increase padding of separator in toolbar

[supernater]

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.

[dc_2000]

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.

[ovidiucucu]

The trick is:

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.

Example:

   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);

[dc_2000]

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

[ovidiucucu]

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

Yes. In MSDN.

// Sorry, I added the quote later.

[supernater]

The trick is:


Example:

   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);

It worked! Thanks!