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Is there a parameter I need to specify when creating multiple Toolbars to get a newly added one to be positioned below the existing toolbars if the edge of the window is reached?

Im creating my toolbars from an array :

        if(    !m_ToolBarArray[m_nToolbarCount].Create(
                NULL, // _T("Main Toolbar"),
                this,
                AFX_IDW_TOOLBAR,
                WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE |
                CBRS_TOP | CBRS_GRIPPER | CBRS_FLYBY | CBRS_SIZE_DYNAMIC| CBRS_TOOLTIPS| CBRS_HIDE_INPLACE))
        {
            TRACE0("Failed to create toolbar\n");
            return -1; // fail to create
        }

However when they reach the edge of the screen they do not automatically wrap to the next row.

I have deliberately disabled the "Add/Remove buttons" and "show/hide panels" toolbar popup as I want all buttons to be visible at all times.

Thanks.

Let us assume we have two toolbars m_wndToolBar1 and m_wndToolBar2. The following code docks m_wndToolBar2 after m_wndToolBar1:

    pMainFrame->DockControlBar( &m_wndToolBar1 );
    pMainFrame->RecalcLayout();
    CRect wrAlreadyDockedBar;
    pMainFrame->m_wndToolBar1.GetWindowRect( &wrAlreadyDockedBar );
    wrAlreadyDockedBar.OffsetRect( 1, 0 );
    pMainFrame->DockControlBar( &pMainFrame->m_wndToolBar2, AFX_IDW_DOCKBAR_TOP, &wrAlreadyDockedBar );
    pMainFrame->RecalcLayout();

At this point the second toolbar is completely redocked (to its new position). We can analyze whether its right side is intersected with the right side of the main frame window:

    pMainFrame->m_wndToolBar2.GetWindowRect( &wrAlreadyDockedBar );
    CRect rcMainFrame;
    pMainFrame->GetClientRect( &rcMainFrame );
    pMainFrame->ClientToScreen( &rcMainFrame );
    bool bInstresected = ( wrAlreadyDockedBar.right > rcMainFrame.right ) ? true : false;

If the right side of the second toolbar intersects with the right side of the main frame window, then you can re-dock it to the next row.

Thank you,

How do I re-dock to the next row ? I have tried

wrAlreadyDockedBar.OffsetRect( 0, 1 );

and using that rectangle but it didnt seem to work.

The wrAlreadyDockedBar.OffsetRect( 0, 1 ) code makes switching to the next row, but we need to specify the rectangle which is at the left side of the main frame window and shifted to the next row at the same time. According to the source code in our previous sample:

wrAlreadyDockedBar.OffsetRect(
   wrAlreadyDockedBar.left - rcMainFrame.left,
   1
);