Ian,
You can do all of those window footer controls (is there a proper term
for these?) using canvas controls. I'm working on a program right now
that does just that... Plus button, action button, splitter, and lots
of other custom buttons. All I did was use a canvas control and draw
the appropriate graphics on there. Then handle the mouse down events
accordingly. The action button shows a contextual menu when the
canvas receives a click. The splitter required the most work, but
most of it was making my other control behave and resize correctly.
Its really very doable with a canvas. If you're new to creating
custom controls, see if you can find a canvas-based button someplace
and just swap in your own graphics and you should be well on your
way. Also check out existing splitter controls and see if you can
swap their pictures and you'll probably get pretty close to what
you're looking for.
Regards,
Ron Benditt
Alien Apparatus Company, Inc.
http://www.alienapparatus.com
I have the Einhugur controls: I was really thinking of something more
like this:
http://www.tellura.co.uk/examples/splitter.png
This screenshot shows the relevant part from two programs: Apple's
Mail and Omnigroup's OmniFocus. The drag handle for the splitter in
each case is a button marked by three vertical lines. I would like to
have an effect like these programs, with add/subtract buttons, a drop-
down for common actions (i.e. the "gears" button) and a drag handle.
I don't mind paying a reasonable amount for the right controls.
Thanks,
Ian.
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