diff -r 000000000000 -r 89d6a7a84779 Symbian3/SDK/Source/GUID-8B137691-7C9E-4085-BFFE-4CFE4A64A091.dita --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/Symbian3/SDK/Source/GUID-8B137691-7C9E-4085-BFFE-4CFE4A64A091.dita Thu Jan 21 18:18:20 2010 +0000 @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ + + + + Control +pane +

The Control pane occupies the bottom part of the screen and +displays the labels associated with the softkeys.

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The Control pane is also active during Options +menus, queries, +and other states using pop-up +windows, although it does not itself reside in a pop-up window.

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The actual physical softkeys should be positioned directly beneath the +screen so that the association between the keys and their respective labels +is evident. Note, however, that the middle label refers to the Selection key +(see Labeling the Selection +key for further details).

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Using the control pane +in C++ applications

The APIs to use for the control pane are the Buttons +API for the softkeys and the Options +menu API for the menus.

For implementation information on using +the softkeys, see Using +the Buttons API. For implementation information on the menus, see Using +the Options menu API.

The Symbian platform uses Control Button +Area (CBA) resources to set the options in the control pane above the softkeys. +CBA resources map the text that appears above the softkeys in the control +pane with commands that are collected by the event loop of the application +framework and delivered to your application for command +handling.

When a mobile device user selects an Options softkey, +the application framework displays the Options menu based upon the definitions +in the menu bar's resources.

The Symbian platform uses MENU_BAR resources +to create the Options menu, when a mobile device user selects the Options +softkey. The options that appear above the softkeys are determined by CBA +resources. The MENU_BAR resources map the text that appears in the Options +menu with commands that are collected by the event loop of the application +framework and delivered to your application for command handling.

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