Some questions on CTreeCtrl

[forlorn]

Hi, i'm trying to writing a program to manage my mp3 collection. The interface is splitted in two parts and the left part contains a tree control where bands, albums and songs are shown.

Now i've a few questions :

1) I can add a right-click menu to entire tree but i want to add different menus to different items and i don't want any pop-up menu when right-clicked on an empty spot in the tree. I mean, when i click on a band item i want the "Add Album" menu, "Add Song" menu for an album item etc. How can i do that?

2) When i add new item, i want it to appear like in Windows Explorer when you add new folder. As the box appears with highlighted "New Folder" and it's ready for editing. How can i do that too?

Thanks in advance.

 

[programsecrets]

Your first question:

Use the tree control's SetItemData() and GetItemData() member functions to store and retrieve each node's type (i.e. Band = 1, Album = 2, Song = 3).

Then in your Right-Click handler, you can retrieve the type for the currently selected node, store the type in a member variable (to preserve it for later use) and build the custom menu you have defined for that type.

When you process the Right-Click menu item the user has selected, you'll know the type and the offset on the menu so you can do the correct action.