ApplicationMenu Class

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Declaration

Represents a popup menu which complies with the MS Ribbon UI.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Ribbon

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Ribbon.v14.2.dll

#Declaration

C#
VB.NET

public class ApplicationMenu :
    PopupMenu,
    IApplicationMenu

#Remarks

This ApplicationMenu extends the standard menu by providing two vertical panes. The left pane displays menu items that are specified by the inherited PopupMenu.ItemLinks collection. While hovering over a submenu within the left pane, it's automatically expanded and displayed over the right pane.

The right pane allows you to display any control within it. To do this, assign the control to the ApplicationMenu.RightPane property. The ApplicationMenu.ShowRightPane property must be set to true to display the right pane.

In addition, you can display any control along the bottom edge of the ApplicationMenu. Assign this control to the ApplicationMenu.BottomPane property.

Ribbon_AppMenu

The appearance of menu items is specified by the inherited PopupMenuBase.ItemsDisplayMode property. This property specifies whether items are displayed using small or large images and with or without descriptions.

In MS Office Ribbon UI an Application Menu is displayed when clicking the Application Button. To do this with the RibbonControl, assign an ApplicationMenu object to the RibbonControl.ApplicationMenu property.

#Examples

This example creates an ApplicationMenu that displays specific commands in the left pane. In addition, the right and bottom panes are assigned to the menu via the RightPane and BottomPane properties.

The following image shows the result:

RibbonControl_Ex_AppMenu