Combining the menu bar with other items
lazarus / 31-LCL

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jpelletier · 2013-03-30 05:53

Hi,
I was wondering if it's possible to combine the menu bar with other
items. While this can be done in other IDEs, it doesn't seem possible
in Lazarus.

See an example here, in the screen capture section, the main window:
http://protocoltool.sourceforge.net/
In this example, at the right of the menu bar, there are four
comboboxes.

Are there plans to support this in Lazarus?

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sam707 · 2013-03-30 06:28

Hi

I think that you can do almost the same by using TControlBar (on
Additional tab) and TToolBar (on Common Controls tab) on the Lazarus
IDE components palette.

To me , the use of TControlBar is very efficient , even suitable for
docking/undocking purpose

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JuhaManninen · 2013-03-30 07:14

Quote from: sam707 on March 30, 2013, 07:28:04 amI think that you can
do almost the same by using TControlBar (on Additional tab) and
TToolBar (on Common Controls tab) on the Lazarus IDE components
palette.

To me , the use of TControlBar is very efficient , even suitable for
docking/undocking purpose

Your experiences must be from Delphi. Unfortunately TControlBar in LCL
is only a skeleton implementation. It helps converting Delphi apps but
it doesn't do much more than a panel.
TCoolBar is already much better. The LCL version does not use any COM
control.

The screenshots had PageControl or TabControl, and ToolBar.

Juha

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jpelletier · 2013-03-30 11:48

I just installed Lazarus 1.0.8, but I can't find the TControlBar on
the Additional tab nor the TCoolBar (I found TToolBar). Where can I
find them?

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JuhaManninen · 2013-03-30 12:00

Quote from: jpelletier on March 30, 2013, 12:48:59 pmI just installed
Lazarus 1.0.8, but I can't find the TControlBar on the Additional tab
nor the TCoolBar (I found TToolBar). Where can I find them?

Yes, sorry, I forgot to mention they are only in Lazarus trunk. I
added them only recently when porting the DeleD 3-D app to Lazarus.
I can recommend Lazarus trunk. It is very usable and stable most of
the time.

Juha