A Control Bar is a fully user configurable tool which provides fast access to frequently used operations.

The user can choose between buttons and drawn buttons (let's say icons) and assign to them their own actions (let's say ROOT or C++ commands).

The macro below shows an example of control bar. To execute an item, click with the left mouse button. To see the HELP of a button, click on the right mouse button.

You have access to the last clicked button via the method GetClicked(). For example, bar->GetClicked()->GetName() will return the name of the last clicked button.

{
   gROOT->Reset("a");
   TControlBar bar("vertical");
   bar.AddButton("Help to run demos",".x demoshelp.C",
                 "Explains how to run the demos");
   bar.AddButton("framework",        ".x framework.C",
                 "An Example of Object Oriented User Interface");
   bar.AddButton("hsimple",          ".x hsimple.C",
                 "An Example Creating Histograms/Ntuples on File");
   bar.AddButton("hsum",             ".x hsum.C",
                 "Filling histograms and some graphics options");
   bar.AddButton("canvas",           ".x canvas.C",
                 "Canvas and Pad Management");
   bar.AddButton("formula1",         ".x formula1.C",
                 "Simple Formula and Functions");
   bar.AddButton("fillrandom",       ".x fillrandom.C",
                 "Histograms with Random Numbers from a Function");
   bar.AddButton("fit1",             ".x fit1.C",
                 "A Simple Fitting Example");
   bar.AddButton("h1draw",           ".x h1draw.C",
                 "Drawing Options for 1D Histograms");
   bar.AddButton("graph",            ".x graph.C",
                 "Examples of a simple graph");
   bar.AddButton("tornado",          ".x tornado.C",
                 "Examples of 3-D PolyMarkers");
   bar.AddButton("shapes",           ".x shapes.C",
                 "The Geometry Shapes");
   bar.AddButton("atlasna49",        ".x atlasna49.C",
                 "Creating and Viewing Geometries");
   bar.AddButton("file_layout",      ".x file.C",
                 "The ROOT file format");
   bar.AddButton("tree_layout",      ".x tree.C",
                 "The Tree Data Structure");
   bar.AddButton("ntuple1",          ".x ntuple1.C",
                 "Ntuples and Selections");
   bar.AddButton("run benchmarks",   ".x benchmarks.C",
                 "Runs all the ROOT benchmarks");
   bar.AddButton("rootmarks",        ".x rootmarks.C",
                 "Prints an estimated ROOTMARKS for your machine");
   bar.AddButton("edit_hsimple",     ".!ved hsimple.C &",
                 "Invokes the text editor on file hsimple.C");
   bar.AddButton("Close Bar",        "gROOT.Reset(\"a\")",
                 "Close ControlBar");
   bar.Show();
   gROOT->SaveContext();
}

Definition at line 22 of file TControlBar.h.

Public Types
enum	{ kVertical = 1 , kHorizontal = 2 }

Public Types inherited from TControlBarButton
enum	{ kButton = 1 , kDrawnButton , kSeparator }

Public Types inherited from TObject
enum	{ kIsOnHeap = 0x01000000 , kNotDeleted = 0x02000000 , kZombie = 0x04000000 , kInconsistent = 0x08000000 , kBitMask = 0x00ffffff }

enum	{ kSingleKey = BIT(0) , kOverwrite = BIT(1) , kWriteDelete = BIT(2) }

enum	EDeprecatedStatusBits { kObjInCanvas = BIT(3) }

enum	EStatusBits { kCanDelete = BIT(0) , kMustCleanup = BIT(3) , kIsReferenced = BIT(4) , kHasUUID = BIT(5) , kCannotPick = BIT(6) , kNoContextMenu = BIT(8) , kInvalidObject = BIT(13) }

Public Member Functions
	TControlBar ()
	Default constructor. More...

	TControlBar (const char orientation, const char title, Int_t x, Int_t y)
	Normal constructor. More...

