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Change MFC Menu to show all items instead of arrows?

Have an MFC application that uses one of the various styles available that has a CMFCMenuBar and toolbar. For the CMFCMenuBar it only shows the items used, otherwise the double-down arrows have to be clicked to see the rest of the items. How do I set it up so it's just all items all the time, without the arrows having to be used?

TIA!!

Solution

  • It depends on how the menu is created and initialized. Look for the following code in CMainFrame class:

    CList<UINT, UINT> lstBasicCommands;
lstBasicCommands.AddTail(ID_FILE_NEW);
lstBasicCommands.AddTail(ID_FILE_OPEN);
...
CMFCToolBar::SetBasicCommands(lstBasicCommands);

    If you find it, then remove the call to SetBasicCommands

    Or keep SetBasicCommands, and also add all the commands to lstBasicCommands