RibbonControl Properties

Allows you to create a Ribbon toolbar with commands grouped into categories, pages and page groups.

Name	Description
AccessibilityObject	Gets the AccessibleObject assigned to the control. Inherited from Control.
AccessibleDefaultActionDescription	Gets or sets the default action description of the control for use by accessibility client applications. Inherited from Control.
AccessibleDescription	Gets or sets the description of the control used by accessibility client applications. Inherited from Control.
AccessibleName	Gets or sets the name of the control used by accessibility client applications. Inherited from Control.
AccessibleRibbon	Gets the object that provides the accessibility information.
AccessibleRole	Gets or sets the accessible role of the control. Inherited from Control.
AllowContentChangeAnimation	Gets or sets whether to use animation when changing pages.
AllowCustomization	Gets or sets whether an end-user can customize the current RibbonControl at runtime.
AllowDrop	Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control can accept data that the user drags onto it. Inherited from Control.
AllowGlyphSkinning	Gets or sets whether glyphs for all BarItems within the RibbonControl should be painted using the text foreground color.
AllowHtmlText	Gets or sets whether a BarItemLinks’ text within the current RibbonControl can be formatted using HTML tags.
AllowInplaceLinks	For internal use.
AllowKeyTips	Gets or sets whether Key Tips are enabled.
AllowMdiChildButtons	Gets or sets whether MDI buttons for the current RibbonControl‘s child Ribbons are enabled.
AllowMergeInvisibleItems static	Gets or sets whether invisible items within a parent RibbonControl should be merged with child RibbonControl‘s items with same captions.
AllowMinimizeRibbon	Gets or sets whether the Ribbon can be minimized. If this property equals false, the ribbon context menu does not show the Minimize the Ribbon command, and the Minimized property is not in effect.
AllowTrimPageText	Gets or sets whether text in Ribbon page tabs (RibbonPage.Text) is trimmed when reducing the Ribbon Control’s width.
Anchor	Gets or sets the edges of the container to which a control is bound and determines how a control is resized with its parent. Inherited from Control.
ApplicationButtonAccessibleDescription	Gets or sets the description for the Application Button used by client accessibility applications.
ApplicationButtonAccessibleName	Gets or sets the name for the Application Button which is used by client accessibility applications.
ApplicationButtonAnimationLength	Gets or sets the length of the fading animation effect for the Application Button.
ApplicationButtonDropDownControl	Gets or sets the drop-down control which is invoked when the Application Button is clicked.
ApplicationButtonImageOptions	Provides access to options that allow you to specify and customize the Application Button‘s raster or vector icon.
ApplicationButtonKeyTip	Gets or sets the Key Tip for the Application Button.
ApplicationButtonSuperTip	Gets or sets a SuperToolTip for the Application Button.
ApplicationButtonText	Gets or sets the Application Button‘s text.
ApplicationCaption	Gets or sets the second portion of the RibbonForm’s caption which generally specifies the name of the current application.
ApplicationDocumentCaption	Gets or sets the first portion of the RibbonForm’s caption which generally specifies the name of the active document.
ApplicationIcon	Gets or sets an image displayed in the Application Button.
AutoHiddenPagesMenuItem	For internal use.
AutoHideEmptyItems	Gets or sets whether all empty items within this RibbonControl should be automatically hidden.
AutoSaveLayoutToXml	Gets or sets whether the RibbonControl automatically saves its layout when the parent form is closed.
AutoSaveLayoutToXmlPath	Gets or sets the path for an XML file, to which the auto-saved layout is written.
AutoScrollOffset	Gets or sets where this control is scrolled to in ScrollControlIntoView(Control). Inherited from Control.
AutoSize	This property is not supported by the RibbonControl class.
AutoSizeItems	Gets or sets whether bar item links are displayed with the same width within a group.
AutoUpdateMergedRibbons	Gets or sets whether items added to/removed from a child ribbon merged with this ribbon are automatically added to/removed from this ribbon.
BackColor	Gets or sets the background color for the control. Inherited from Control.
BackgroundImage	This member supports the internal infrastructure, and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
BackgroundImageLayout	This member supports the internal infrastructure, and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
BindingContext	Gets or sets the BindingContext for the control. Inherited from Control.
Bottom	Gets the distance, in pixels, between the bottom edge of the control and the top edge of its container’s client area. Inherited from Control.