	TControlBar (const char orientation, const char title="")
	Normal constructor. More...

virtual	~TControlBar ()
	Destructor. More...

void	AddButton (const char label, const char action, const char hint="", const char type="button")
	Add button. More...

void	AddButton (TControlBarButton &button)
	Add button. More...

void	AddButton (TControlBarButton *button)
	Add button. More...

void	AddControlBar (TControlBar &controlBar)
	Add control bar. More...

void	AddControlBar (TControlBar *controlBar)
	Add control bar. More...

void	AddSeparator ()
	Add separator. More...

TControlBarButton *	GetClicked () const
	Returns a pointer to the last clicked control bar button; null if no button was clicked yet. More...

TControlBarImp *	GetControlBarImp () const

TList *	GetListOfButtons () const

Int_t	GetNumberOfColumns () const

Int_t	GetNumberOfRows () const

Int_t	GetOrientation () const

void	Hide ()
	Hide control bar. More...

void	SetButtonState (const char *label, Int_t state=0)
	Sets a state for control bar button 'label'; possible states are 0-kButtonUp, 1-kButtonDown, 2-kButtonEngaged, 3-kButtonDisabled,. More...

void	SetButtonWidth (UInt_t width)
	Sets the width in pixels for control bar button. More...

void	SetFont (const char *fontName)
	Sets new font for control bar buttons, e.g. More...

void	SetNumberOfColumns (Int_t n)

void	SetNumberOfRows (Int_t n)

void	SetOrientation (const char *o)
	Set control bar orientation. More...

void	SetOrientation (Int_t o)
	Set control bar orientation. More...

void	SetTextColor (const char *colorName)
	Sets text color for control bar buttons, e.g. More...

void	Show ()
	Show control bar. More...

Public Member Functions inherited from TControlBarButton
	TControlBarButton ()
	Default control bar button ctor. More...

	TControlBarButton (const char label, const char action="", const char hint="", const char type="button")
	Create control bar button. More...

virtual	~TControlBarButton ()

virtual void	Action ()
	Execute control bar button command. More...

virtual void	Create ()

virtual const char *	GetAction () const

virtual Int_t	GetType () const

virtual void	SetAction (const char *action)
	Set action to be executed by this button. More...

virtual void	SetType (const char *type)
	Set button type. More...

virtual void	SetType (Int_t type)
	Set button type. More...

Public Member Functions inherited from TNamed
	TNamed ()

	TNamed (const char name, const char title)

	TNamed (const TNamed &named)
	TNamed copy ctor. More...

	TNamed (const TString &name, const TString &title)

virtual	~TNamed ()
	TNamed destructor. More...

virtual void	Clear (Option_t *option="")
	Set name and title to empty strings (""). More...

virtual TObject *	Clone (const char *newname="") const
	Make a clone of an object using the Streamer facility. More...

virtual Int_t	Compare (const TObject *obj) const
	Compare two TNamed objects. More...

virtual void	Copy (TObject &named) const
	Copy this to obj. More...

virtual void	FillBuffer (char *&buffer)
	Encode TNamed into output buffer. More...

virtual const char *	GetName () const
	Returns name of object. More...

virtual const char *	GetTitle () const
	Returns title of object. More...

virtual ULong_t	Hash () const
	Return hash value for this object. More...

virtual Bool_t	IsSortable () const

virtual void	ls (Option_t *option="") const
	List TNamed name and title. More...

TNamed &	operator= (const TNamed &rhs)
	TNamed assignment operator. More...

virtual void	Print (Option_t *option="") const
	Print TNamed name and title. More...

virtual void	SetName (const char *name)
	Set the name of the TNamed. More...

virtual void	SetNameTitle (const char name, const char title)
	Set all the TNamed parameters (name and title). More...

virtual void	SetTitle (const char *title="")
	Set the title of the TNamed. More...

virtual Int_t	Sizeof () const
	Return size of the TNamed part of the TObject. More...

Public Member Functions inherited from TObject
	TObject ()
	TObject constructor. More...

