CDockablePane questions

[TubularX]

I'm rebuilding a MFC MDI application with the new extended classes (CMDIFrameWndEx, etc) in Visual Studio 2010. All OK except for some CDialogBars that I have some trouble regarging keeping same behaviour when using panes instead.

1. How to disable or prevent resizing of a CDockablePane?

I have tried various approaches without any luck...
- Create with dwControlBarStyle excluding AFX_CBRS_RESIZE
- Create with dwStyle including CBRS_SIZE_FIXED
- SetResizeMode RESIZE_NO
- Overriding OnSize

2. How to enable docking of CMFCToolBars along the side of the pane?

This was working with CDialogBar and CToolBar, but I couldn't find how to do it with the new pane classes and CMFCToolBar.

[VictorN]

1. Did you try to handleWM_WINDOWPOSCHANGING message?

[TubularX]

Thanks for the suggestion. I tried it now, but I couldn't prevent resizing of the window (though I noticed OnSize is no longer being called if I try to push the original size to CDockablePane::OnWindowPosChanging).

Also, the best would be if the resize cursor didn't appear at all.

[VictorN]

Thanks for the suggestion. I tried it now, but I couldn't prevent resizing of the window (though I noticed OnSize is no longer being called if I try to push the original size to CDockablePane::OnWindowPosChanging).

How have you implemented the OnWindowPosChanging handler? Could you show you code?

Also, the best would be if the resize cursor didn't appear at all.

Then you should handle WM_NCHITTEST messsage...

[TubularX]

OK, here is the relevant code trying to prevent changing the width:

From class header file:

public:
	afx_msg void OnWindowPosChanging(LPWINDOWPOS lpWndPos);

From source file:

BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CDialogBarEx, CDockablePane)
	//{{AFX_MSG_MAP(CDialogBarEx)
                 .....
	ON_WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGING()
	//}}AFX_MSG_MAP
END_MESSAGE_MAP()

void CDialogBarEx::OnWindowPosChanging(LPWINDOWPOS lpwp) 
{ 
    lpwp->cx = DIALOGBAR_WIDTH;
    CDockablePane::OnWindowPosChanging(lpwp); 
    
    if( m_pDialogBar )
        m_pDialogBar->SetWindowPos (NULL, 0, 0, lpwp->cx , lpwp->cy , SWP_NOACTIVATE | SWP_NOZORDER);
}

From CMainFrame::OnCreate

DWORD dwStyle = WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_CLIPSIBLINGS | WS_CLIPCHILDREN | CBRS_LEFT | CBRS_FLOAT_MULTI | CBRS_SIZE_FIXED;
DWORD dwControlBarStyle = AFX_CBRS_FLOAT | AFX_CBRS_CLOSE | AFX_CBRS_AUTOHIDE;  // excluding AFX_CBRS_RESIZE
pDialogBar->Create(_T("Dialogbar test"), this, CRect(0,0,DIALOGBAR_WIDTH,400), TRUE, 0, dwStyle, AFX_CBRS_REGULAR_TABS, dwControlBarStyle)) 

pDialogBar->EnableDocking(CBRS_ALIGN_LEFT | CBRS_ALIGN_RIGHT);
pDialogBar->SetMinSize(CSize(DIALOGBAR_WIDTH, 400));
pDialogBar->SetResizeMode(FALSE);
DockPane(pDialogBar);
pDialogBar->SetPaneStyle( pDialogBar->GetPaneStyle() | CBRS_TOOLTIPS | CBRS_FLYBY | CBRS_BORDER_3D | CBRS_GRIPPER | CBRS_SIZE_FIXED);

My class looks like the CmyPane in this example: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/For...-5135085c6fa5/

[VictorN]

Have a look at this post

[TubularX]

OK, I see how it's supposed to work. I also read here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc301402.aspx, where it says "If the mouse is in the left or right border, the default proc returns HTLEFT or HTRIGHT, respectively. These codes tell Windows to begin its moving or sizing chores. You can prevent moving and sizing by overriding ON_NCHITTEST."

However, it doesn't work as expected with CDockablePane. My code:

LRESULT CDialogBarEx::OnNcHitTest(CPoint point)
{	
          LRESULT res = CDockablePane::OnNcHitTest(point);
          if( res == HTLEFT || res == HTRIGHT )
               res = HTBORDER;
          return res;
}

If I set a breakpoint inside this method, it doesn't hit until the cursor is inside the pane borders, and the only result ever returned is HTCLIENT. So, when hovering over the border where the resize cursor appears, the NCHITTEST message is handled somewhere else?

[VictorN]

Try to TRACE the value that OnNcHitTest returns rather than setting the break point.

[TubularX]

Well, same result...

CString strRes;
strRes.Format(_T("%d\n"), res);
TRACE(strRes);

It only outputs many rows with "1" when mouse is inside the pane. When hovering mouse over the border or when I click and drag to resize the pane there is no output written.

[TubularX]

I now created a new MFC project with VS2010 and added just my CDockablePane class. See attached file. You can now see trace for yourself. Please advise.

[TubularX]

I now also tried overriding CDockablePane::IsResizable and return false. Well, it didn't help.

Please, anyone? Is it really impossible to prevent resizing?? :-/