BackstageItemBase.Placement Property

Gets or sets the backstage item’s postition. This is a dependency property.

Assembly : DevExpress.Xpf.Ribbon.v25.2.dll

NuGet Package : DevExpress.Wpf.Ribbon

Declaration

C#
VB.NET

csharp

public BackstageItemPlacement Placement { get; set; }

Public Property Placement As BackstageItemPlacement

Property Value

Type	Description
BackstageItemPlacement

The BackstageItemPlacement value that specifies the backstage item’s postition.

Available values:

Name	Description
Top

The backstage item is displayed at the top.

| | Bottom |

The backstage item is displayed at the bottom.

Remarks

The following code sample displays the Close, Options, and About BackstageButtonItems at the bottom of the BackStageView :

XAML

xaml

<dx:ThemedWindow
  ...
  xmlns:dxr="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/ribbon">
  <!-- ... -->
  <dxr:RibbonControl>
    <dxr:RibbonControl.ApplicationMenu>
      <dxr:BackstageViewControl>
        <dxr:BackstageViewControl.Items>
          <!-- ... -->
          <dxr:BackstageSeparatorItem/>
          <dxr:BackstageButtonItem Content="Close" Placement="Top"/>
          <dxr:BackstageSeparatorItem/>
          <dxr:BackstageButtonItem Content="Close" Placement="Bottom"/>
          <dxr:BackstageButtonItem Content="Options" Placement="Bottom"/>
          <dxr:BackstageButtonItem Content="About" Placement="Bottom"//>
          </dxr:BackstageViewControl.Items>
      </dxr:BackstageViewControl>
    </dxr:RibbonControl.ApplicationMenu>
  </dxr:RibbonControl>
</dx:ThemedWindow>

Tip

You can use the BackstageItemWithImage.Glyph to specify a BackstageTabItem‘s or BackstageButtonItem‘s glyph.