Please have a close look at the Toolbox

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Helmut Giese

Hello out there,
I am trying to find out on what component the Toolbox is based on.

- The '+' and '-' seem to indicate that it is a TreeView with just one
level of nesting. However, for an expanded 'group' the indentation
seems way to small - and also the little dotted lines are missing.
- Is it a DatagridView with 2 columns, the first being reserved for
the '+' or '-' images? But again, the dimensions don't fit: There
isn't a clear-cut first column.
- Or is it just a couple of ListViews stacked on top of each other,
implementing some smart logic when expanding/collapsing one of them?
- Or ... ?

I would like to implement something similar - but I'm lacking a
starting point.
Any ideas to push me into the right direction will be greatly
appreciated.
Best regards
Helmut Giese
 
I am trying to find out on what component the Toolbox is based on.

- The '+' and '-' seem to indicate that it is a TreeView with just one
level of nesting. However, for an expanded 'group' the indentation
seems way to small - and also the little dotted lines are missing.
- Is it a DatagridView with 2 columns, the first being reserved for
the '+' or '-' images? But again, the dimensions don't fit: There
isn't a clear-cut first column.
- Or is it just a couple of ListViews stacked on top of each other,
implementing some smart logic when expanding/collapsing one of them?
- Or ... ?

I would like to implement something similar - but I'm lacking a
starting point.
Any ideas to push me into the right direction will be greatly
appreciated.
Click to expand...

It looks a lot like an "Outlook Bar" to me. Specifically, according to Spy++
(which should be your tool of choice for questions such as this) it is a
"TBToolboxPane." So it's a pure custom control that the VS IDE uses. There
are user-made knock-offs out there. Try www.codeproject.com. I got one from
there.
 
Hi Jeff,
It looks a lot like an "Outlook Bar" to me. Specifically, according to Spy++
(which should be your tool of choice for questions such as this) it is a
"TBToolboxPane." So it's a pure custom control that the VS IDE uses. There
are user-made knock-offs out there. Try www.codeproject.com. I got one from
there.
Click to expand...
thanks for the info.
So it seems that they (MS) did not make this component available.
Well, you can't have everything. I'll check on CodeProject.

I located the tool you mentioned (Spy++) - reminds me a bit of the
dark ages when - usually in desperation - we used WinSight (was that
the name?) to spy on messages if we didn't have any clue what was
going on under the hood.
Of course everything is a lot better now ^).
Thanks again and best regards
Helmut Giese
 
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