	TObject (const TObject &object)
	TObject copy ctor. More...

virtual	~TObject ()
	TObject destructor. More...

void	AbstractMethod (const char *method) const
	Use this method to implement an "abstract" method that you don't want to leave purely abstract. More...

virtual void	AppendPad (Option_t *option="")
	Append graphics object to current pad. More...

virtual void	Browse (TBrowser *b)
	Browse object. May be overridden for another default action. More...

ULong_t	CheckedHash ()
	Check and record whether this class has a consistent Hash/RecursiveRemove setup (*) and then return the regular Hash value for this object. More...

virtual const char *	ClassName () const
	Returns name of class to which the object belongs. More...

virtual void	Clear (Option_t *="")

virtual TObject *	Clone (const char *newname="") const
	Make a clone of an object using the Streamer facility. More...

virtual Int_t	Compare (const TObject *obj) const
	Compare abstract method. More...

virtual void	Copy (TObject &object) const
	Copy this to obj. More...

virtual void	Delete (Option_t *option="")
	Delete this object. More...

virtual Int_t	DistancetoPrimitive (Int_t px, Int_t py)
	Computes distance from point (px,py) to the object. More...

virtual void	Draw (Option_t *option="")
	Default Draw method for all objects. More...

virtual void	DrawClass () const
	Draw class inheritance tree of the class to which this object belongs. More...

virtual TObject *	DrawClone (Option_t *option="") const
	Draw a clone of this object in the current selected pad for instance with: `gROOT->SetSelectedPad(gPad)`. More...

virtual void	Dump () const
	Dump contents of object on stdout. More...

virtual void	Error (const char method, const char msgfmt,...) const
	Issue error message. More...

virtual void	Execute (const char method, const char params, Int_t *error=0)
	Execute method on this object with the given parameter string, e.g. More...

virtual void	Execute (TMethod method, TObjArray params, Int_t *error=0)
	Execute method on this object with parameters stored in the TObjArray. More...

virtual void	ExecuteEvent (Int_t event, Int_t px, Int_t py)
	Execute action corresponding to an event at (px,py). More...

virtual void	Fatal (const char method, const char msgfmt,...) const
	Issue fatal error message. More...

virtual TObject *	FindObject (const char *name) const
	Must be redefined in derived classes. More...

virtual TObject *	FindObject (const TObject *obj) const
	Must be redefined in derived classes. More...

virtual Option_t *	GetDrawOption () const
	Get option used by the graphics system to draw this object. More...

virtual const char *	GetIconName () const
	Returns mime type name of object. More...

virtual const char *	GetName () const
	Returns name of object. More...

virtual char *	GetObjectInfo (Int_t px, Int_t py) const
	Returns string containing info about the object at position (px,py). More...

virtual Option_t *	GetOption () const

virtual const char *	GetTitle () const
	Returns title of object. More...

virtual UInt_t	GetUniqueID () const
	Return the unique object id. More...

virtual Bool_t	HandleTimer (TTimer *timer)
	Execute action in response of a timer timing out. More...

virtual ULong_t	Hash () const
	Return hash value for this object. More...

Bool_t	HasInconsistentHash () const
	Return true is the type of this object is known to have an inconsistent setup for Hash and RecursiveRemove (i.e. More...

virtual void	Info (const char method, const char msgfmt,...) const
	Issue info message. More...

virtual Bool_t	InheritsFrom (const char *classname) const
	Returns kTRUE if object inherits from class "classname". More...

virtual Bool_t	InheritsFrom (const TClass *cl) const
	Returns kTRUE if object inherits from TClass cl. More...

virtual void	Inspect () const
	Dump contents of this object in a graphics canvas. More...

void	InvertBit (UInt_t f)

virtual Bool_t	IsEqual (const TObject *obj) const
	Default equal comparison (objects are equal if they have the same address in memory). More...

virtual Bool_t	IsFolder () const
	Returns kTRUE in case object contains browsable objects (like containers or lists of other objects). More...

