RichEditControl.BarManager Property

Gets or sets the main component that provides the Bars functionality. This is a dependency property.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.RichEdit

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

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.RichEdit

Declaration

C#

public BarManager BarManager { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property BarManager As BarManager

Property Value

Type	Description
BarManager	A BarManager object.

Remarks

The BarManager specifies the container for bars and popup menus. Use this property to enable bar or Ribbon interface of DXRichEdit control.

The BarManager should be initialized when binding it to the RichEditControl. To create bars dynamically, unlink the RichEditControl from BarManager, add the required bars and a bar item and then link RichEditControl to this BarManager, as shown in the code snippet below:

C#

//Unlink the BarManager from the RichEditControl
var barManager = richEditControl1.BarManager;
richEditControl1.BarManager = null;

 //Create new bar items
var bar = new Bar() { Caption = "New Item" };
bar.DockInfo.ContainerType = BarContainerType.Top;
bar.ShowDragWidget = false;
barManager.Bars.Add(bar);
var item = new BarButtonItem();
item.Command = RichEditUICommand.EditCut;
item.CommandParameter = richEditControl1;
bar.ItemLinks.Add(item);
barManager.Items.Add(item);

//Bind the BarManager to the RichEditControl
richEditControl1.BarManager = barManager;

VB.NET

'Unlink the BarManager from the RichEditControl
Dim barManager = richEditControl1.BarManager
richEditControl1.BarManager = Nothing

'Create new bar items
Dim bar = New Bar() With {.Caption = "New Item"}
bar.DockInfo.ContainerType = BarContainerType.Top
bar.ShowDragWidget = False
barManager.Bars.Add(bar)
Dim item = New BarButtonItem()
item.Command = RichEditUICommand.EditCut
item.CommandParameter = richEditControl1
bar.ItemLinks.Add(item)
barManager.Items.Add(item)

'Bind the BarManager to the RichEditControl
 richEditControl1.BarManager = barManager

Related GitHub Examples

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XAML

dxrichedit-for-wpf-how-to-configure-spell-check/CS/DXRichEdit_SpellCheck/MainWindow.xaml#L20

<dxb:BarManager Name="barManager1" Grid.Row="1">
    <dxre:RichEditControl x:Name="richEdit" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" BarManager="{Binding ElementName=barManager1, Mode=OneTime}" ShowBorder="False"/>
</dxb:BarManager>

dxrichedit-for-wpf-how-to-print-a-document-as-a-series-of-images/CS/SaveAsImage/MainWindow.xaml#L47

    </dxr:RibbonControl>
    <dxre:RichEditControl x:Name="richEditControl1" BarManager="{Binding ElementName=barManager1, Mode=OneTime}" Ribbon="{Binding ElementName=ribbonControl1, Mode=OneTime}" Loaded="richEditControl1_Loaded"  />
</DockPanel>

wpf-richedit-embed-a-live-chart-into-a-document/CS/RichEdit_InsertChart/MainWindow.xaml#L43

    </dxr:RibbonControl>
    <dxre:RichEditControl Name="richEditControl1" BarManager="{Binding ElementName=barManager1, Mode=OneTime}" Ribbon="{Binding ElementName=ribbonControl1, Mode=OneTime}" CalculateDocumentVariable="richEditControl1_CalculateDocumentVariable" />
</DockPanel>

wpf-rich-text-editor-customize-context-menu/CS/ContextMenuCustomization/MainWindow.xaml#L38

<dxre:RichEditControl x:Name="richEdit" CommandBarStyle="Empty" BarManager="{Binding ElementName=barManager1, Mode=OneTime}" PopupMenuShowing="RichEditPopupMenuShowing">
    <dxre:RichEditControl.MenuCustomizations>

wpf-richedit-bind-richeditcontrol-to-text-in-different-formats/CS/BindingConverter/MainWindow.xaml#L20

                <dxre:RichEditControl x:Name="richEditControl1"  Height="Auto" Width="Auto"
                   BarManager="{Binding ElementName=barManager1}" ActiveViewType="Simple" />
</dxb:BarManager>