# TXButtonBar Control > Button bar control for a TX Text Control ActiveX editor with combo boxes and buttons: Appearance, DisplayColor, the Posxxx button positions and mouse events. - **Product:** TX Text Control ActiveX - **Section:** Documentation - **Kind:** Class - **Path:** TX Text Control ActiveX > API Reference > TXButtonBar Control - **1673 words** - **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/ - **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/llms.txt - **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/llms-full.txt --- A TXButtonBar control represents a button bar for a Text Control. It offers several combo boxes and buttons and can be designed by the programmer. ### Syntax ```vbscript TXButtonBar ``` ### Members #### Properties | Property | Description | |---|---| | [Appearance](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/appearance-property/llms-full.txt) | Returns or sets the paint style of a button bar. | | [BorderStyle](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/borderstyle-property/llms-full.txt) | Returns or sets the border style for a button bar. | | [DisplayColor](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/displaycolor-property/llms-full.txt) | This property gets or sets the display colors of a button bar. | | [Enabled](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/enabled-property/llms-full.txt) | Returns or sets a value that determines whether a button bar can respond to user-generated events. | | [hWnd](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/hwnd-property/llms-full.txt) | Returns a handle to a button bar. | | [Language](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/language-property/llms-full.txt) | Determines the language in which button bar displays resources. | | [PosControlChars](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/poscontrolchars-property/llms-full.txt) | Returns or sets the position of the control char button. | | [PosDecreaseIndent](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/posdecreaseindent-property/llms-full.txt) | Returns or sets the position of a button which decreases the left indent of all selected paragraphs. | | [PosFontBold](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/posfontbold-property/llms-full.txt) | Returns or sets the position of the bold button. | | [PosFontItalic](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/posfontitalic-property/llms-full.txt) | Returns or sets the position of the italic button. | | [PosFontName](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/posfontname-property/llms-full.txt) | Returns or sets the position of the font name combo-box. | | [PosFontSize](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/posfontsize-property/llms-full.txt) | Returns or sets the position of the font size combo-box. | | [PosFontUnderline](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/posfontunderline-property/llms-full.txt) | Returns or sets the position of the underline button. | | [PosGrowFont](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/posgrowfont-property/llms-full.txt) | Returns or sets the position of a button which grows the font sizes of all selected fonts. | | [PosIncreaseIndent](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/posincreaseindent-property/llms-full.txt) | Returns or sets the position of a button which increases the left indent of all selected paragraphs. | | [PosLeftToRight](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/poslefttoright-property/llms-full.txt) | Returns or sets the position of a button for setting the left to right writing direction. | | [PosListBulleted](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/poslistbulleted-property/llms-full.txt) | Returns or sets the position of the button for bulleted lists. | | [PosListNumbered](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/poslistnumbered-property/llms-full.txt) | Returns or sets the position of the button for numbered lists. | | [PosListStructured](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/posliststructured-property/llms-full.txt) | Returns or sets the position of the button for structured numbered lists. | | [PosParaCentered](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/posparacentered-property/llms-full.txt) | Returns or sets the position of the button for centering paragraphs. | | [PosParaJustified](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/posparajustified-property/llms-full.txt) | Returns or sets the position of the button for justifying paragraphs. | | [PosParaLeft](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/posparaleft-property/llms-full.txt) | Returns or sets the position of the button for left aligning paragraphs. | | [PosParaRight](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/pospararight-property/llms-full.txt) | Returns or sets the position of the button for right aligning paragraphs. | | [PosRightToLeft](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/posrighttoleft-property/llms-full.txt) | Returns or sets the position of a button for setting the right to left writing direction. | | [PosShrinkFont](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/posshrinkfont-property/llms-full.txt) | Returns or sets the position of a button which shrinks the font sizes of all selected fonts. | | [PosStrikethru](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/posstrikethru-property/llms-full.txt) | Returns or sets the position of a button for setting the strike through attribute. | | [PosStyle](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/posstyle-property/llms-full.txt) | Returns or sets the position of the formatting styles combobox. | | [PosSubscript](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/possubscript-property/llms-full.txt) | Returns or sets the position of a button for setting text to subscript. | | [PosSuperscript](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/possuperscript-property/llms-full.txt) | Returns or sets the position of a button for setting text to superscript. | | [PosTabCentered](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/postabcentered-property/llms-full.txt) | Returns or sets the position of the button for setting centered tabs. | | [PosTabDecimal](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/postabdecimal-property/llms-full.txt) | Returns or sets the position of the button for setting decimal tabs. | | [PosTabLeft](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/postableft-property/llms-full.txt) | Returns or sets the position of the button for setting left aligned tabs. | | [PosTabRight](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/postabright-property/llms-full.txt) | Returns or sets the position of the button for setting right aligned