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RibbonPageCategoryBase Class

Represents the base class for Ribbon categories.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Ribbon

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Ribbon.v24.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.Ribbon

#Declaration

public class RibbonPageCategoryBase :
    BaseRibbonItem,
    ICloneable,
    IMultipleElementRegistratorSupport,
    IBarNameScopeSupport,
    IInputElement,
    IBarManagerControllerAction,
    IControllerAction,
    IAltitudeSupport,
    IRibbonMergingSupport,
    ILogicalChildrenContainer

The following members return RibbonPageCategoryBase objects:

#Remarks

This is the base class for default and custom ribbon page categories. See RibbonDefaultPageCategory to learn more.

#Example

This example shows how to create a Default Page Category containing one “Home” page. The “Home” page contains three page groups (“File”, “Edit” and “Format”), each displaying specific commands.

The following image shows the result:

RibbonControl_Ex

View Example

<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>

#Implements

#Inheritance

See Also