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Use following code to create Backstage application menu for the Ribbon control included with DotNetBar for WPF:   C#: Backstage backstage = new Backstage(); ButtonDropDown btn = new ButtonDropDown(); btn.Header = "Save"; btn.ImageSource = "images/Save.png"; backstage.Items.Add(btn);   btn = new ButtonDropDown(); btn.Header = "Save As"; backstage.Items.Add(btn);   BackstageTab tab = new BackstageTab(); tab.Header = "New"; [...]

DotNetBar for WPF 5.9 and later includes support for creating Office 2010 style Backstage application menu. Following image shows what Backstage application menu looks like: Start by adding Ribbon control to your Window if you do not already have Ribbon added. Make sure that your project is targeting at least .NET Framework 3.5 otherwise VS.NET [...]

Wpf-Ribbon by default shows the context-menu which allows the end-user to customize the ribbon when ribbon is right-clicked. To disable the context menu completely use Ribbon.IsCustomizable attached property. Set Ribbon.IsCustomizable to false to disable the context menu. In XAML that would look like this: <dc:Ribbon Name="ribbon1" Ribbon.IsCustomizable="False">

By default ButtonDropDown controls used on Ribbon will allow end-user to add them to Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) and remove them from QAT by using the customization context menu which is displayed when button is right-clicked. To disable the customization for the button use Ribbon.IsCustomizable attached property. For example this is how XAML would look [...]

You can re-use brushes and other resources used by Ribbon, Navigation Pane and Docking WPF controls in your application very easily for a consistent look and feel. The resources provided by our controls are keyed using ComponentResourceKey and static members of RibbonColors, DockColors and NavigationPaneColors classes that are used as ID’s. Explore the members of [...]

By default the controls added to the Ribbon are left aligned in ribbon tab area. If you want to add controls that are right aligned set following attached property: <dc:RibbonTabPanel.PanelAlignment="Right"> On the control you wish to right align. See RibbonPad sample for an example. Setting that property for example on ButtonDropDown control will right-align the [...]

To start using Wpf-Ribbon in your project follow these steps: 1. Using RibbonWindow Add Reference to Wpf-Ribbon assembly to your project In C# right-click References node in Solution Explorer and choose Add Reference context menu command. In the Add Reference find and select DevComponents WpfRibbon and click OK. In VB double-click My Project node in [...]

Applies to Wpf-Ribbon 1.7 and later. Wpf-Ribbon™ provides great integration with WPF Command model. This support allows you to easily manage the multiple instances of the same button that you place on for example RibbonBar and Quick Access Toolbar. In the core of the Wpf-Ribbon™ command support are following classes: ButtonDropDownCommand If you are creating [...]

Ribbon control is the root control used to create the Office 2007 style Ribbon User Interface. It contains all Ribbon UI elements: application menu, tabs, content of the tabs and Quick Access Toolbar (QAT). Image below shows key Ribbon control properties: Following is the list of key properties, methods and related events provided by Ribbon [...]

RibbonBar control is used to visually present group of related commands. It has two major states: Normal where all visible commands are displayed, and Collapsed where button is displayed which when clicked shows the RibbonBar commands on drop-down.  The following images shows the RibbonBar control in these two states: RibbonBar control also includes completely automatic [...]