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Topic: abbreviated ribbon group

Posted By: ibmldev
Subject: abbreviated ribbon group
Date Posted: 20 October 2008 at 3:46pm

If I add enough groups to a tab on my ribbon, the groups at the right end will become abbreviated--instead of the group, there will be a smaller button that you can press to show the group.

I have a "kill" button control in each of these groups which causes me to remove the group when it is clicked. But I can't remove such an abbreviated group from the tab, because it is apparently not there anymore--replaced by the button, I suppose. group->getCaption() returns the group's caption, but group->getIndex() returns -1 if the group is abbreviated.

I would like to know (1) is there a way to force a group to be visible, even if other groups become abbreviated to make room for it; and (2) is it possible for the ribbon bar to scroll horizontally instead of abbreviating the groups?

Also, (3) is there a way to know that there is a button which represents a group? Is there an object in the tab for the button?

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Posted By: Oleg
Date Posted: 21 October 2008 at 2:10am

Hi,

Call pGroup->AllowReduce(3); for groups.

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Oleg, Support Team
CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

Posted By: ibmldev
Date Posted: 21 October 2008 at 12:32pm

That was exactly what I needed, thanks! I'm very pleased with that.

Can you describe how the levels 0-3 differ, in what reduction is allowed?
I gather that 3=no reduction and 0=full reduction, but what about 1 and 2? I couldn't see any difference when I tried them--they looked like 3 did...

Another question -- If I size the main window down so that groups don't fit, this prevents the group from being reduced to a button. But the group is still squeezed down sometimes, with the result that some controls are shown in abbreviated form. ~~Specifically, the labels of checkboxes are omitted (only the checkable box, not the label, is shown)~~. [ Correction: these are buttons; the buttons aren't changed in width, but the labels disappear.] Can this also be prevented, maybe by some property of the control itself? ~~I tried calling ctrl->SetWidth(100), but to no avail.~~ [ Correction: the width is preserved, but the text disappears. The group does not seem to change size, but this happens when the window is small enough that the ribbon becomes scrollable. ] Or possibly, can the group be given a minimum width too?

Posted By: Oleg
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 1:30am

Hi,

Yes its Reduce 1 and 2.

Call pGroup->AllowReduce(0); to prevent all Reduce.

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Oleg, Support Team
CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

Posted By: ibmldev
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 12:36pm

Ah, I see how it works now. Thanks for your patience.