A sidebar in the lower left that emulates the sidebar in Outlook 2003. Other features implemented include theming, snapping buttons, unique button system, etc.

The Features

Outlook Style View Switching -- Outlook takes care of a tremendous number of details to appropriately handle tooltips, window resizing, sticky splitter, etc. I have tried to implement each of these capabilities, and in a few cases, improved on them.

Chevron Menu -- Like the Outlook version, there is a chevron menu (it is, however, not themed...this may be added in a future version) on the command bar. Buttons that don't fit on the command bar or as a big button are placed on it below the Navigation Pane Options.

Navigation Pane Options --The Navigation Pane Options dialog box lets you swap and inactivate buttons from your view in order to customize your layout to what you like best. The Navigation Pane Options is fully operational (except that the hotkey system works like all the other Windows listboxes of the same kind...and that's not a good thing), with hovering and appropriate selection. Its list view is custom, and can be accessed in ChecklistView.h.

Theme Support -- This program has basic theme support. Not much to say here except that it changes based on the Windows theme, which you may find useful for applying extra eye-candy to your program. Most of this is assimilated from Roger Headrick's theming code.