Bounds	Gets or sets the size and location of the control including its nonclient elements, in pixels, relative to the parent control. Inherited from Control.
ButtonGroupsLayout	Gets or sets the button group layout for all BarButtonGroup objects within this RibbonControl.
ButtonGroupsVertAlign	Gets or sets the vertical alignment of button groups within Ribbon page groups.
CanEnableIme protected	Gets a value indicating whether the ImeMode property can be set to an active value, to enable IME support. Inherited from Control.
CanFocus	Gets a value indicating whether the control can receive focus. Inherited from Control.
CanRaiseEvents protected	Determines if events can be raised on the control. Inherited from Control.
CanSelect	Gets a value indicating whether the control can be selected. Inherited from Control.
CaptionBarItemLinks	Provides access to bar item links displayed in the RibbonForm‘s caption area.
CaptionBarMinWidth	Gets or sets the minimum width (in pixels) for the Ribbon caption bar.
Capture	Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control has captured the mouse. Inherited from Control.
Categories	Gets a collection of categories used to logically organize bar items.
CausesValidation	Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control causes validation to be performed on any controls that require validation when it receives focus. Inherited from Control.
CheckForIllegalCrossThreadCalls static	Gets or sets a value indicating whether to catch calls on the wrong thread that access a control’s Handle property when an application is being debugged. Inherited from Control.
ClientRectangle	Gets the rectangle that represents the client area of the control. Inherited from Control.
ClientSize	Gets or sets the height and width of the client area of the control. Inherited from Control.
ColorScheme	Gets or sets the color applied to specific RibbonControl elements.
CommandLayout	Gets or sets the RibbonControl‘s command layout: single-row Simplified or default Classic.
CompanyName	Gets the name of the company or creator of the application containing the control. Inherited from Control.
Container	Gets the IContainer that contains the Component. Inherited from Component.
ContainsFocus	Gets a value indicating whether the control, or one of its child controls, currently has the input focus. Inherited from Control.
ContextMenu	Overrides the ContextMenu property.
Controller	Gets or sets the bar and dock controller that specifies default appearance settings for the Ribbon Control.
Controls	Gets the collection of controls contained within the control. Inherited from Control.
Created	Gets a value indicating whether the control has been created. Inherited from Control.
CreateParams protected	Gets the required creation parameters when the control handle is created. Inherited from Control.
Cursor	Gets or sets the cursor that is displayed when the mouse pointer is over the ControlBase control. Inherited from ControlBase.
DataBindings	Gets the data bindings for the control. Inherited from Control.
DefaultBackColor static	Gets the default background color of the control. Inherited from Control.
DefaultCursor protected	Gets or sets the default cursor for the control. Inherited from Control.
DefaultFont static	Gets the default font of the control. Inherited from Control.
DefaultForeColor static	Gets the default foreground color of the control. Inherited from Control.
DefaultImeMode protected	Gets the default Input Method Editor (IME) mode supported by the control. Inherited from Control.
DefaultMargin protected	Gets the space, in pixels, that is specified by default between controls. Inherited from Control.
DefaultMaximumSize protected	Gets the length and height, in pixels, that is specified as the default maximum size of a control. Inherited from Control.
DefaultMinimumSize protected	Gets the length and height, in pixels, that is specified as the default minimum size of a control. Inherited from Control.
DefaultPadding protected	Gets the internal spacing, in pixels, of the contents of a control. Inherited from Control.
DefaultPageCategory	Provides access to pages associated with the default page category.
DefaultSize protected	Gets the default size of the control. Inherited from Control.
DesignMode protected	Gets a value that indicates whether the Component is currently in design mode. Inherited from Component.
DisableAccessibility static	Gets or sets whether the Ribbon Control’s accessibility feature (providing information on the control’s data to accessibility tools, e.g., MS Narrator) is disabled. This is a static property, and thus it affects all Ribbon Controls in your application.
DisplayRectangle	Gets the rectangle that represents the display area of the control. Inherited from Control.
Disposing	Gets a value indicating whether the base Control class is in the process of disposing. Inherited from Control.
Dock	This member overrides the Dock property.
DoubleBuffered protected	Gets or sets a value indicating whether this control should redraw its surface using a secondary buffer to reduce or prevent flicker. Inherited from Control.
DrawGroupCaptions	Gets or sets whether to draw captions for Ribbon Page Groups.
DrawGroupsBorder	Obsolete. Gets or sets whether to draw borders for Ribbon Page Groups.
