Menu With Icons.

[pdavit]

The new solution is actually even simpler then the previous because you just have to draw an icon instead of providing a bitmap.

This implies less overhead as well. We all know that Christian loves speed!

Great work of collaboration between the two Christians'!

Edited: Here's another "side effect" in my case: http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/4095/menusdj2.png (Tree entry as well. Not arrow pointed in pic)

Using WindowBlinds v5.01

[petermad]

2pdavit
Try and download the demo again - that seems to be fixed in the latest version.

[pdavit]

Try and download the demo again - that seems to be fixed in the latest version.

Nop! Problem is still there!

[Sir_SiLvA]

@Lefteous:

Looks really nice BUT
if u have checkmarks but no Icons it looks ugly:
http://home.arcor.de/rosa.elefant/tc/pics/menu01.jpg
and what looks even uglier is Menus without Pics/Checkmarks whatever because of to big menu items without reason:
http://home.arcor.de/rosa.elefant/tc/pics/menu02.jpg


PS: when Icons are implemented into TC Leftous should be mentioned in the Credits

[pdavit]

What if checkmarks are right-alligned? Is this possible?

[Sir_SiLvA]

What if checkmarks are right-alligned? Is this possible?

It surly possible but Checkmarks and Dots should be on the left side

[Lefteous]

2pdavit
I guess it's a bug in Windowsblinds.

2Sir_SiLvA
You are right. It should be a bit better now:
http://www.lefteous.de/tc/archives/iconmenu_demo/iconmenu_demo_winapi.sqx

[Sir_SiLvA]

2Sir_SiLvA
You are right. It should be a bit better now:
http://www.lefteous.de/tc/archives/iconmenu_demo/iconmenu_demo_winapi.sqx

Yeah real good job just one thing left
http://home.arcor.de/rosa.elefant/tc/pics/menu03.jpg
MenuItem is now to big if theres 0 Checkmarks
Apart from that -> Time to build it into TC

[majkinetor !]

Apart from that -> Time to build it into TC

Are you insane ?
Who needs icons in menus.

[pdavit]

Who needs icons in menus.

I do!

[majkinetor !]

2 pdavit
I guess you didn't understand... its a history thing


2 Leftious

I just set MFS_CHECKED

Why do you set this ? I frist thought it is to provide space for the icon but as you said that windows will resize the menu on its own, I am not sure now...

[Lefteous]

2Sir_SiLvA

MenuItem is now to big if theres 0 Checkmarks

Did you compare this to a standard menu? There is always an indent of about 20 pixels. The difference between my curent implementation and a standard menu shouldn't be more than 2 pixels - if any.

2majkinetor !

Why do you set this ?

MFS_CHECKED
Checks the menu item.

[majkinetor !]

I see.

I thought it has something to do with the menu icons
Somehow the checkbitmap workaround keeps hanging in my head.

I suggested this fast and nice solution to the Chris at AHK hopping it will do the same as Ghisler with AHK menu command.

Thx.

[ghisler(Author)]

2Lefteous
I found out about the ownerdraw icon mode too yesterday - very nice, almost perfect!

The only problem is with right to left languages like Arabic or hebrew: The checkmarks are correctly moved to the right side and the text is all right-aligned, but the icons remain on the left side.

Any ideas? To test it you can mirror the main menu like this:

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  fillchar(mii,sizeof(mii),#0);
  mii.cbsize:=sizeof(mii);
  mii.fmask:=MIIM_TYPE;
  mii.dwtypedata:=menuname2;
  mii.cch:=sizeof(menuname2);
  if GetMenuItemInfo(menuhandle,0,true,mii) then begin
    if mirrored then
      ftype2:=mii.ftype or MFT_RIGHTJUSTIFY or MFT_RIGHTORDER
    else
      ftype2:=mii.ftype and not (MFT_RIGHTJUSTIFY or MFT_RIGHTORDER);
    if ftype2<>mii.ftype then begin
      mii.ftype:=ftype2;
      SetMenuItemInfo(menuhandle,0,true,mii);
      DrawMenuBar(mainhandle);
    end;
  end;

[Lefteous]

2ghisler(Author)
Sorry I currently don't see a way to control the placement of the icon using this approach. I really wonder why the icon are placed on the left side using these flags.