tabs. | | [PosTabSelect](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/postabselect-property/llms-full.txt) | Returns or sets the position of the button for selecting the tab type. | | [PosXMLAdd](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/posxmladd-property/llms-full.txt) | Returns or sets the position of a combobox showing all insertable XML elements. | | [PosXMLRemove](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/posxmlremove-property/llms-full.txt) | Returns or sets the position of a combobox showing all removable XML elements. | | [PosZoom](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/poszoom-property/llms-full.txt) | Returns or sets the position of the zoom combobox. | | [ReadOnly](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/readonly-property/llms-full.txt) | Returns or sets a value determining the button bar's read only mode. | | [ResourceFile](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/resourcefile-property/llms-full.txt) | Returns or sets the file name of a resource library which button bar loads to display resources like buttons. | | [RightToLeft](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/righttoleft-property/llms-full.txt) | Returns or sets a value specifying whether the button bar's buttons are shown from right to left or from left to right. | | [Style](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/style-property/llms-full.txt) | Returns or sets the paint style of a button bar's buttons. | #### Events | Event | Description | |---|---| | [MouseDown](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/mousedown-event/llms-full.txt) | Occurs when the user presses a mouse button. | | [MouseMove](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/mousemove-event/llms-full.txt) | Occurs when the user moves the mouse. | | [MouseUp](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/mouseup-event/llms-full.txt) | Occurs when the user releases a mouse button. | ### See Also - [Programming Category: Tool Bars](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/categories/toolbars/llms-full.txt) --- ## In This Section - [Appearance Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/appearance-property/llms-full.txt): Returns or sets the paint style of a TXButtonBar: txFlat, tx3D (default), txXP for the Windows XP look or txColorScheme with a light to dark background. - [BorderStyle Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/borderstyle-property/llms-full.txt): Returns or sets the border style of a TXButtonBar as an Integer: 0 for no border or 1 for a fixed single border around the button bar window. - [DisplayColor Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/displaycolor-property/llms-full.txt): Gets or sets the display colors of a TXButtonBar by ButtonBarColor index, bbForeColor to bbButtonFrameColor, used when Appearance and Style are txColorScheme. - [Enabled Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/enabled-property/llms-full.txt): Returns or sets whether a TXButtonBar responds to user-generated events: True (default) lets the button bar respond, False prevents it from responding. - [hWnd Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/hwnd-property/llms-full.txt): Returns the window handle of a TXButtonBar for Windows API calls that expect an hWnd argument; the property is read only and available at run time only. - [Language Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/language-property/llms-full.txt): Sets the language of the TXButtonBar resources: 41, 43 and 49 select German variants, other values English; ResourceFile adds further languages. - [MouseDown Event](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/mousedown-event/llms-full.txt): Occurs when the user presses a mouse button over a TXButtonBar, passing the button, the SHIFT, CTRL and ALT state and the X and Y position in the control. - [MouseMove Event](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/mousemove-event/llms-full.txt): Occurs when the user moves the mouse over a TXButtonBar, passing the state of the mouse buttons, the SHIFT, CTRL and ALT keys and the X and Y position. - [MouseUp Event](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/mouseup-event/llms-full.txt): Occurs when the user releases a mouse button over a TXButtonBar, passing the button, the SHIFT, CTRL and ALT state and the X and Y position in the control. - [PosControlChars Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/poscontrolchars-property/llms-full.txt): Sets the position of the control char button on a TXButtonBar and explains all Posxxx properties: position numbers, 0 to hide, gaps with 1000 and 2000. - [PosDecreaseIndent Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/posdecreaseindent-property/llms-full.txt): Returns or sets the position number of the TXButtonBar button that decreases the left indent of all selected paragraphs, like DecreaseIndent; hidden by default. - [PosFontBold Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/posfontbold-property/llms-full.txt): Returns or sets the position number of the bold button on a TXButtonBar, which sets the order of the buttons; a position number of 0 hides the button. - [PosFontItalic Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/posfontitalic-property/llms-full.txt): Returns or sets the position number of the italic button on a TXButtonBar, which sets the order of the buttons; a position number of 0 hides the button. - [PosFontName Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/posfontname-property/llms-full.txt): Returns or sets the position number of the font name combo box on a TXButtonBar, which sets the order of its elements; a position of 0 hides the box. - [PosFontSize Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/posfontsize-property/llms-full.txt): Returns or sets the position number of the font size combo box on a TXButtonBar, which sets the order of its elements; a position of 0 hides the box. - [PosFontUnderline Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/posfontunderline-property/llms-full.txt): Returns or sets the position number of the underline button on a TXButtonBar, which sets the order of the buttons; a position number of 0 hides it. - [PosGrowFont Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/posgrowfont-property/llms-full.txt): Returns or sets the position number of the TXButtonBar button that grows the font sizes of all selected fonts, like GrowFont; hidden by default. - [PosIncreaseIndent Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/posincreaseindent-property/llms-full.txt): Returns or sets the position number of the TXButtonBar button that increases the left indent of all selected paragraphs, like IncreaseIndent; hidden by default. - [PosLeftToRight Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/poslefttoright-property/llms-full.txt): Returns or sets the position number of the