RibbonControl.BackstageView Property

Gets or sets the BackstageView control encapsulating the Main Menu for the Ribbon control.

Namespace: DevExpress.UI.Xaml.Ribbon

Assembly: DevExpress.UI.Xaml.Ribbon.v21.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Uwp.Controls

Declaration

C#

public BackstageView BackstageView { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property BackstageView As BackstageView

Property Value

Type	Description
BackstageView	The object that specifies the Main Menu for the Ribbon control.

Remarks

To add a Main Menu to the Ribbon control, assign a BackstageView object to the RibbonControl.BackstageView property. When this is done, the Ribbon control displays an additional tab at the beginning, which can be clicked to invoke the Main Menu. The following image shows the Ribbon control with the associated Main Menu, named “File”.

A click on the “File” tab invokes the associated BackstageView containing four items. The “New” tab item is currently selected:

To learn more, see Backstage View.