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Ribbon Mini Toolbar ("Floaty")

Microsoft Office-style mini toolbar ("Floaty") is a semi-transparent toolbar appearing right near the cursor and containing "hot" commands relevant to the current context. In addition, a mini toolbar can be used along with a context menu

User selected a text and semi-transparent toolbar has appeared:

Toolbar became visible when user hovers the cursor over toolbar:

Mini toolbar with the context menu:

Sample code:

void CMyView::OnLButtonUp(UINT nFlags, CPoint point)
{
    // Create a floaty:
    CBCGPRibbonFloaty* pFloaty = new CBCGPRibbonFloaty;

    // Initialize commands list:
    CList<UINT, UINT> lstCmds;

    lstCmds.AddTail (ID_FONT_FONT);
    .....

    pFloaty->SetCommands (pRibbonBar, lstCmds);

    // Display floaty near the cursor:
    ClientToScreen (&point);
    pFloaty->Show (point.x, point.y);
}

void CMyView::OnContextMenu(CWnd* pWnd, CPoint point)
{
    // Create a floaty:
    CBCGPRibbonFloaty* pFloaty = new CBCGPRibbonFloaty;

    // Initialize commands list:
    CList<UINT, UINT> lstCmds;

    lstCmds.AddTail (ID_FONT_FONT);
    .....

    pFloaty->SetCommands (pRibbonBar, lstCmds);

    // Show floaty with a context menu:
    pFloaty->ShowWithContextMenu (point.x, point.y, IDR_CONTEXT_MENU, this);
}

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