TXButtonBar button that sets the left to right writing direction (TextDirection); hidden by default with position 0. - [PosListBulleted Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/poslistbulleted-property/llms-full.txt): Returns or sets the position number of the bulleted list button on a TXButtonBar, which sets the order of the buttons; a position of 0 hides the button. - [PosListNumbered Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/poslistnumbered-property/llms-full.txt): Returns or sets the position number of the numbered list button on a TXButtonBar, which sets the order of the buttons; a position of 0 hides the button. - [PosListStructured Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/posliststructured-property/llms-full.txt): Returns or sets the position number of the button for structured numbered lists on a TXButtonBar; position numbers start at 1 and 0 hides the button. - [PosParaCentered Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/posparacentered-property/llms-full.txt): Returns or sets the position number of the button for centering paragraphs on a TXButtonBar; position numbers start at 1 and 0 hides the button. - [PosParaJustified Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/posparajustified-property/llms-full.txt): Returns or sets the position number of the button for justifying paragraphs on a TXButtonBar; position numbers start at 1 and 0 hides the button. - [PosParaLeft Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/posparaleft-property/llms-full.txt): Returns or sets the position number of the button for left aligning paragraphs on a TXButtonBar; position numbers start at 1 and 0 hides the button. - [PosParaRight Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/pospararight-property/llms-full.txt): Returns or sets the position number of the button for right aligning paragraphs on a TXButtonBar; position numbers start at 1 and 0 hides the button. - [PosRightToLeft Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/posrighttoleft-property/llms-full.txt): Returns or sets the position number of the TXButtonBar button that sets the right to left writing direction (TextDirection); hidden by default with position 0. - [PosShrinkFont Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/posshrinkfont-property/llms-full.txt): Returns or sets the position number of the TXButtonBar button that shrinks the font sizes of all selected fonts, like ShrinkFont; hidden by default. - [PosStrikethru Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/posstrikethru-property/llms-full.txt): Returns or sets the position number of the TXButtonBar button that sets the strikethrough attribute (FontStrikethru); hidden by default with position number 0. - [PosStyle Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/posstyle-property/llms-full.txt): Returns or sets the position number of the formatting styles combo box on a TXButtonBar, the first element by default; a position of 0 hides the box. - [PosSubscript Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/possubscript-property/llms-full.txt): Returns or sets the position number of the TXButtonBar button that formats text as subscript; hidden by default with position 0, shown from position 1. - [PosSuperscript Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/possuperscript-property/llms-full.txt): Returns or sets the position number of the TXButtonBar button that formats text as superscript; hidden by default with position 0, shown from position 1. - [PosTabCentered Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/postabcentered-property/llms-full.txt): Returns or sets the position number of the button for setting centered tabs on a TXButtonBar; hidden by default with position number 0 like other tabs. - [PosTabDecimal Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/postabdecimal-property/llms-full.txt): Returns or sets the position number of the button for setting decimal tabs on a TXButtonBar; hidden by default with position number 0 like other tabs. - [PosTabLeft Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/postableft-property/llms-full.txt): Returns or sets the position number of the button for setting left aligned tabs on a TXButtonBar; hidden by default with position number 0 like other tabs. - [PosTabRight Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/postabright-property/llms-full.txt): Returns or sets the position number of the button for setting right aligned tabs on a TXButtonBar; hidden by default with position number 0 like other tabs. - [PosTabSelect Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/postabselect-property/llms-full.txt): Returns or sets the position number of the TXButtonBar button for selecting the tab type, shown by default; position numbers start at 1 and 0 hides the button. - [PosXMLAdd Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/posxmladd-property/llms-full.txt): Returns or sets the position number of the TXButtonBar combo box listing all insertable XML elements; it works only with XML documents and is hidden by default. - [PosXMLRemove Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/posxmlremove-property/llms-full.txt): Returns or sets the position number of the TXButtonBar combo box listing all removable XML elements; it works only with XML documents and is hidden by default. - [PosZoom Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/poszoom-property/llms-full.txt): Returns or sets the position number of the zoom combo box on a TXButtonBar; hidden by default with position number 0, shown with a position of 1 or higher. - [ReadOnly Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/readonly-property/llms-full.txt): Returns or sets the read only mode of a TXButtonBar: when True it shows the formatting of the connected TextControl but can't change it; False by default. - [ResourceFile Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/resourcefile-property/llms-full.txt): Returns or sets the full path of a resource library the TXButtonBar loads for its buttons and texts; when set, Language is ignored. Run time only. - [RightToLeft Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/righttoleft-property/llms-full.txt): Returns or sets whether a TXButtonBar shows its buttons from right to left; set at run time, the window is recreated and must be reassigned to ButtonBarHandle. - [Style Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/style-property/llms-full.txt): Returns or sets the paint style of TXButtonBar buttons: txFlat, tx3D (default), txXP for the Windows XP look or txColorScheme with a light to dark background. --- ## Nearby - **Previous:** [ZoomFactor Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txtextcontrol/zoomfactor-property/llms-full.txt) - **Next:** [Appearance Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txbuttonbar/appearance-property/llms-full.txt)