BackstageItemBase.Placement Property

Gets or sets the backstage item’s postition. This is a dependency property.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Ribbon

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Ribbon.v25.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.Ribbon

Declaration

C#

public BackstageItemPlacement Placement { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property Placement As BackstageItemPlacement

Property Value

Type	Description
BackstageItemPlacement	The BackstageItemPlacement value that specifies the backstage item’s postition.

Available values:

Name	Description
Top	The backstage item is displayed at the top.
Bottom	The backstage item is displayed at the bottom.

Remarks

The following code sample displays the Close, Options, and About BackstageButtonItems at the bottom of the BackStageView:

XAML

<dx:ThemedWindow
  ...
  xmlns:dxr="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/ribbon">
  <!-- ... -->
  <dxr:RibbonControl>
    <dxr:RibbonControl.ApplicationMenu>
      <dxr:BackstageViewControl>
        <dxr:BackstageViewControl.Items>
          <!-- ... -->
          <dxr:BackstageSeparatorItem/>
          <dxr:BackstageButtonItem Content="Close" Placement="Top"/>
          <dxr:BackstageSeparatorItem/>
          <dxr:BackstageButtonItem Content="Close" Placement="Bottom"/>
          <dxr:BackstageButtonItem Content="Options" Placement="Bottom"/>
          <dxr:BackstageButtonItem Content="About" Placement="Bottom"//>
          </dxr:BackstageViewControl.Items>
      </dxr:BackstageViewControl>
    </dxr:RibbonControl.ApplicationMenu>
  </dxr:RibbonControl>
</dx:ThemedWindow>

Tip

You can use the BackstageItemWithImage.Glyph to specify a BackstageTabItem‘s or BackstageButtonItem‘s glyph.