R__ALWAYS_INLINE Bool_t	IsOnHeap () const

virtual Bool_t	IsSortable () const

R__ALWAYS_INLINE Bool_t	IsZombie () const

virtual void	ls (Option_t *option="") const
	The ls function lists the contents of a class on stdout. More...

void	MayNotUse (const char *method) const
	Use this method to signal that a method (defined in a base class) may not be called in a derived class (in principle against good design since a child class should not provide less functionality than its parent, however, sometimes it is necessary). More...

virtual Bool_t	Notify ()
	This method must be overridden to handle object notification. More...

void	Obsolete (const char method, const char asOfVers, const char *removedFromVers) const
	Use this method to declare a method obsolete. More...

void	operator delete (void *ptr)
	Operator delete. More...

void	operator delete[] (void *ptr)
	Operator delete []. More...

void *	operator new (size_t sz)

void *	operator new (size_t sz, void *vp)

void *	operator new[] (size_t sz)

void *	operator new[] (size_t sz, void *vp)

TObject &	operator= (const TObject &rhs)
	TObject assignment operator. More...

virtual void	Paint (Option_t *option="")
	This method must be overridden if a class wants to paint itself. More...

virtual void	Pop ()
	Pop on object drawn in a pad to the top of the display list. More...

virtual void	Print (Option_t *option="") const
	This method must be overridden when a class wants to print itself. More...

virtual Int_t	Read (const char *name)
	Read contents of object with specified name from the current directory. More...

virtual void	RecursiveRemove (TObject *obj)
	Recursively remove this object from a list. More...

void	ResetBit (UInt_t f)

virtual void	SaveAs (const char filename="", Option_t option="") const
	Save this object in the file specified by filename. More...

virtual void	SavePrimitive (std::ostream &out, Option_t *option="")
	Save a primitive as a C++ statement(s) on output stream "out". More...

void	SetBit (UInt_t f)

void	SetBit (UInt_t f, Bool_t set)
	Set or unset the user status bits as specified in f. More...

virtual void	SetDrawOption (Option_t *option="")
	Set drawing option for object. More...

virtual void	SetUniqueID (UInt_t uid)
	Set the unique object id. More...

virtual void	SysError (const char method, const char msgfmt,...) const
	Issue system error message. More...

R__ALWAYS_INLINE Bool_t	TestBit (UInt_t f) const

Int_t	TestBits (UInt_t f) const

virtual void	UseCurrentStyle ()
	Set current style settings in this object This function is called when either TCanvas::UseCurrentStyle or TROOT::ForceStyle have been invoked. More...

virtual void	Warning (const char method, const char msgfmt,...) const
	Issue warning message. More...

virtual Int_t	Write (const char *name=0, Int_t option=0, Int_t bufsize=0)
	Write this object to the current directory. More...

virtual Int_t	Write (const char *name=0, Int_t option=0, Int_t bufsize=0) const
	Write this object to the current directory. More...

Protected Attributes
TList *	fButtons
	list of buttons More...

TControlBarImp *	fControlBarImp
	system specific implementation More...

Int_t	fNoroc
	number of rows or columns More...

Int_t	fOrientation
	orientation More...

Protected Attributes inherited from TControlBarButton
TString	fAction
	action to be executed More...

Int_t	fType
	button type More...

Protected Attributes inherited from TNamed
TString	fName

TString	fTitle

Private Member Functions
virtual void	Create ()
	Create control bar. More...

void	Initialize (Int_t x, Int_t y)
	Initialize control bar. More...

Friends
class	TControlBarImp

Additional Inherited Members
Static Public Member Functions inherited from TObject
static Long_t	GetDtorOnly ()
	Return destructor only flag. More...

static Bool_t	GetObjectStat ()
	Get status of object stat flag. More...

static void	SetDtorOnly (void *obj)
	Set destructor only flag. More...

static void	SetObjectStat (Bool_t stat)
	Turn on/off tracking of objects in the TObjectTable. More...

