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I have a toolbar of type CExtToolControlBar that contains buttons of type CExtBarButton.  I would like to display a popup menu when the user right clicks on a button.  How do I capture the right click so that I can create and display the popup menu?

Thanks for your help.

I was incorrect in my original post.  My toolbar is of type CExtTabbedToolControlBarFlat.

I have made the changes that you suggested but OnRButtonDown does not seem to get called.  What am I missing?

Here is what I have added:

BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CanXTabTBMain, CExtTabbedToolControlBarFlat)

    ON_WM_RBUTTONDOWN ()

END_MESSAGE_MAP()



void

CanXTabTBMain::OnRButtonDown (UINT nFlags, CPoint point)

{

    // display popup menu



    CExtTabbedToolControlBarFlat::OnRButtonDown (nFlags, point);

}

Thanks for your help.

The solution is the same. But please create CExtTabbedToolControlBar::LocalNoReflectedToolBar-derived toolbar class instead of CExtToolControlBar-derived. You will also need to override CExtTabbedToolControlBar::OnBarCreateObject() virtual method and return instantiated version of your toolbar class.

Thanks, your help solved my problem.

I am now capturing the mouse right click but I am having trouble with the HitTest function.

My code looks like:

void

CanXTabTBMain::MyLocalNoReflectedToolBar::OnRButtonDown (UINT nFlags, CPoint point)

{

    CExtToolControlBar * pToolBar = (CExtToolControlBar*)this;

    int iHit = pToolBar->HitTest (point);

}

My problem is that even when I right click while over a button the function HitTest is always returning -1.  I am having trouble figuring out which button is selected.

Thanks again for your help.

My code is working now. 

I am getting the HitTest result by doing the following:

int iHit = CExtToolControlBar::HitTest (point);

Please create the CExtToolControlBar-derived class and handle the standard WM_RBUTTONDOWN message in it. The CExtToolControlBar::HitTest() method accepts mouse pointer coordinates in the client coordinate system of the CExtToolControlBar window and returns an zero-based index of the toolbar button or negative number if the mouse pointer is not over any toolbar button. The CExtToolControlBar::GetButton() returns the CExtBarButton toolbar button object by its index. The CExtBarButton::Rect() method returns the rectangular area of the toolbar button in the client coordinate system of the toolbar window. Here is example how to display context menu:
<pre>CExtToolControlBar * pBar = . . .
CExtBarButton * pTBB = . . .
UINT nMenuResourceID = . . .
bool bPopupMenuResource = . . .
CRect rcBtn = pTBB->Rect();
pBar->ClientToScreen( &rcBtn );
pBar->ClientToScreen( &point );
DWORD dwTrackFlags = TPMX_OWNERDRAW_FIXED|TPMX_COMBINE_NONE|TPMX_NO_HIDE_RARELY;
CExtPopupMenuWnd * pPopup = CExtPopupMenuWnd::InstantiatePopupMenu( pBar->GetSafeHwnd(), RUNTIME_CLASS(CExtPopupMenuWnd), pBar );
if( ! pPopup->LoadMenu( GetSafeHwnd(), nMenuResourceID, bPopupMenuResource, true ) )
return . . .
if( ! pPopup->TrackPopupMenu( dwTrackFlags, point.x, point.y ) )
return . . .
</code>

I am able to capture the right clicks on menu buttons that are in the CExtToolControlBar and display the appropriate popup menu.  Thank you for all of your help.

I have some toolbars that have more buttons that can be displayed on the screen if the user’s screen is not very wide.  For this case there is a bar that is displayed at the right end of the toolbar with a down arrow.  If the user clicks on this arrow another window is displayed with the missing menu icons.  How can I capture the right clicks when the user clicks on one of these?

The CExtPopupBaseWnd::g_nMsgTranslateMouseClickEvent registered message allows you to intercept menu clicks. The pointer to the CExtPopupBaseWnd::TranslateMouseClickEventData_t data structure is used as a WPARAM message parameter. The m_nFlags property of this data structure contains the WM_MOUSE*** message number.

I have added the following to my message_map:

ON_REGISTERED_MESSAGE (CExtPopupBaseWnd::g_nMsgTranslateMouseClickEvent, OnMsgTranslateMouseClickEvent)

but I am still not able to capture the right clicks.  What am I doing wrong and/or missing?

Here is the test code which demonstrates how to catch mouse button clicks over menu items:

LRESULT CMainFrame::OnMsgTranslateMouseClickEvent(WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
    ASSERT_VALID( this ); wParam; lParam;
#ifdef _DEBUG
CExtPopupBaseWnd::TranslateMouseClickEventData_t * pData = (CExtPopupBaseWnd::TranslateMouseClickEventData_t*)wParam;
    ASSERT( pData != NULL );
    if( pData->m_nFlags == WM_LBUTTONDOWN )
        afxDump << "WM_LBUTTONDOWN\r\n";
    else
    if( pData->m_nFlags == WM_MBUTTONDOWN )
        afxDump << "WM_MBUTTONDOWN\r\n";
    else
    if( pData->m_nFlags == WM_RBUTTONDOWN )
        afxDump << "WM_RBUTTONDOWN\r\n";
#endif // _DEBUG
    return 0L;
}

Also, how do I test when the user right clicks in the right end of the toolbar with the down arrow?  I have noticed that the call to HitTest in this area always returns the value 28 and the CmdID is 4294967230

The CExtToolControlBar::HitTest() method returns a toolbar button index. The CExtToolControlBar::GetButton() method returns a pointer to a toolbar button object by its index. If it’s the CExtBarContentExpandButton type of object, you hit-tested the toolbar’s chevron button.

I have implemented the above code and my popup menu displays.  My problem is that the items in the popup are all disabled.  How do I enable the menu items in the popup menu?

Menu items are controlled by the MFC’s command handling/updating mechanism. If you add a command handler for your menu item, it will be enabled automatically.