How to create a BarButtonGroup

• Aug 01, 2019

This example shows how to define a BarButtonGroup in XAML.

A BarButtonGroup, residing in a Format page group, combines three check buttons (Bold, Italic and Underline).

View Example

MainWindow.xaml

<dxr:RibbonDefaultPageCategory>
    <dxr:RibbonPage Caption="Home">
        <dxr:RibbonPageGroup Name="pgFile" Caption="File" 
                             ShowCaptionButton="True"
                             CaptionButtonClick="groupFile_CaptionButtonClick"
                             >
            <dxb:BarButtonItem Name="bNew" Content="New" 
                   Glyph="{dxc:DXImage Image=New_16x16.png}" 
                   LargeGlyph="{dxc:DXImage Image=New_32x32.png}"  
                   Description="Creates a new document."
                   Hint="Creates a blank document."
                   RibbonStyle="Large"/>

            <dxb:BarButtonItem Name="bOpen" Content="Open" 
                   Glyph="{dxc:DXImage Image=Open_16x16.png}" 
                   LargeGlyph="{dxc:DXImage Image=Open_32x32.png}" 
                   Description="Opens a file."
                   Hint="Opens a file."
                   RibbonStyle="SmallWithText"/>

            <dxb:BarButtonItem Name="bClose" Content="Close" 
                   Glyph="{dxc:DXImage Image=Close_16x16.png}" 
                   LargeGlyph="{dxc:DXImage Image=Close_32x32.png}"
                   Hint="Closes the current document"
                   RibbonStyle="SmallWithText"/>

            <dxb:BarButtonItem Name="bPrint" Content="Print" 
                   Glyph="{dxc:DXImage Image=Print_16x16.png}" 
                   LargeGlyph="{dxc:DXImage Image=Print_32x32.png}"  
                   Description="Prints the document."
                   Hint="Prints the document." 
                   RibbonStyle="SmallWithText"/>

            <dxb:BarItemLinkSeparator/>

            <dxb:BarSplitButtonItem Name="sbSave" Content="Save" 
                        Glyph="{dxc:DXImage Image=Save_16x16.png}" 
                        LargeGlyph="{dxc:DXImage Image=Save_32x32.png}" 
                        RibbonStyle="Large">
                <dxb:BarSplitButtonItem.PopupControl >
                    <dxb:PopupMenu>
                        <dxb:BarButtonItem Name="bSave" Content="Save" 
                            Glyph="{dxc:DXImage Image=Save_16x16.png}" 
                            LargeGlyph="{dxc:DXImage Image=Save_32x32.png}"  
                            Description="Saves the document."
                            Hint="Saves the document."/>
                        <dxb:BarButtonItem Name="bSaveAs" Content="Save As..." 
                            Glyph="{dxc:DXImage Image=SaveDialog_16x16.png}" 
                            LargeGlyph="{dxc:DXImage Image=SaveDialog_32x32.png}" 
                            Description="Save Document As..."
                            Hint="Save Document As..."/>
                    </dxb:PopupMenu>
                </dxb:BarSplitButtonItem.PopupControl>
            </dxb:BarSplitButtonItem>


        </dxr:RibbonPageGroup>
        <dxr:RibbonPageGroup Caption="Edit" ShowCaptionButton="True" CaptionButtonClick="groupEdit_CaptionButtonClick">
            <dxb:BarButtonItem Name="bPaste" Content="Paste" 
                   Glyph="{dxc:DXImage Image=Paste_16x16.png}" 
                   LargeGlyph="{dxc:DXImage Image=Paste_32x32.png}" RibbonStyle="Large"/>

            <dxb:BarButtonItem Name="bCut" Content="Cut" 
                   Glyph="{dxc:DXImage Image=Cut_16x16.png}"  RibbonStyle="SmallWithText"/>
            <dxb:BarButtonItem Name="bCopy" Content="Copy" 
                   Glyph="{dxc:DXImage Image=Copy_16x16.png}"  RibbonStyle="SmallWithText"/>
            <dxb:BarButtonItem Name="bClear" Content="Clear" 
                   Glyph="{dxc:DXImage Image=Delete_16x16.png}"  RibbonStyle="SmallWithText"/>

        </dxr:RibbonPageGroup>

        <dxr:RibbonPageGroup Caption="Format" ShowCaptionButton="False">
            <!--region #BarButtonGroup-->
            <dxr:BarButtonGroup Name="bgFontShape" RibbonStyle="SmallWithoutText">
                <dxb:BarCheckItem Name="bBold" Content="Bold" 
                  Glyph="{dxc:DXImage Image=Bold_16x16.png}" />
                <dxb:BarCheckItem Name="bItalic" Content="Italic" 
                  Glyph="{dxc:DXImage Image=Italic_16x16.png}" />
                <dxb:BarCheckItem Name="bUnderline" Content="Underline" 
                  Glyph="{dxc:DXImage Image=Underline_16x16.png}" />
            </dxr:BarButtonGroup>
            <!--endregion #BarButtonGroup-->

        </dxr:RibbonPageGroup>
    </dxr:RibbonPage>
</dxr:RibbonDefaultPageCategory>