Chapter 8. Making Progress with Menus and Toolbars

This chapter will teach you the following recipes:

• Placing buttons in a toolbar

• Working with the new ButtonGroup component

• Placing menus in a toolbar

• Commonly used menu items

• Embedding a progress bar in a status bar

• Creating a custom look for the status bar items

• Using a progress bar to indicate that your application is busy

• Using a progress bar to report progress updates

• Changing the look of a progress bar

Introduction

In this chapter, you will learn how to use menus, toolbars, and progress bars. Along with an examination of the commonly used menu items, the recipes in this chapter will teach you how to work with the new ButtonGroup component as well as the different ways to set up toolbars and progress bars in your applications.