TdxBarManager Properties

A bar manager.

Name	Description
AllowCallFromAnotherForm	Enables a user to activate items of the main application form when another application form is focused.
AllowReset	Specifies whether an end-user can restore a selected toolbar.
AlwaysMerge	Specifies when a merge mechanism for toolbars and menus of parent and child MDI windows is enabled.
AlwaysSaveText	Determines whether the text that has been typed in an editor is saved when it loses focus.
AutoAlignBars	Specifies whether toolbars within the same row are automatically aligned to each other, ensuring no gaps between them.
AutoDockColor	Specifies whether a dock control has the color of the parent form‘s background.
AutoHideEmptyBars	Specifies whether the current bar manager’s toolbars with invisible items are visible.
Backgrounds	Specifies the background bitmaps used by the current bar manager’s toolbars and submenus.
BarControlFocused protected	Determines if the current bar manager has a focused toolbar control.
Bars	Provides access to a collection of the current bar manager’s toolbars.
BarsLoading	Specifies whether the toolbars of the current bar manager is being loaded.
BiDiMode
ButtonArrowWidth	Specifies the width of dropdown buttons which belong to the current bar manager’s buttons in pixels.
CanCustomize	Specifies whether the current bar manager’s toolbars can be customized at runtime.
Categories	Provides access to the bar manager’s categories.
CategoryItemsVisible	Specifies whether the items of a particular category are visible.
CategoryVisible	Specifies whether a particular category is visible.
ComObject	Inherited from TComponent.
ComponentCount	Inherited from TComponent.
ComponentIndex	Inherited from TComponent.
Components	Inherited from TComponent.
ComponentState	Inherited from TComponent.
ComponentStyle	Inherited from TComponent.
DefaultPainter	Provides access to the default painter used to paint toolbar controls and dock controls on a graphic surface.
DefaultUseGlobalSkin	Specifies if all Bar Manager components in the application automatically update their appearance from application-wide skin and palette settings.
DesignInfo	Inherited from TComponent.
Designing	Indicates whether the bar manager is in design mode.
DisabledImages	Deprecated. This property exists for backward compatibility only. Use the ImageOptions.DisabledImages property instead.
DisabledLargeImages	Deprecated. This property exists for backward compatibility only. Use the ImageOptions.DisabledLargeImages property instead.
DockColor	Specifies the color of dock controls within the current bar manager.
DockControlCount	Returns a count of the dock controls that belong to the current bar manager.
DockControls	Returns a particular dock control in a bar manager’s collection of dock controls.
Dragging protected	Indicates whether the current bar manager’s item is being dragged.
DraggingItem protected	Specifies the current bar manager’s item whose control is being dragged.
DraggingItemLink protected	Specifies the item link of the item control that is being dragged.
FakeComponentLink1	Inherited from TcxComponent.
FakeComponentLink2	Inherited from TcxComponent.
FakeComponentLink3	Inherited from TcxComponent.
FlatCloseButton	Specifies the border style of the Close button on the current bar manager’s main menu.
FocusedBarControl protected	Specifies the focused toolbar control.
Font	Specifies the font of the current bar manager’s items, toolbars, popup menus, hints and the Customization Form.
GroupCount	Returns a count of the groups that belong to the current bar manager.
Groups	Provides access to the item group collection.
HelpButtonGlyph	Specifies a bitmap which appears on the Help button in the Customization Form.
HelpContext	Specifies the numeric ID of a context-sensitive help topic for the Help button.
HideFloatingBarsWhenInactive	Specifies whether floating toolbars are hidden when the form which contains the current bar manager is inactive.
HotImages	Deprecated. This property exists for backward compatibility only. Use the ImageOptions.HotImages property instead.
ImageListBkColor	Deprecated. This property exists for backward compatibility only. Use the ImageOptions.ImageListBkColor property instead.
ImageOptions	Specifies bar item image options.
Images	Deprecated. This property exists for backward compatibility only. Use the ImageOptions.Images property instead.