DrawGroupsBorderMode	Gets or sets whether or not Ribbon page groups should display their borders and captions.
EmptyAreaImageOptions	Provides access to options that specify a raster or vector image displayed in the ribbon’s empty area.
Enabled	Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control can respond to user interaction. Inherited from Control.
Events protected	Gets the list of event handlers that are attached to this Component. Inherited from Component.
ExpandCollapseItem	Provides access to the predefined button that expands/colapses the ribbon.
ExternalRepository	Gets or sets the external editors repository.
Focused	Gets a value indicating whether the control has input focus. Inherited from Control.
Font	Gets or sets the control font. Inherited from ControlBase.
FontHeight protected	Gets or sets the height of the font of the control. Inherited from Control.
ForeColor	Gets or sets the foreground color of the control. Inherited from Control.
FullScreen	Gets or sets whether the RibbonControl is displayed in the auto-hidden mode, while the RibbonForm is maximized up to the full screen. This property is in effect for the RibbonControl embedded into the RibbonForm, and displayed using the Office2013 style.
GalleryAnimationLength	Gets or sets the length of the fading animation effect for gallery items.
GroupAnimationLength	Gets or sets the length of the fading animation effect for Ribbon page groups.
Handle	Gets the window handle that the control is bound to. Inherited from Control.
HasChildren	Gets a value indicating whether the control contains one or more child controls. Inherited from Control.
HeaderAreaImageOptions	Allows you to access settings that control the header area image.
Height	Gets or sets the height of the control. Inherited from Control.
HtmlImages	Gets or sets a collection of images that can be inserted into item captions using the image tag.
Image	Gets or sets the custom background image for this RibbonControl.
ImageAlignment	Gets or sets the alignment of a background Ribbon image.
Images	Gets or sets the source of images that can be displayed within item links.
ImeMode	Gets or sets the Input Method Editor (IME) mode of the control. Inherited from Control.
ImeModeBase protected	Gets or sets the IME mode of a control. Inherited from Control.
InvokeRequired	Gets a value indicating whether the caller must call an invoke method when making method calls to the control because the caller is on a different thread than the one the control was created on. Inherited from Control.
IsAccessible	Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control is visible to accessibility applications. Inherited from Control.
IsDesignMode	Gets a value which indicates whether the Ribbon Control is currently in design mode.
IsDisposed	Gets a value indicating whether the control has been disposed of. Inherited from Control.
IsHandleCreated	Gets a value indicating whether the control has a handle associated with it. Inherited from Control.
IsMirrored	Gets a value indicating whether the control is mirrored. Inherited from Control.
IsRightToLeft	Gets whether the ControlBase‘s visual elements are actually aligned to support locales using right-to-left fonts. Inherited from ControlBase.
ItemAnimationLength	Gets or sets the length of the fading animation effect for the RibbonControl’s bar item links.
ItemPanelStyle	Gets or sets whether the panel for RibbonControl items occupies the entire form width (the Classic style), or is drawn according to the current application Skin.
Items	Provides access to a Ribbon Control’s item collection.
ItemsVertAlign	Gets or sets the vertical alignment of bar items within Ribbon page groups.
KeyTipManager	Gets the key tip manager.
LargeImages	Gets or sets the source of large images that can be displayed within item links.
LayoutEngine	Gets a cached instance of the control’s layout engine. Inherited from Control.
LayoutVersion	Gets or sets the version of the Ribbon layout. You should assign versions to layouts, if you need to customize the Ribbon layout after a previous layout version has been loaded from a data store (a stream, xml file or system registry) and applied to the control.
Left	Gets or sets the distance, in pixels, between the left edge of the control and the left edge of its container’s client area. Inherited from Control.
Location	Gets or sets the coordinates of the upper-left corner of the control relative to the upper-left corner of its container. Inherited from Control.
Manager	Gets the Ribbon BarManager.
Margin	Gets or sets the space between controls. Inherited from Control.
MaximumSize	Gets or sets the size that is the upper limit that GetPreferredSize(Size) can specify. Inherited from Control.
MaxItemId	This member supports the .NET Framework infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
MdiMergeStyle	Gets or sets if and when a merge mechanism is invoked in an MDI application.
MergedCategories	Provides access to categories that have been merged into the Ribbon Control.
MergedMessages	Gets a collection of messages from merged child ribbons. The Ribbon control displays these messages in the message bar.
