RibbonBar

Contains the examples that demonstrates how to use the Visual WebGui RibbonBar control.

The RibbonBar control designed to organize and visualize tool items. Acting as a container it separates different types of items to Pages and Groups. Rich object model and full design time support simplifies UI and business logic implementation. The control integrates features of ToolBar and TabControl in one powerful bundle.

Availability:
The RibbonBar is one of the Professional suite Office controls, which means it is free and available in all Visual WebGui versions, while the controls are still in beta. After release, these controls will be packaged in a seperate Professional Controls suite package and sold seperately.
The examples below demonstrate how to
- Add Pages and handle SelectedIndexChanged event
- Add Groups and handle AdvancedClicked event
- Add Items and SubItems and implement event handlers

Object Model Overview

The article describes API available for RibbonBar control. The overview of object model is essential for understanding how to use the control in an application.

Adding pages

The example demonstrates how to add Pages to the Visual WebGui RibbonBar control. It also demonstrates how to handle SelectedIndexChanged event.

Adding groups to page

The example demonstrates how to add Groups to the Visual WebGui RibbonBar control. It also demonstrates how to handle AdvancedClicked and SelectedIndexChanged events.

Adding items to group

The snippet demonstrates how to add all available types of Items and Subitems. It also demonstrates technique to implement event handlers for available events of control, Items and Subitems.

A text editing application scenario

The example demonstrates how to initialize the RibbonBar and RichTextEditor to create a text editing application.

Events handling

The article describes different types of events available for RibbonBar control, Items and SubItems objects.