Automatically arrange visible controls below the tab control
Posted
by Michael Brannan
on April 4th, 1999
Here is some code for realigning the controls present on a property sheet. The code realigns the controls that are beneath the tab control, which have the WS_VISIBLE style. The controls are repositioned from right to left, in reverse tab order, and being separated by a standard distance. This is handy for realigning the controls after you have changed the visibile state of the buttons at the bottom of the property sheet. You can also use this function during OnInitDialog(..) as the visible state of the controls is obtained by checking the window style of the child control, and not by using IsWindowVisible(..).
void CPropertySheetDerivedClass::AutoArrangeButtons()
{
CWnd* pWnd = GetDlgItem(ID_APPLY_NOW);
if (pWnd && ::IsWindow(pWnd->m_hWnd))
{
// Get the last control in the tab order - (tab order is the same as creation order)
pWnd = pWnd->GetWindow(GW_HWNDLAST);
// Get the tab control
CTabCtrl* pTabCtrl = GetTabControl();
// Get the child identifier of the tab control
int nTabControlID = ::GetWindowLong(pTabCtrl->m_hWnd, GWL_ID);
// Child control identifier
int nControlID = 0;
// The window rect of the tab control.
CRect rcTAB(0, 0, 0, 0);
pTabCtrl->GetWindowRect(rcTAB);
ScreenToClient(rcTAB);
CRect rcTemp(0, 0, 0, 0);
GetClientRect(rcTemp);
int nLeft = rcTemp.right;
int nSpacing = rcTemp.right - rcTAB.right;
// do this bit while we have a control to do something with
while(pWnd)
{
// Get the ID of the current child control
nControlID = ::GetWindowLong(pWnd->m_hWnd, GWL_ID);
// Do not make changes to the tab control!!
if (nControlID != nTabControlID)
{
// do some stuff
pWnd->GetWindowRect(rcTemp);
ScreenToClient(rcTemp);
// Is the child control visible? - Don't use IsWindowVisible as the parent
// also has to be visible for that to return TRUE;
BOOL bChildIsVisible = ((pWnd->GetStyle() & WS_VISIBLE) == WS_VISIBLE);
// Make sure we are below the TAB control
if ((rcTemp.top > rcTAB.bottom) && bChildIsVisible)
{
// Move each control
nLeft -= nSpacing + rcTemp.Width();
pWnd->MoveWindow(nLeft, rcTemp.top, rcTemp.Width(), rcTemp.Height());
}
}
// Go back in the TAB order again
pWnd = pWnd->GetWindow(GW_HWNDPREV);
}
}
}
Last updated: 29 April 1998

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CTabCtrl Style
Posted by Legacy on 01/21/2002 12:00amOriginally posted by: LDS
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