MergedPages	Provides access to pages that have been merged into the default category of the Ribbon Control.
MergedRibbon	Gets the RibbonControl that has been merged into the current RibbonControl object.
MergeOwner	This member supports the internal infrastructure, and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
Messages	Gets a collection of messages displayed in the message bar.
Minimized	Gets or sets whether the ribbon is minimized.
MinimumSize	Gets or sets the size that is the lower limit that GetPreferredSize(Size) can specify. Inherited from Control.
MiniToolbars	Provides access to the collection of RibbonMiniToolbar objects.
ModifierKeys static	Gets a value indicating which of the modifier keys (SHIFT, CTRL, and ALT) is in a pressed state. Inherited from Control.
MoreCommandsItem	For internal use.
MouseButtons static	Gets a value indicating which of the mouse buttons is in a pressed state. Inherited from Control.
MousePosition static	Gets the position of the mouse cursor in screen coordinates. Inherited from Control.
Name	Gets or sets the name of the control. Inherited from Control.
NotifyAccessibilityClients	This member supports the internal infrastructure, and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
OptionsAnimation	Provides access to animation settings for this RibbonControl.
OptionsCustomizationForm	Provides access to the Customization Form‘s settings.
OptionsExpandCollapseMenu	Gets the availability and behavior settings of the Ribbon Display Options popup menu.
OptionsMenuMinWidth	Gets or sets the minimum width of the Display Options button’s dropdown window.
OptionsPageCategories	Provides access to category settings. Categories are stored in the RibbonControl.Categories collection.
OptionsSearchMenu
OptionsStubGlyphs	Provides access to options that modify a stub glyphs’ appearance.
OptionsTouch	Provides access to properties that specify this RibbonControl‘s behavior on touch-input devices.
Padding	This member is not supported by the RibbonControl.
PageAnimationLength	Gets or sets the length of the fading animation effect for the RibbonControl’s page headers.
PageCategories	Gets the collection of custom page categories, which allows contextual tab pages to be added and manipulated.
PageCategoryAlignment	Gets or sets the alignment of custom page categories, which display contextual tab pages.
PageHeaderItemLinks	Gets a collection of bar item links displayed at the right edge of the control in the same row with tab headers.
PageHeaderMinWidth	Gets or sets the minimum allowed width of page headers.
Pages	Provides access to the Ribbon Control’s main pages.
Parent	Gets or sets the parent container of the control. Inherited from Control.
PopupMenuAlignment	Gets or sets how popup menus associated with this RibbonControl should be aligned.
PopupShowMode	Gets or sets whether nested popup sub-menus are displayed in cascaded or inplace mode.
PreferredSize	Gets the size of a rectangular area into which the control can fit. Inherited from Control.
ProductName	Gets the product name of the assembly containing the control. Inherited from Control.
ProductVersion	Gets the version of the assembly containing the control. Inherited from Control.
PropagatingImeMode protected static	Gets an object that represents a propagating IME mode. Inherited from Control.
QuickToolbarItemLinks	Gets the collection of item links displayed in the Quick Access Toolbar.
RecreatingHandle	Gets a value indicating whether the control is currently re-creating its handle. Inherited from Control.
ReduceOperations	This member supports the internal infrastructure, and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
Region	Gets or sets the window region associated with the control. Inherited from Control.
RegistrationInfo	Gets the registration info for this RibbonControl.
RenderRightToLeft protected	This property is now obsolete. Inherited from Control.
RepositoryItems	Provides access to the control’s internal repository.
ResizeRedraw protected	Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control redraws itself when resized. Inherited from Control.
RibbonCaptionAlignment	Gets or sets the alignment of the ribbon caption in a Ribbon Form.
RibbonStyle	Gets or sets the style of the RibbonControl.
Right	Gets the distance, in pixels, between the right edge of the control and the left edge of its container’s client area. Inherited from Control.
RightToLeft	Gets or sets a value indicating whether control’s elements are aligned to support locales using right-to-left fonts. Inherited from Control.
RowCount	For internal use.
ScaleChildren protected	Gets a value that determines the scaling of child controls. Inherited from Control.
SearchEditItem	Provides access to the bar item that represents the search box. For internal use.
SearchItemPosition	Gets or sets the position of the Search box.
SearchItemShortcut	Gets or sets the shortcut used to focus the search box.