Protected Types inherited from TObject
enum	{ kOnlyPrepStep = BIT(3) }

Protected Member Functions inherited from TObject
virtual void	DoError (int level, const char location, const char fmt, va_list va) const
	Interface to ErrorHandler (protected). More...

void	MakeZombie ()

#include <TControlBar.h>

Inheritance diagram for TControlBar:

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Member Enumeration Documentation

◆ anonymous enum

anonymous enum

Enumerator
kVertical
kHorizontal

Definition at line 38 of file TControlBar.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ TControlBar() [1/3]

TControlBar::TControlBar ( )

Default constructor.

Definition at line 91 of file TControlBar.cxx.

◆ TControlBar() [2/3]

TControlBar::TControlBar	(	const char *	orientation,
		const char *	title = `""`
	)

Normal constructor.

Definition at line 102 of file TControlBar.cxx.

◆ TControlBar() [3/3]

TControlBar::TControlBar	(	const char *	orientation,
		const char *	title,
		Int_t	x,
		Int_t	y
	)

Normal constructor.

Definition at line 112 of file TControlBar.cxx.

◆ ~TControlBar()

TControlBar::~TControlBar ( )

virtual

Destructor.

Definition at line 124 of file TControlBar.cxx.

Member Function Documentation

◆ AddButton() [1/3]

void TControlBar::AddButton	(	const char *	label,
		const char *	action,
		const char *	hint = `""`,
		const char *	type = `"button"`
	)

Add button.

Definition at line 155 of file TControlBar.cxx.

◆ AddButton() [2/3]

void TControlBar::AddButton ( TControlBarButton & button )

Add button.

Definition at line 138 of file TControlBar.cxx.

◆ AddButton() [3/3]

void TControlBar::AddButton ( TControlBarButton * button )

Add button.

Definition at line 146 of file TControlBar.cxx.

◆ AddControlBar() [1/2]

void TControlBar::AddControlBar ( TControlBar & controlBar )

Add control bar.

Definition at line 164 of file TControlBar.cxx.

◆ AddControlBar() [2/2]

void TControlBar::AddControlBar ( TControlBar * controlBar )

Add control bar.

Definition at line 172 of file TControlBar.cxx.

◆ AddSeparator()

void TControlBar::AddSeparator ( )

Add separator.

Definition at line 181 of file TControlBar.cxx.

◆ Create()

void TControlBar::Create ( )

privatevirtual

Create control bar.

Reimplemented from TControlBarButton.

Definition at line 188 of file TControlBar.cxx.

◆ GetClicked()

TControlBarButton * TControlBar::GetClicked ( ) const

Returns a pointer to the last clicked control bar button; null if no button was clicked yet.

Definition at line 330 of file TControlBar.cxx.

◆ GetControlBarImp()

TControlBarImp * TControlBar::GetControlBarImp ( ) const

inline

Definition at line 52 of file TControlBar.h.

◆ GetListOfButtons()

TList * TControlBar::GetListOfButtons ( ) const

inline

Definition at line 53 of file TControlBar.h.

◆ GetNumberOfColumns()

Int_t TControlBar::GetNumberOfColumns ( ) const

inline

Definition at line 54 of file TControlBar.h.

◆ GetNumberOfRows()

Int_t TControlBar::GetNumberOfRows ( ) const

inline

Definition at line 55 of file TControlBar.h.

◆ GetOrientation()

Int_t TControlBar::GetOrientation ( ) const

inline

Definition at line 56 of file TControlBar.h.

◆ Hide()

void TControlBar::Hide ( )

Hide control bar.

Definition at line 198 of file TControlBar.cxx.

◆ Initialize()

void TControlBar::Initialize	(	Int_t	x,
		Int_t	y
	)

private

Initialize control bar.

Definition at line 208 of file TControlBar.cxx.

