Graph palette like control

Hi,
I am trying to implement Graph palette like control for my application.
Graph palette has 3 controls - cursor, zoom and hand tool. Cool thing is the zoom control. When you click on that - a picture menu(like, picture ring control) pops up. How can I implement a control like this?
Thanks,
Ritesh

Hi Ritesh,
is it that bad to show the current state of the zoom mode selection?
If you want to simulate the graph palette in all and every feature, I would suggest to use (customized) boolean buttons. When the user clicks on "zoom" you open a small window (positioned above "zoom") showing another boolean buttons!
Maybe someone else will have a more simple idea...
Btw. you could have explained your actual point in this question a lot earlier...
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