BackstageViewControl Class

The MS Office style full-screen menu.

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Ribbon.v23.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.Ribbon

Declaration

C#
VB.NET

public class BackstageViewControl :
    Control,
    IComplexLayout,
    IHierarchicalMergingSupport<BackstageViewControl>,
    IKeyTipNavigationOwner,
    INavigationOwner,
    IBarsNavigationSupport,
    IMutableNavigationOwner,
    IMutableNavigationSupport,
    IKeyTipNavigationRoot,
    IBarsNavigationCompatibility

Public Class BackstageViewControl
    Inherits Control
    Implements IComplexLayout,
               IHierarchicalMergingSupport(Of BackstageViewControl),
               IKeyTipNavigationOwner,
               INavigationOwner,
               IBarsNavigationSupport,
               IMutableNavigationOwner,
               IMutableNavigationSupport,
               IKeyTipNavigationRoot,
               IBarsNavigationCompatibility

The following members return BackstageViewControl objects:

Remarks

When your application uses Ribbon Control, you can add one of the following application menus to your application:

The Application Menu is the Windows Explorer style popup menu.
The Backstage View is the MS Office style full-screen menu.

Ribbon - BackstageView

Run Demo: Ribbon UI

Create a Backstage View

The following code sample adds a Backstage View to a RibbonControl:

XAML

<dx:ThemedWindow ...
  xmlns:dx="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/core"
  xmlns:dxr="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/ribbon" >
  <dxr:RibbonControl RibbonStyle="Office2019">
    <dxr:RibbonControl.ApplicationMenu>
      <dxr:BackstageViewControl>
        <dxr:BackstageViewControl.Items>
          <dxr:BackstageButtonItem Content="New" Glyph="{dx:SvgImageSource Uri='pack://application:,,,/DevExpress.Images.v23.2;component/SvgImages/Actions/New.svg', Size='16,16'}"/>
          <dxr:BackstageButtonItem Content="Open"/>
          <dxr:BackstageSeparatorItem  />
          <dxr:BackstageTabItem Content="Settings">
            <dxr:BackstageTabItem.ControlPane>
              <StackPanel Margin="10,5,0,0">
                <Label Content="Ribbon style:" FontSize="16" FontWeight="Bold"/>
                <RadioButton Content="Office 2007" />
                <RadioButton Content="Office 2010" />
                <RadioButton Content="Office 2019" />
              </StackPanel>
            </dxr:BackstageTabItem.ControlPane>
          </dxr:BackstageTabItem>
          <dxr:BackstageButtonItem Content="Close" Placement="Bottom"/>
        </dxr:BackstageViewControl.Items>
      </dxr:BackstageViewControl>
    </dxr:RibbonControl.ApplicationMenu>
  <!-- ... -->
  </dxr:RibbonControl>
  <!-- ... -->
</dx:ThemedWindow>

BackstageViewControl - Overview sample

Backstage View Visual Structure

The Backstage View includes two areas:

Name	Position in the Backstage View	Description
Item area	At the left	Contains all backstage items.
Control pane area	At the right	Displays the selected tab item’s content.

Item Area’s Child Objects

A BackstageViewControl can contain the following child objects:

Access Child Tabs

You can use the read-only BackstageViewControl.Tabs list to access all the existing BackstageViewControl‘s tab items.

Customize a Backstage View

Property	Description
BackgroundGlyph	Gets or sets the image displayed at the BackstageViewControl‘s right bottom corner.
TabPaneMinWidth	Gets or sets the Item area pane‘s minimum width.
RibbonStyle	Gets or sets the BackstageViewControl‘s paint style.
BackgroundStyle	Gets or sets the BackstageViewControl‘s background style.
CloseButtonVisibility	Gets or sets whether the button that closes the control is visible.
IsFullScreen	Gets or sets whether the BackstageViewControl occupies the entire client area of the application window. This is a dependency property.