Visual C++ and MFC Programming 2nd Edition

Visual C++ and MFC Fundamentals Chapter 3: Windows Resources

23. Close the window and return to MSVC

3.4 Toolbars.............................................................................................................

3.4.1 Overview..................................................................................................

A toolbar is a Windows control that allows the user to perform some actions on a form by

clicking a button instead of using a menu. A toolbar provides a convenient group of

buttons that simplifies the user's job by bringing the most accessible actions as buttons so

that, instead of performing various steps to access a menu, a button on a toolbar can bring

such common actions closer to the user.

Toolbars usually display under the main menu. They can be equipped with buttons but

sometimes their buttons or some of their buttons have a caption. Toolbars can also be

equipped with other types of controls

3.4.2 Creating a Toolbar..................................................................................

To create a toolbar, from the Add Resource dialog box, click Toolbar and click New.

A toolbar is only a container and does not provide much role by itself. To make a toolbar

efficient, you should equip it with the necessary controls.

The most common control used on a toolbar is a button. After adding a new toolbar, it is

equipped with a gray button. You can simply start designing that button as you see fit.

Once you start designing a button, a new one is added. You can keep designing the

buttons until you get as many buttons as you need. If you design a button but do not need

it anymore, to delete it, drag it away from the toolbar. The space between two buttons is

called a separator. To put a separator between two buttons, drag one away from the other

just a little.

3.5 Accelerators......................................................................................................