RibbonControl.OptionsExpandCollapseMenu Property

Gets the availability and behavior settings of the Ribbon Display Options popup menu.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraBars.Ribbon

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraBars.v24.2.dll

Declaration

C#

[DXCategory("Behavior")]
[XtraSerializableProperty(XtraSerializationVisibility.Content)]
public RibbonOptionsExpandCollapseMenu OptionsExpandCollapseMenu { get; }

VB.NET

<DXCategory("Behavior")>
<XtraSerializableProperty(XtraSerializationVisibility.Content)>
Public ReadOnly Property OptionsExpandCollapseMenu As RibbonOptionsExpandCollapseMenu

Property Value

Type	Description
RibbonOptionsExpandCollapseMenu	An object with settings that specify the availability and behavior of the Ribbon Display Options popup menu.

Remarks

The following example demonstrates how to enable the Ribbon Display Options menu:

C#

using DevExpress.Utils;
using DevExpress.XtraBars.Ribbon;

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {
    EnableRibbonExpandCollapseMenu();
}
void EnableRibbonExpandCollapseMenu() {
    ribbonControl1.OptionsExpandCollapseMenu.EnableExpandCollapseMenu = DefaultBoolean.True;
    ribbonControl1.OptionsExpandCollapseMenu.ShowRibbonLayoutGroup = DefaultBoolean.True;
    ribbonControl1.ExpandCollapseMenuShowing += RibbonControl1_ExpandCollapseMenuShowing;
}
private void RibbonControl1_ExpandCollapseMenuShowing(object sender, ExpandCollapseMenuShowingEventArgs e) {
    // Use 'e.Menu' to add new menu items aor customize the existing menu items.
    // e.Menu.AddItem(barItem);
    // e.Menu.ItemLinks[0].Caption = "CUSTOM_CAPTION";

    // Prevents the menu from being displayed.
    // e.Allow = false;
}

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.Utils
Imports DevExpress.XtraBars.Ribbon

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
    EnableRibbonExpandCollapseMenu()
End Sub
Private Sub EnableRibbonExpandCollapseMenu()
    ribbonControl1.OptionsExpandCollapseMenu.EnableExpandCollapseMenu = DefaultBoolean.True
    ribbonControl1.OptionsExpandCollapseMenu.ShowRibbonLayoutGroup = DefaultBoolean.True
    AddHandler ribbonControl1.ExpandCollapseMenuShowing, AddressOf RibbonControl1_ExpandCollapseMenuShowing
End Sub
Private Sub RibbonControl1_ExpandCollapseMenuShowing(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As ExpandCollapseMenuShowingEventArgs)
    ' Use e.Menu to add new menu items aor customize the existing menu items.
    ' e.Menu.AddItem(barItem);
    ' e.Menu.ItemLinks[0].Caption = "CUSTOM_CAPTION";

    ' Prevents the menu from being displayed.
    ' e.Allow = false;
End Sub

The following screenshot shows the result: