RibbonControl.Manager Property

Gets the Ribbon BarManager.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraBars.Ribbon

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraBars.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

C#

[Browsable(false)]
public virtual RibbonBarManager Manager { get; }

VB.NET

<Browsable(False)>
Public Overridable ReadOnly Property Manager As RibbonBarManager

Property Value

Type	Description
DevExpress.XtraBars.Ribbon.RibbonBarManager	A DevExpress.XtraBars.Ribbon.RibbonBarManager object that represents the Ribbon BarManager.

Remarks

Generally you will need this property when creating bar items using their constructors that have a manager parameter. Pass the object specified by the Manager property as the manager parameter. In this instance, the created bar item will be automatically added to the RibbonControl.Items collection. See the RibbonControl.Items topic for more information.

Example

This example creates DevExpress WinForms RibbonControl and RibbonStatusBar:

• The RibbonControl contains the “Home” page, “File” and “Print” groups, and four commands (bar items).
• The RibbonStatusBar displays the “Print” command. The “Print” command is aligned to the right.

The following animation shows the result:

Prerequisites

In this example, the SvgImageCollection was created and populated with SVG images at design-time.

Note

When creating the Ribbon UI in code, ensure that the following requirements are met:

1. All bar items are added to the RibbonControl.Items collection.
2. All bar items have unique identifiers (the BarItem.Id property should be set to a unique value).

C#

using System.Windows.Forms;
using DevExpress.XtraBars.Ribbon;
using DevExpress.XtraBars;
using DevExpress.XtraEditors;

namespace DXApplication
{
    public partial class Form1 : XtraForm
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            // Create the DevExpress RibbonControl
            RibbonControl ribbon = new RibbonControl();
            this.Controls.Add(ribbon);
            /* Assign the SVG image collection to display images/icons within bar items.
             * In this example, the svgImageCollection1 was created and populated with SVG images at design-time.
             */
            ribbon.Images = svgImageCollection1;

            // Create a Ribbon page.
            RibbonPage pageHome = new RibbonPage("Home");
            ribbon.Pages.Add(pageHome);
            // Create a Ribbon page group.
            RibbonPageGroup groupFile = new RibbonPageGroup("File");
            pageHome.Groups.Add(groupFile);
            // Create another Ribbon page group.
            RibbonPageGroup groupPrint = new RibbonPageGroup("Print");
            pageHome.Groups.Add(groupPrint);

            // Create button items and add them to the 'File' group.
            BarButtonItem itemNew = ribbon.Items.CreateButton("New");
            // Ensures correct runtime layout (de)serialization.
            itemNew.Id = ribbon.Manager.GetNewItemId();
            // Specifies the image.
            itemNew.ImageOptions.SvgImage = svgImageCollection1["new"];
            itemNew.RibbonStyle = RibbonItemStyles.Large;
            itemNew.ItemClick += ItemClick;

            BarButtonItem itemOpen = ribbon.Items.CreateButton("Open");
            itemOpen.Id = ribbon.Manager.GetNewItemId();
            itemOpen.RibbonStyle = RibbonItemStyles.Large;
            itemOpen.ImageOptions.SvgImage = svgImageCollection1["open"];
            itemOpen.ItemClick += ItemClick;

            groupFile.ItemLinks.AddRange(new BarItem[] { itemNew, itemOpen });

            /* Create a button item using its constructor and add the button item to the 'Print' group.
             * The constructor automatically adds the new item to the RibbonControl's Items collection.
             */
            BarButtonItem itemPrint = new BarButtonItem(ribbon.Manager, "Print")
            {
                Id = ribbon.Manager.GetNewItemId(),
                RibbonStyle = RibbonItemStyles.Large
            };
            itemPrint.ImageOptions.SvgImage = svgImageCollection1["print"];
            itemPrint.ItemClick += ItemClick;

            // Create a button item using the default constructor.
            BarButtonItem itemPreview = new BarButtonItem()
            {
                Caption = "Preview",
                RibbonStyle = RibbonItemStyles.Large,
                Id = ribbon.Manager.GetNewItemId(),
            };
            itemPreview.ImageOptions.SvgImage = svgImageCollection1["preview"];
            itemPreview.ItemClick += ItemClick;
            // Add the 'Preview' item to the RibbonControl's Items collection.
            ribbon.Items.Add(itemPreview);

            groupPrint.ItemLinks.AddRange(new BarItem[] { itemPrint, itemPreview });

            // Create a status bar with the 'Print' command.
            RibbonStatusBar ribbonStatusBar = new RibbonStatusBar(ribbon)
            {
                Parent = this
            };
            BarItemLink linkPrint = ribbonStatusBar.ItemLinks.Add(itemPrint);
            linkPrint.UserRibbonStyle = RibbonItemStyles.SmallWithoutText;
            linkPrint.UserAlignment = BarItemLinkAlignment.Right;
        }

        void ItemClick(object sender, ItemClickEventArgs e)
        {
            XtraMessageBox.Show(string.Format("{0} command clicked.", e.Item.Caption), "Info", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information);
        }
    }
}

VB.NET

Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports DevExpress.XtraBars.Ribbon
Imports DevExpress.XtraBars
Imports DevExpress.XtraEditors

Namespace DXApplication
    Partial Public Class Form1
        Inherits XtraForm

        Public Sub New()
            InitializeComponent()
            ' Create the DevExpress RibbonControl
            Dim ribbon As New RibbonControl()
            Me.Controls.Add(ribbon)
'             Assign the SVG image collection to display images/icons within bar items.
'             * In this example, the svgImageCollection1 was created and populated with SVG images at design-time.
'             
            ribbon.Images = svgImageCollection1

            ' Create a Ribbon page.
            Dim pageHome As New RibbonPage("Home")
            ribbon.Pages.Add(pageHome)
            ' Create a Ribbon page group.
            Dim groupFile As New RibbonPageGroup("File")
            pageHome.Groups.Add(groupFile)
            ' Create another Ribbon page group.
            Dim groupPrint As New RibbonPageGroup("Print")
            pageHome.Groups.Add(groupPrint)

            ' Create button items and add them to the 'File' group.
            Dim itemNew As BarButtonItem = ribbon.Items.CreateButton("New")
            ' Ensures correct runtime layout (de)serialization.
            itemNew.Id = ribbon.Manager.GetNewItemId()
            ' Specifies the image.
            itemNew.ImageOptions.SvgImage = svgImageCollection1("new")
            itemNew.RibbonStyle = RibbonItemStyles.Large
            AddHandler itemNew.ItemClick, AddressOf ItemClick

            Dim itemOpen As BarButtonItem = ribbon.Items.CreateButton("Open")
            itemOpen.Id = ribbon.Manager.GetNewItemId()
            itemOpen.RibbonStyle = RibbonItemStyles.Large
            itemOpen.ImageOptions.SvgImage = svgImageCollection1("open")
            AddHandler itemOpen.ItemClick, AddressOf ItemClick

            groupFile.ItemLinks.AddRange(New BarItem() { itemNew, itemOpen })

'             Create a button item using its constructor and add the button item to the 'Print' group.
'             * The constructor automatically adds the new item to the RibbonControl's Items collection.
'             
            Dim itemPrint As New BarButtonItem(ribbon.Manager, "Print") With {
                .Id = ribbon.Manager.GetNewItemId(),
                .RibbonStyle = RibbonItemStyles.Large
            }
            itemPrint.ImageOptions.SvgImage = svgImageCollection1("print")
            AddHandler itemPrint.ItemClick, AddressOf ItemClick

            ' Create a button item using the default constructor.
            Dim itemPreview As New BarButtonItem() With {
                .Caption = "Preview",
                .RibbonStyle = RibbonItemStyles.Large,
                .Id = ribbon.Manager.GetNewItemId()
            }
            itemPreview.ImageOptions.SvgImage = svgImageCollection1("preview")
            AddHandler itemPreview.ItemClick, AddressOf ItemClick
            ' Add the 'Preview' item to the RibbonControl's Items collection.
            ribbon.Items.Add(itemPreview)

            groupPrint.ItemLinks.AddRange(New BarItem() { itemPrint, itemPreview })

            ' Create a status bar with the 'Print' command.
            Dim ribbonStatusBar As New RibbonStatusBar(ribbon) With {.Parent = Me}
            Dim linkPrint As BarItemLink = ribbonStatusBar.ItemLinks.Add(itemPrint)
            linkPrint.UserRibbonStyle = RibbonItemStyles.SmallWithoutText
            linkPrint.UserAlignment = BarItemLinkAlignment.Right
        End Sub

        Private Sub ItemClick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As ItemClickEventArgs)
            XtraMessageBox.Show(String.Format("{0} command clicked.", e.Item.Caption), "Info", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information)
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

winforms-dashboard-custom-properties/CS/WinForms-Dashboard-Custom-Properties/Modules/ConstantLineUserValueModule.cs#L47

}
var barItem = new BarButtonItem(ribbon.Manager, caption);
barItem.ImageOptions.SvgImage = barImage;

winforms-dashboard-custom-items-extension/CS/CustomItemExtension/CustomItems/WebPageItem/WebPageItemExtensionModule.cs#L66

buttonEdit.ButtonClick += ButtonEdit_ButtonClick;
urlBarItem = new BarEditItem(designer.Ribbon.Manager, buttonEdit);
urlBarItem.Caption = "URI Pattern";

VB.NET

winforms-dashboard-custom-properties/VB/WinForms-Dashboard-Custom-Properties/Modules/ConstantLineUserValueModule.vb#L47

End If
Dim barItem = New BarButtonItem(ribbon.Manager, caption)
barItem.ImageOptions.SvgImage = barImage

winforms-dashboard-custom-items-extension/VB/CustomItemExtension/CustomItems/WebPageItem/WebPageItemExtensionModule.vb#L75

AddHandler buttonEdit.ButtonClick, AddressOf ButtonEdit_ButtonClick
urlBarItem = New BarEditItem(designer.Ribbon.Manager, buttonEdit)
urlBarItem.Caption = "URI Pattern"