Rebar

Rebar controls act as containers for child windows.

This section contains example code showing how to implement rebar controls.

Puts the rebar control in drag-and-drop mode. This message does not cause a RBN_BEGINDRAG notification to be sent.

Deletes a band from a rebar control.

Updates the drag position in the rebar control after a previous RB_BEGINDRAG message.

Terminates the rebar control's drag-and-drop operation. This message does not cause an RBN_ENDDRAG notification to be sent.

Retrieves the borders of a band. The result of this message can be used to calculate the usable area in a band.

Retrieves the count of bands currently in the rebar control.

Retrieves information about a specified band in a rebar control.

Retrieves the margins of a band.

Retrieves the height of the rebar control.

Retrieves information about the rebar control and the image list it uses.

Retrieves a rebar control's default background color.

Retrieves the color scheme information from the rebar control.

Retrieves a rebar control's IDropTarget interface pointer.

Gets the extended style.

Retrieves the rebar control's current palette.

Retrieves the bounding rectangle for a given band in a rebar control.

Retrieves the number of rows of bands in a rebar control.

Retrieves the height of a specified row in a rebar control.

Retrieves a rebar control's default text color.

Retrieves the handle to any tooltip control associated with the rebar control.

Retrieves the Unicode character format flag for the control.

Determines which portion of a rebar band is at a given point on the screen, if a rebar band exists at that point.

Converts a band identifier to a band index in a rebar control.

Inserts a new band in a rebar control.

Resizes a band in a rebar control to either its ideal or largest size.

Resizes a band in a rebar control to its smallest size.

Moves a band from one index to another.

Sent to a rebar control to programmatically push a chevron.

Sets characteristics of an existing band in a rebar control.

Sets the width for a docked band.

Sets the characteristics of a rebar control.

Sets a rebar control's default background color.

Sets the color scheme information for the rebar control.

Sets the extended style. This message is not implemented.

Sets the rebar control's current palette.

Sets a rebar control's parent window.

Sets a rebar control's default text color.

Associates a tooltip control with the rebar control.

Sets the Unicode character format flag for the control. This message allows you to change the character set used by the control at run time rather than having to re-create the control.

Sets the visual style of a rebar control.

Shows or hides a given band in a rebar control.

Attempts to find the best layout of the bands for the given rectangle.

Sent by the rebar control to notify its parent window about drawing operations. This notification is sent in the form of a WM_NOTIFY message.

Sent by a rebar control when the control receives a WM_NCHITTEST message. This notification code is sent in the form of a WM_NOTIFY message.

Notifies a rebar control's parent window that the control is releasing mouse capture. This notification is sent in the form of a WM_NOTIFY message.

Notifies a rebar's parent that a break will appear in the bar. The parent determines whether to make the break.

Sent by a rebar control created with the RBS_AUTOSIZE style when the rebar automatically resizes itself. This notification code is sent in the form of a WM_NOTIFY message.

Sent by a rebar control when the user begins dragging a band. This notification code is sent in the form of a WM_NOTIFY message.

Sent by a rebar control when a chevron is pushed. This notification code is sent in the form of a WM_NOTIFY message.

Sent by a rebar control when a band's child window is resized. This notification code is sent in the form of a WM_NOTIFY message.

Sent by a rebar control after a band has been deleted. This notification code is sent in the form of a WM_NOTIFY message.

Sent by a rebar control when a band is about to be deleted. This notification code is sent in the form of a WM_NOTIFY message.

Sent by a rebar control when the user stops dragging a band. This notification code is sent in the form of a WM_NOTIFY message.

Sent by a rebar control created with the RBS_REGISTERDROP style when an object is dragged over a band in the control. This notification code is sent in the form of a WM_NOTIFY message.

Sent by a rebar control when its height has changed. This notification code is sent in the form of a WM_NOTIFY message.

Sent by a rebar control when the user changes the layout of the control's bands. This notification code is sent in the form of a WM_NOTIFY message.

Sent by a rebar control prior to maximizing or minimizing a band. This notification code is sent in the form of a WM_NOTIFY message.

Sent by a rebar control when the user drags a splitter. This notification code is sent in the form of a WM_NOTIFY message.

Contains information used in handling the RBN_AUTOSIZE notification codes.

Contains information used in handling various rebar notification codes.

Contains information used with the RBN_AUTOBREAK notification.

Contains information used in handling the RBN_CHEVRONPUSHED notification code.

Contains information used in handling the RBN_CHILDSIZE notification code.

Contains information used to handle an RBN_SPLITTERDRAG notification code.

Contains information specific to a hit test operation. This structure is used with the RB_HITTEST message.

Contains information that defines a band in a rebar control.

Contains information that describes rebar control characteristics.

Rebar controls support a variety of control styles in addition to standard window styles.