbon bar.  It's a learning tool to help the novice user with menu navigation.  To identify a given command, I "flash" it with a few timer-spaced calls to pControl->SetChecked(TRUE/FALSE).

This works fine until I come to items on a popup menu.  In that case, the call only highlights the icon portion of the menu, as shown on the left.  I would like to highlight the entire menu entry, as shown on the right.

I get the desired "look" when the user mouses over the menu, but I can't figure out how to get there programmatically.  

Additionally, I would like to do this with commands that are currently inactive (disabled).  I've tried enabling the command temporarily, but the command-active code kicks in and re-disables the command before the display happens.  I'd rather not involve the command-active code with this (rather peripheral) functionality, but can't figure out a way to get around that.

I've attached modifications to the ribbon sample to show how I got this far (uploads/20080124_121530_ribbonsamplecod.zip).  I'd appreciate any suggestions on how to complete this task.

Thanks!

--Mike

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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: Highlighting/Emphasizing Popup Entries Posted: 24 January 2008 at 12:22pm
	I have some "command finder" functionality that is used to highlight a command's location on the ribbon bar. It's a learning tool to help the novice user with menu navigation. To identify a given command, I "flash" it with a few timer-spaced calls to pControl->SetChecked(TRUE/FALSE). This works fine until I come to items on a popup menu. In that case, the call only highlights the icon portion of the menu, as shown on the left. I would like to highlight the entire menu entry, as shown on the right. I get the desired "look" when the user mouses over the menu, but I can't figure out how to get there programmatically. Additionally, I would like to do this with commands that are currently inactive (disabled). I've tried enabling the command temporarily, but the command-active code kicks in and re-disables the command before the display happens. I'd rather not involve the command-active code with this (rather peripheral) functionality, but can't figure out a way to get around that. I've attached modifications to the ribbon sample to show how I got this far (uploads/20080124_121530_ribbonsamplecod.zip). I'd appreciate any suggestions on how to complete this task. Thanks! --Mike
	--Mike

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: 05 February 2008 at 1:46am
	Vert dirty code. Easy to write new than fix your. Here my solution: CXTPControl* GetControlPath(int nID, CXTPControls* pControls, CPtrArray& arr) { int nCount = pControls->GetCount(); for (int i = 0; i < nCount; ++i) { CXTPControl* pControl = pControls->GetAt(i); if(nID == pControl->GetID()) { return pControl; } if (pControl->GetCommandBar() != NULL) { CXTPControl* p = GetControlPath(nID, pControl->GetCommandBar()->GetControls(), arr); if (p) { arr.InsertAt(0, pControl); return p; } } } return NULL; } CXTPControl* GetControlPath(CXTPCommandBars* pCommandBars, int nID, CPtrArray& arr) { int nCount = pCommandBars->GetCount(); for (int i = 0; i < nCount; ++i) { CXTPToolBar* pBar = pCommandBars->GetAt(i); CXTPControl* pControl = GetControlPath(nID, pBar->GetControls(), arr); if (pControl) return pControl; } return NULL; } void CMainFrame::OnViewShowHide(UINT nID) { int CmdID = ID_EDIT_PASTE_SPECIAL; CPtrArray arrPath; CXTPControl* pControl = GetControlPath(GetCommandBars(), CmdID, arrPath); if(!pControl) return; for (int i = 0; i < arrPath.GetSize(); i++) { CXTPControl* pControl = (CXTPControl*)arrPath.GetAt(i); pControl->GetParent()->SetTrackingMode(TRUE, FALSE, TRUE); pControl->GetParent()->SetSelected(pControl->GetIndex(), TRUE); pControl->GetParent()->SetPopuped(pControl->GetIndex()); } pControl->GetParent()->SetTrackingMode(TRUE, FALSE, TRUE); pControl->GetParent()->SetSelected(-1); DWORD dwSleep = 100; int nCnt = 4; pControl->GetParent()->UpdateWindow(); AfxGetApp()->PumpMessage(); for (int ii = 0; ii < nCnt; ii++) { { CClientDC dc(pControl->GetParent()); dc.Draw3dRect(pControl->GetRect(), 0xFF, 0xFF); } Sleep(dwSleep); pControl->RedrawParent(0); pControl->GetParent()->UpdateWindow(); Sleep(dwSleep); } }
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