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How to hide a TopSeparatorFrame [message #14863]

Tue, 18 March 2008 15:40

cbpporter
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How would one best hide and show a TopSeparatorFrame (or the other equivalents). I could make the TopSeparatorFrameClass public for one and add the methods. Is there another way which doesn't add extra public names? Anyway, those classes are visible in Assist++ so it shouldn't be a problem.

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Re: How to hide a TopSeparatorFrame [message #14866 is a reply to message #14863]

Tue, 18 March 2008 16:36

mrjt
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Since TopSeparatorFrame is just a CtrlFrame (no Ctrl inheritance) IMO it would be easiest just to use AddFrame (or InsertFrame) and RemoveFrame as necessary.

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Re: How to hide a TopSeparatorFrame [message #14869 is a reply to message #14866]

Tue, 18 March 2008 17:35

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mrjt wrote on Tue, 18 March 2008 17:36

Since TopSeparatorFrame is just a CtrlFrame (no Ctrl inheritance) IMO it would be easiest just to use AddFrame (or InsertFrame) and RemoveFrame as necessary.

Yes, but CtrlFrame is an abstract class, so I can not declare a variable with this type and use it to store the value from TopSeparatorFrame().

Also the frame I want to hide is deep in a nest of layouts and other frames, and I don't know if Add/Remove method would maintain the "Z"-order.

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Re: How to hide a TopSeparatorFrame [message #14872 is a reply to message #14869]

Tue, 18 March 2008 18:04

mrjt
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It should work (I've done similar things before). If you've only got one TopSeparatorFrame:

	
...
		ctrl.AddFrame(ViewFrame());
		ctrl.AddFrame(TopSeparatorFrame());
		ctrl.AddFrame(ViewFrame());
...
	void RemoveSeparator()
	{
		framepos = ctrl.FindFrame(TopSeparatorFrame());
		ctrl.RemoveFrame(framepos);	
	}

        void AddSeparator()
	{
		ctrl.InsertFrame(framepos, TopSeparatorFrame());
	}

(framepos is a member variable, natch)

It'll be a bit more difficult if you've got more than one TopSeparatorFrame, but it should be possible with more specific information about the layout.

James

[Updated on: Tue, 18 March 2008 18:16]

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Re: How to hide a TopSeparatorFrame [message #14879 is a reply to message #14872]

Tue, 18 March 2008 21:58

cbpporter
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Indeed, it does work as expected. Tank you! Once again, you knowledge of the library is impressive.

Another question: menu items which never had a call to Check look like all other items, but ones that had a Check call, even with the false parameter have an empty check box icon. This is intentional, I suppose?

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