DevComponents Knowledge Base

The RibbonControl by default has fixed height and its height needs to be adjusted manually if for example DPI settings on target machine change or usage of larger fonts is expected on target machines. Ribbon Control does not manage the height automatically since it does not have knowledge about the full ribbon height. There might […]

Follow these steps to create Ribbon Tab Groups: Add RibbonControl to the form. Select the RibbonTabItem2 that is created by default. In VS.NET Property window find Group property and select it Click the drop-down button for Group property and choose Create New Group Select RibbonControl and in Property VS.NET window ensure that TabGroupsVisible property is […]

DotNetBar for Windows Forms 8.8 and later includes support for creating Office 2010 style Backstage application menu. Following image shows what Backstage application menu looks like: Add RibbonControl to your form from VS.NET toolbox: Select StyleManager component that was created when you added Ribbon and change its ManagerStyle property to Office2010Blue. At this point also […]

When style property is set to Office 2007, 2010, 2013 or Metro style on DotNetBar controls the GlobalManager.Renderer is set to an instance of Office2007Renderer. Office2007Renderer or class that inherits from it and it provides rendering for Office styles. Office2007Renderer.ColorTable returns reference to Office2007ColorTable object which defines all colors used by DotNetBar controls in Office […]

To customize appearance of Application Button in any style after Office 2007 (like 2013 etc.) you need to modify the application button color table on Office2007ColorTable like so: c#: Office2007ColorTable table = ((Office2007Renderer)GlobalManager.Renderer).ColorTable; Office2007ButtonItemColorTable defaultTable =table.ApplicationButtonColors[0]; defaultTable.Default.Background=new LinearGradientColorTable(Color.Red); VB: Dim table As Office2007ColorTable = DirectCast(GlobalManager.Renderer, Office2007Renderer).ColorTable Dim defaultTable As Office2007ButtonItemColorTable = table.ApplicationButtonColors(0) defaultTable.[Default].Background = New […]

If you are using ControlContainerItem to host controls, for example on popup menu which is parented to the button that can be added to the QAT (Quick Access Toolbar) on Ribbon Control you need to ensure that you are following steps below so control contained on the menu can be loaded when it is displayed […]

Following code shows how to hide system buttons that are shown by Ribbon Control: C# ArrayList items = ribbonControl1.RibbonStrip.GetItems("", typeof(SystemCaptionItem));   foreach (SystemCaptionItem sci in items) { if (!sci.IsSystemIcon) { sci.Visible = false; break; } } VB Dim sysItems As ArrayList = ribbonControl1.RibbonStrip.GetItems("", GetType(SystemCaptionItem)) Dim item As SystemCaptionItem   For Each item In sysItems If […]

Here are the steps to follow to inherit from Office style forms included with DotNetBar. This applies to Visual Basic. 1. Make sure that you have reference to DevComponents.DotNetBar2.dll in your project. Do not reference both DevComponents.DotNetBar.dll and DevComponents.DotNetBar2.dll. DevComponents.DotNetBar2.dll is .NET Framework 2.0 and later native build which should be used in Visual Studio.NET […]

If you need to loop through all ribbon tabs, ribbon bars and items on each ribbon bar here is how to do it. C# foreach (BaseItem item in ribbonControl1.Items) { RibbonTabItem ribbonTab = item as RibbonTabItem;   if (ribbonTab != null) { RibbonPanel panel = ribbonTab.Panel;   foreach (Control panelControl in panel.Controls) { RibbonBar ribbonBar […]

DotNetBar RibbonBarMergeContainer support automatic RibbonBar merging for the MDI Child user interface scenario. You can also use RibbonBarMergeContainer for custom merging scenarios that do not involve the MDI forms. To do so you will use two methods on RibbonBarMergeContainer: To perform merge into the ribbon control you will call: RibbonBarMergeContainer.MergeRibbonBars To remove merged ribbons from […]