{"id":10413,"date":"2011-06-16T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-16T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/2011\/06\/16\/how-do-i-create-a-right-aligned-toolbar-button\/"},"modified":"2011-06-16T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-16T07:00:00","slug":"how-do-i-create-a-right-aligned-toolbar-button","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/oldnewthing\/20110616-00\/?p=10413","title":{"rendered":"How do I create a right-aligned toolbar button?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I didn’t think this was all that common a request, but it came in twice from two different customers, so I guess there are still people creating toolbars, and creating them with right-aligned buttons (even though it violates Windows user interface guidelines, though I can’t find a citation right now).\n You may have noticed that the toolbar common control doesn’t provide a facility for creating right-aligned buttons. Partly because it’s a violation of the guidelines anyway, but mostly because the default state of every feature is “not implemented.” Adding a feature requires work<\/a>, and since there is only a finite amount of work available to apply, you have to decide where to spend it. And generally speaking, you don’t focus your efforts on helping people violate the guidelines<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you want to create a right-aligned toolbar button, you can cobble one together by combining things you already have. I can think of two ways of doing this off the top of my head. <\/p>\n