How to customize title color for MFC ribbon bar

BorisM 41 Reputation points
2024-11-20T04:33:53.35+00:00

In an MFC MDI with ribbon bar project created with AppWizard, how to change background color of title area?

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  1. Minxin Yu 12,251 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2024-11-20T07:21:46.4933333+00:00

    Hi, @BorisM

    Create a MFC class that inherits Class CMFCVisualManagerOffice2007 and rewrite OnDrawRibbonCaption.

    Also, you need to redraw the title text and min/max/close buttons.

    virtual void OnDrawRibbonCaption(
        CDC* pDC,
        CMFCRibbonBar* pBar,
        CRect rectCaption,
        CRect rectText) override
    {
        
    	CWnd* pWnd = pBar->GetParent();
    	ASSERT_VALID(pWnd);
    	CDrawingManager dm(*pDC);
    	COLORREF clrBackground = RGB(0, 120, 215);
    	
    	dm.DrawRect(rectCaption, clrBackground, clrBackground);
    	//redraw text and max,min button
    	
    }
    
    BOOL CMFCApplicationApp::InitInstance()
    {
    ......
    CWinAppEx::InitInstance();
    CMFCVisualManager::SetDefaultManager(RUNTIME_CLASS(CMyVisualStyleClass));
    

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    Best regards,

    Minxin Yu


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