SearchRepositoryItem	Provides access to the repository item that represents the search box. For internal use.
SelectedPage	Gets or sets the currently selected page.
ShowApplicationButton	Gets or sets whether the Application Button is visible.
ShowCategoryInCaption	Gets or sets whether category names are displayed in the RibbonForm’s title bar.
ShowDisplayOptionsMenuButton	Gets or sets whether the button allowing an end-user to switch between the regular, minimized and full-screen ribbon modes is displayed in the form title bar. This property is in effect for the RibbonControl embedded into the RibbonForm, and displayed using the Office2013 style.
ShowExpandCollapseButton	Gets or sets whether the Ribbon Control displays a button that allows an end-user to hide/restore the RibbonControl’s pages.
ShowFocusCues protected	Gets a value indicating whether the control should display focus rectangles. Inherited from Control.
ShowFullScreenButton	Gets or sets whether the button allowing an end-user to switch between the regular, minimized and full-screen ribbon modes is displayed in the form title bar. This property is in effect for the RibbonControl embedded into the RibbonForm, and displayed using the Office2013 style.
ShowItemCaptionsInCaptionBar	Specifies whether or not bar item links from the RibbonControl.CaptionBarItemLinks collection should display their captions.
ShowItemCaptionsInPageHeader	Gets or sets whether item links within page header area should display their captions.
ShowItemCaptionsInQAT	Gets or sets whether bar item links within the Quick Access Toolbar should display their captions.
ShowKeyboardCues protected	Gets a value indicating whether the user interface is in the appropriate state to show or hide keyboard accelerators. Inherited from Control.
ShowMoreCommandsButton	Gets or sets whether to show the button that invokes a drop-down list of commands that are not visible in the ribbon due to insufficient space.
ShowPageHeaders	Obsolete. Gets or sets whether page headers are displayed.
ShowPageHeadersInFormCaption	Gets or sets whether ribbon page headers are displayed in place of the regular form title bar. This property is in effect for the RibbonControl displayed using the OfficeUniversal style, and embedded into the RibbonForm.
ShowPageHeadersMode	Gets or sets page headers display mode.
ShowPageKeyTipsMode	Gets or sets whether to display key tips for ribbon pages.
ShowQatLocationSelector	Gets or sets whether the option that allows an end-user to change the Quick Access Toolbar location is displayed in the customization menus.
ShowSearchItem	Gets or sets whether to display the search box that allows a user to find a bar item by its caption.
ShowToolbarCustomizeItem	Gets or sets whether the customize item is displayed within the Quick Access Toolbar.
SingleTapToShowKeyboard	Gets or sets whether users should tap editors once or twice to display the on-screen keyboard (when the application runs on touch-screen devices).
Site	Gets or sets the site of the control. Inherited from Control.
Size	Gets or sets the height and width of the control. Inherited from Control.
StatusBar	Gets or sets the RibbonStatusBar object linked with the current Ribbon Control.
TabIndex	This member overrides the TabIndex property.
TabStop	This member overrides the TabStop property.
Tag	Gets or sets the object that contains data about the control. Inherited from Control.
Text	This member overrides the Text property.
Toolbar	Provides access to the Quick Access Toolbar.
ToolbarLocation	Gets or sets the position of the Quick Access Toolbar.
ToolTipController	Gets or sets the tooltip controller component that controls the appearance, position and content of tooltips displayed by elements of the RibbonControl.
Top	Gets or sets the distance, in pixels, between the top edge of the control and the top edge of its container’s client area. Inherited from Control.
TopLevelControl	Gets the parent control that is not parented by another Windows Forms control. Typically, this is the outermost Form that the control is contained in. Inherited from Control.
TotalPageCategory	Allows you to return all pages and visible pages owned by the RibbonControl.
TransparentEditors	This property is provided for backward compatibility. Use the RibbonControl.TransparentEditorsMode property instead.
TransparentEditorsMode	Gets or sets whether specific in-place editors, when focused, are painted using a transparent background color.
UseWaitCursor	Gets or sets a value indicating whether to use the wait cursor for the current control and all child controls. Inherited from Control.
ViewInfo	Gets the Ribbon Control’s view information.
Visible	Gets or sets a value indicating whether the control and all its child controls are displayed. Inherited from Control.
Width	Gets or sets the width of the control. Inherited from Control.
WindowTarget	This property is not relevant for this class. Inherited from Control.