Ribbon Tab

Dec 28, 2020
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The Ribbon is comprised of tabs. Each tab contains bar items that allow end-users to accomplish a common task. To further categorize related bar items within a tab, items are organized into groups.

Tabs are represented by TdxRibbonTab objects that can be accessed via the Ribbon’s Tabs property. Our Ribbon implementation provides a comprehensive tab management API which is outlined below.

Aspect

Members

Description

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Behavior

The Ribbon’s OnTabChanged and OnTabChanging events

Allows you to respond to tab selection.

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Context

The tab’s Context property

Allows you to associate a tab with a certain application context. Once associated, the tab is displayed as a contextual tab.

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KeyTip

The tab’s KeyTip property

Specifies the tab’s KeyTip.

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Selection

The Ribbon’s ActiveTab or tab’s Active property

Allows you to activate a tab.

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Tab Elements

The tab’s Groups property

The tab’s AddToolBar method and group’s ToolBar property

Allows you to manage groups within this tab.

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Tab Header

The tab’s Caption property

Specifies the tab header’s caption.

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Visibility

The Ribbon’s ShowTabGroups and ShowTabHeaders properties

The tab’s Visible property

Specify the visibility of tab pages, tab headers and individual tabs.