DesktopToolbar

Class (inherits from DesktopUIControl)

New in 2021r3

Used to create a toolbar in a window. The DesktopToolbar control is supported on all desktop platforms.

Events

Closing MenuItemSelected Opening ContextualMenuItemSelected MouseDown Pressed FocusLost MouseDrag FocusReceived MouseUp

Properties

AllowAutoDeactivate Left Transparent AllowTabStop Name Visible Enabled Parent Width Handle Tooltip Window Height Top

Methods

AcceptFileDrop AddButtonAt Refresh AcceptPictureDrop ButtonAt RemoveButtonAt AcceptRawDataDrop Close SetFocus AcceptTextDrop Count AddButton DrawInto

Notes

A DesktopToolbar object contains all the buttons in a toolbar. You create the items in the toolbar with the DesktopToolbarButton class and add them to the toolbar with the AddButton or AddButtonAt methods. An item can be either a button or a divider. A button can work as either a pushbutton or a toggle button.

For best results, you should ensure that all your toolbar icons are the same size. Some platforms will size all icons to that of the icon on the first button in the toolbar.

You can only have a single toolbar on a Window.

Mouse events

Although DesktopToolbar inherits from DesktopUIControl, it has no mouse-related events. This is due to limitations of the operating system.

Sample Code

This example shows how to create a DesktopToolbar via code. It builds a small DesktopToolbar with Open and Save buttons. A DesktopToolbar object was added to a window. The pictures that are displayed by the two buttons were added to the project.

The window has the following properties:

SaveButton As DesktopToolbarButton
OpenButton As DesktopToolbarButton

The following code is in the Opening event of the DesktopToolbar instance in the window.

SaveButton = New DesktopToolbarButton
OpenButton = New DesktopToolbarButton

SaveButton.Caption = "Save" // Caption appears below the Icon
SaveButton.Name = "Save"
SaveButton.icon = SaveButtonImage // image added to the project

OpenButton.Caption = "Open" // Caption appears below the Icon
OpenButton.Name = "Open"
OpenButton.Icon = OpenButtonImage // image added to the project
SaveButton.Style = DesktopToolbarButton.ButtonStyles.PushButton
OpenButton.Style = DesktopToolbarButton.ButtonStyles.PushButton

// add to the Toolbar
Me.AddButton(OpenButton)
Me.AddButton(SaveButton)

The following code is in the Pressed event of the DesktopToolbar in the window:

Sub Action(item As DesktopToolItem)
Select Case item.Name
Case "Open"
MessageBox("You clicked the Open Button.")
Case "Save"
MessageBox("You clicked the Save Button.")
End Select
End Sub

See Also

DesktopToolbarButton, DesktopToolbarItem classes.