windowsforms-devexpress-dot-xtrabars-dot-ribbon-71c4ffab.md
Represents a group within a Ribbon Page.
Namespace : DevExpress.XtraBars.Ribbon
Assembly : DevExpress.XtraBars.v25.2.dll
NuGet Package : DevExpress.Win.Navigation
public class RibbonPageGroup :
BaseRibbonComponent,
ISupportRibbonKeyTip,
ISupportMergeOrder,
IDXImageUriClient,
ICloneable
Public Class RibbonPageGroup
Inherits BaseRibbonComponent
Implements ISupportRibbonKeyTip,
ISupportMergeOrder,
IDXImageUriClient,
ICloneable
The following members return RibbonPageGroup objects:
The RibbonPageGroup class represents a group within a RibbonPage. All groups owned by a page are specified by the RibbonPage.Groups property. You can use this property to add and remove specific groups.
To add commands to the group use the RibbonPageGroup.ItemLinks property.
For more information on groups see Ribbon Page Group.
This example creates DevExpress WinForms RibbonControl and RibbonStatusBar:
RibbonControl contains the “Home” page, “File” and “Print” groups, and four commands (bar items).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:
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);
}
}
}
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
Object MarshalByRefObject Component DevExpress.XtraBars.BaseBarComponent DevExpress.XtraBars.Ribbon.BaseRibbonComponent RibbonPageGroup
See Also