increase padding of separator in toolbar

Hi there,

In my toolbar I made a button that is a separator by using the BTNS_SEP style. I'm using this button to break up two buttons. However, that amount of separation is not enough for my tastes. Is there a way to increase the padding around the separator so that it is larger/thicker? Thanks.

You have three options:

(1) Put two or more separators (which will probably look silly)

(2) Create another toolbar and position it so that it is "enough for your tastes", or

(3) Program a toolbar from scratch and make separators thicker.

The trick is:

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MSDN
TBBUTTON
If the button is a separator, that is, if fsStyle is set to BTNS_SEP, iBitmap determines the width of the separator, in pixels.

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Example:

Code:

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  int nIndex = 2;
  TBBUTTON tbb = {0};
  tbb.fsStyle = BTNS_SEP; // or TBSTYLE_SEP;
  tbb.iBitmap = 20; // The width of the separator, in pixels
 
  ::SendMessage(hWndToolbar, TB_INSERTBUTTON, (WPARAM)nIndex, (LPARAM)&tbb);

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Hey, it's a good one, ovidiucucu. Is it actually documented?

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Originally Posted by dc_2000

Hey, it's a good one, ovidiucucu. Is it actually documented?

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Yes. In MSDN.

// Sorry, I added the quote later.

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Originally Posted by ovidiucucu

The trick is:


Example:

Code:

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  int nIndex = 2;
  TBBUTTON tbb = {0};
  tbb.fsStyle = BTNS_SEP; // or TBSTYLE_SEP;
  tbb.iBitmap = 20; // The width of the separator, in pixels
 
  ::SendMessage(hWndToolbar, TB_INSERTBUTTON, (WPARAM)nIndex, (LPARAM)&tbb);

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It worked! Thanks!