Add a Tab to the Ribbon {Warning} The Ribbon’s structure is built by creating tabs, and then placing groups inside those tabs, and placing tools inside those groups. The following diagram demonstrates this structural relationship: This topic discusses how you can add a single tab to the Ribbon. After the tab has b...
Add a TextBox to a Toolbar The WinToolbarsManager™ component has 15 different tool types that you can add to a ToolBar . This demonstrates how to add a TextBoxTool design-time and run-time. At Design Time To configure the UltraWinToolbar element, open the design-time customizer by right-clicking on the UltraToolba...
Add a Tool to a Ribbon Group {Warning} The Ribbon’s structure is built by creating tabs, and then placing groups inside those tabs, and placing tools inside those groups. The following diagram demonstrates this structural relationship: This topic discusses how you can add a tool to a Ribbon group. This topic assum...
Add a Tool to the Quick Access Toolbar {Warning} The Ribbon offers you an easy way to help the end user work quickly and efficiently. Using the Quick Access Toolbar (QAT), you can gather the most frequently used tools in one convenient location. The QAT is completely customizable at run time with no extra code. By...
Add a Tool to the Tool Area of the Ribbon’s Application Menu {Warning} The Ribbon has a unique menu area that can be opened by clicking the large round button in the upper-left corner of the Ribbon. The drop-down Application Menu contains three areas where you can place almost any type of tool. These three areas a...
Add an MDIWindowList Tool to a Toolbar The WinToolbarsManager™ component has 15 different tool types that you can add to a ToolBar . This demonstrates how to create an MDIWindowList tool on a menu belonging to an MDI parent form. The MDIWindowList tool displays a list of the current open MDI child windows belongin...
Add an MRU List to a Menu A MRU (most recently used) list can be helpful in a number of situations, such as letting users access the most recent files that they saved. A good tool to use to accomplish this is with a List tool of the WinToolbarsManager™. As files are saved you can insert that file name into the Lis...
Add KeyTips to the Ribbon {Warning} Most windows forms applications contain some sort of a main menu. This main menu can include items such as File, Edit, View, etc. You can use mnemonics to help the end user select items from the menu without actually pointing and clicking with the mouse. The Ribbon does not have...
Add Separators Between Tools Separators are unique tools that are used to visually indicate a group of Tools, related in functionality. To add a separator at design-time, right click on the WinToolbarsManager™ and choose Customize… Assuming that you have already created a toolbar and added tools to it, right-clic...
Add Toolbars at Run Time Toolbars can be added to the WinToolbarsManager™ component at run time as well as at design time. This is done by passing the Key of a toolbar to the AddToolbar method. Once the toolbar has been added to the UltraToolBarsManager element, it can be configured by setting the appropriate prop...