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Re: Win32Lib GUI Question RE: Floating Toolbars

• Posted by Jonas Temple <jtemple at yhti.net> Aug 11, 2004
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cklester wrote:
> 
> Don wrote:
> > 
> > > Generally, how do they make it so that you can pull toolbars away from
> > > their docked positions, then dock 'em again?
> > > 
> > 
> > Actually thats a huge pain to implement.  You have to process mouse events
> > and dynamically modify the Window styles.  Like for example you need to know
> > when they left click down on the title area in the toolbar to start a drag
> > process.  If they drag it far enough away, modify the Window style to popup
> > instead of child.  *Poof* its detached.
> 
> Ahhhh. Thanks, Don! :)
> 
> > Like I said, big pain.  But if you get it working it looks real cool...
> 
> I might work on something like that for a future app. Sounds like too
> much trouble right now. :)

Yeah, and to be honest, how many people actually USE dockable toolbars any 
more?  

Jonas