◆ SetButtonState()

void TControlBar::SetButtonState	(	const char *	label,
		Int_t	state = `0`
	)

Sets a state for control bar button 'label'; possible states are 0-kButtonUp, 1-kButtonDown, 2-kButtonEngaged, 3-kButtonDisabled,.

e.g.:

root > .x tutorials/demos.C

to disable the button 'first' do:

root > bar->SetButtonState("first", 3)

to enable the button 'first' do:

root > bar->SetButtonState("first", 0)

Definition at line 267 of file TControlBar.cxx.

◆ SetButtonWidth()

void TControlBar::SetButtonWidth ( UInt_t width )

Sets the width in pixels for control bar button.

Definition at line 280 of file TControlBar.cxx.

◆ SetFont()

void TControlBar::SetFont ( const char * fontName )

Sets new font for control bar buttons, e.g.

:

root > .x tutorials/demos.C

root > bar->SetFont("-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-24-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1")

Definition at line 233 of file TControlBar.cxx.

◆ SetNumberOfColumns()

void TControlBar::SetNumberOfColumns ( Int_t n )

inline

Definition at line 61 of file TControlBar.h.

◆ SetNumberOfRows()

void TControlBar::SetNumberOfRows ( Int_t n )

inline

Definition at line 62 of file TControlBar.h.

◆ SetOrientation() [1/2]

void TControlBar::SetOrientation ( const char * o )

Set control bar orientation.

Definition at line 288 of file TControlBar.cxx.

◆ SetOrientation() [2/2]

void TControlBar::SetOrientation ( Int_t o )

Set control bar orientation.

Definition at line 306 of file TControlBar.cxx.

◆ SetTextColor()

void TControlBar::SetTextColor ( const char * colorName )

Sets text color for control bar buttons, e.g.

:

root > .x tutorials/demos.C

root > bar->SetTextColor("red")

Definition at line 245 of file TControlBar.cxx.

◆ Show()

void TControlBar::Show ( )

Show control bar.

Definition at line 320 of file TControlBar.cxx.

Friends And Related Function Documentation

◆ TControlBarImp

friend class TControlBarImp

friend

Definition at line 24 of file TControlBar.h.

Member Data Documentation

◆ fButtons

TList* TControlBar::fButtons

protected

list of buttons

Definition at line 34 of file TControlBar.h.

◆ fControlBarImp

TControlBarImp* TControlBar::fControlBarImp

protected

system specific implementation

Definition at line 32 of file TControlBar.h.

◆ fNoroc

Int_t TControlBar::fNoroc

protected

number of rows or columns

Definition at line 35 of file TControlBar.h.

◆ fOrientation

Int_t TControlBar::fOrientation

protected

orientation

Definition at line 33 of file TControlBar.h.

Libraries for TControlBar:

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Public Types

Public Member Functions

Protected Attributes

Private Member Functions

Friends

Additional Inherited Members

Member Enumeration Documentation

◆ anonymous enum

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ TControlBar() [1/3]

◆ TControlBar() [2/3]

◆ TControlBar() [3/3]

◆ ~TControlBar()

Member Function Documentation

◆ AddButton() [1/3]

◆ AddButton() [2/3]

◆ AddButton() [3/3]

◆ AddControlBar() [1/2]

◆ AddControlBar() [2/2]

◆ AddSeparator()

◆ Create()

◆ GetClicked()

◆ GetControlBarImp()

◆ GetListOfButtons()

◆ GetNumberOfColumns()

◆ GetNumberOfRows()

◆ GetOrientation()

◆ Hide()

◆ Initialize()

◆ SetButtonState()

◆ SetButtonWidth()

◆ SetFont()

◆ SetNumberOfColumns()

◆ SetNumberOfRows()

◆ SetOrientation() [1/2]

◆ SetOrientation() [2/2]

◆ SetTextColor()

◆ Show()

Friends And Related Function Documentation

◆ TControlBarImp

Member Data Documentation

◆ fButtons

◆ fControlBarImp

◆ fNoroc

◆ fOrientation