IniFileName	Specifies the name of the INI file in which the current bar manager’s settings are stored.
InternalDockControls
IsCustomizing	Indicates if the current bar manager is being customized.
IsDesigning	Inherited from TcxComponent.
IsDestroying	Inherited from TcxComponent.
IsLoading	Inherited from TcxComponent.
IsMDIMaximized	Returns True when the currently active MDI child window is maximized.
ItemCount	Returns the number of toolbar items in the bar manager collection.
Items	Provides indexed access to toolbar items in the bar manager collection.
LargeButtonArrowWidth	Specifies the width of dropdown buttons which belong to the current bar manager’s large buttons in pixels.
LargeIcons	Deprecated. This property exists for backward compatibility only. Use the ImageOptions.LargeIcons property instead.
LargeImages	Deprecated. This property exists for backward compatibility only. Use the ImageOptions.LargeImages property instead.
LockUpdate	Deprecated. This property exists for backward compatibility only. Instead, call BeginUpdate and EndUpdate procedures to manage batch Ribbon or toolbar UI updates.
LookAndFeel	Provides access to look & feel settings.
MainForm	Deprecated. This property exists for backward compatibility only. Use the ParentForm property instead.
MainMenuBar	Returns the current bar manager’s toolbar that represents a main menu.
MainMenuControl	Returns the current bar manager’s toolbar control that represents a main menu.
MakeDisabledImagesFaded	Deprecated. This property exists for backward compatibility only. Use the ImageOptions.MakeDisabledImagesFaded property instead.
MasterForm	Determines the root parent window of the current bar manager.
MenuAnimations	Specifies menu animation effects.
MenusShowRecentItemsFirst	Determines whether the most recently used items are placed in menus above all others.
Modified	Determines whether a user has made changes to the layout of the current bar manager’s toolbars and item controls.
MostRecentItemsPercents	Specifies the border (in percentage) between the most recently used and the remaining menu item controls.
Name	Inherited from TComponent.
NotDocking	Specifies restrictions on docking toolbars.
Observers	Inherited from TComponent.
Owner	Indicates the component that is responsible for streaming and freeing the current bar manager.
PainterClass	Provides access to the painter class used to paint the current bar manager’s toolbars and their items.
ParentBarManager	Determines the parent bar manager.
ParentForm	Determines the parent window of the current bar manager.
PixelsPerInch protected	Returns the DPI value corresponding to the component’s current scaling factor. Inherited from TcxScalableComponent.
PopupMenuLinks	Provides access to the collection of linked controls and toolbar popup menus.
RegistryPath	Specifies the registry path where the current bar manager’s settings can be stored.
Scalable protected	Specifies if the component’s content should be scaled. Inherited from TcxScalableComponent.
Scaled	Deprecated. Specifies if the bar manager’s font size scales according to the target monitor’s DPI.
ScaleFactor protected	Returns the component’s scale factor. Inherited from TcxScalableComponent.
SelectedItem	Specifies the selected toolbar item control.
ShowCloseButton	Specifies whether the Close button is displayed on the current bar manager’s main menu.
ShowFullMenusAfterDelay	Determines whether hidden items, which have not been used recently, are automatically displayed in a menu after a delay.
ShowHelpButton	Specifies whether the Help button is displayed on the Customization Form.
ShowHint	Determines whether a help Hint is displayed when the mouse pointer hovers over the current bar manager’s items.
ShowHintForDisabledItems	Specifies whether to show a hint for disabled items.
ShowShortCutInHint	Determines if item shortcuts are displayed with item hints.
StoreInIniFile	Specifies whether the current bar manager’s settings should be stored in an INI file.
StoreInRegistry	Specifies whether the current bar manager’s settings are stored in the registry.
StretchGlyphs	Deprecated. This property exists for backward compatibility only. Use the ImageOptions.StretchGlyph property instead.
Style

Deprecated. This property exists for backward compatibility only.

Important

Make sure that the Style property is set to bmsUseLookAndFeel and use the LookAndFeel property or global appearance settings.