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Wpf-Ribbon™ includes complete Office 2007 User Interface Guidelines compatible Galleries feature implementation including optional features. This topic gives you an overview of the functionality and related properties so you can start using Galleries feature right away. Image below shows typical Gallery appearances: To start using Galleries you simply declare the Gallery object in XAML markup [...]

C#: // Create new navigation item PaneItem item = new PaneItem(); item.Header = "Item Text"; // Assing the image to item.Image and item.ImageSmall // Assign content to the item DockPanel panel = new DockPanel(); panel.Background = Brushes.Yellow; // Add some content to panel.Children collection panel.Children.Add(new CheckBox()); // Assign panel to the navigation item item.Content = [...]

Recommended way of creating and docking windows from code is to use method DockSite.Dock and pass in DockWindow as well as docking specification and control will perform all work for you. If you insist on creating all structures from code note following. When creating the DotNetBar for WPF docking windows from code make sure that [...]

Wpf-Ribbon™ includes 3 predefined color schemes: Blue (default), Silver and Black. To change the current color scheme simply merge our color scheme resource into your application current resources. If you are using DotNetBar for WPF 5.4 or later you can use Ribbon.VisualStyle and DockSite.VisualStyle properties to change style and color scheme for ribbon and dock [...]

Using the custom Style for an Appointment view you can assign the context menu to appointments. Here is what to do: 1. Create Context Menu as part of your application or window resources. For example: <ContextMenu x:Key=”AppContextMenu”> <MenuItem Header=”Item 1″ /> <MenuItem Header=”Item 2″ /> <MenuItem Header=”Item 3″ /> </ContextMenu> 2. Create custom style for [...]

Sometimes it is necessary to get reference to the floating Window object that is created when dockable window is placed into the floating state so you can change the properties on Window, like show-in-task-bar or change its minimum size. To access floating Window in WPF Dock control follow these steps: 1. Handle DockSite.AfterDocked event 2. [...]

Here is method that you can use to access and change the Ribbon Window text-alignment which is centered by default. Method access the reference to the Ribbon control that you placed on RibbonWindow. C#: private void ChangeRibbonTitleAlignment(Ribbon ribbonControl) { RibbonContentPanel contentPanel = ribbonControl.Template.FindName("PART_RCP", ribbonControl) as RibbonContentPanel; if (contentPanel != null) { foreach (UIElement item in [...]

Starting with 4.0.0.6 release of DotNetBar for WPF complete support for Windows Forms controls and other windowed controls on Dock Windows has been added. Following properties allow you to enable that support: DockSite.DockHintOverlay – Set to true to ensure that docking hints are displayed on top of Windows Forms controls. DockSite.DockSelectorOverlay – Set to true [...]

Deploying DotNetBar for WPF with your applications is as simple as including the DotNetBar assemblies in the same folder as your application executable. You only need to distribute assemblies you have referenced in your project. Following assemblies may be included: DevComponents.WpfRibbon.dll DevComponents.WpfEditors.dll DevComponents.WpfDock.dll DevComponents.WpfSchedule.dll DevComponents.WPF.Controls.dll

DotNetBar for WPF includes 5 new color related controls: ColorInput control which is text-box style control that allows you to type the color in RGB format, for example #FE20DE. It also includes drop-down color picker and a color chooser dialog. ColorItemSelector, is a color selector with Office style colors that you can use as standalone [...]