The RibbonControlAdv, added to Office 2007, now comes with a couple of features and customization properties that improve its appearance. This sample illustrates its features.
The Ribbon ControlAdv comes with the Office Menu Button, which can contain an image. The visibility of the Office Menu Button can be toggled during run time. Also, the Office Menu Button can have Super ToolTips and a Super Accelerator associated with it.
Similar to the Office 2007 UI, the Ribbon ControlAdv can have the Office Menu Drop-Down with both the main and auxiliary panels. Also, the context-menu strips can be associated as drop-down menus.
The Quick Access ToolBar can host items within it, making access to them easy and efficient. This Quick Access ToolBar can be displayed below or above the ribbon.
The Ribbon Panel can have various tab items that have the ability to scroll. It has three different states: expanded, collapsed, and floating. The panel can also be prevented from collapsing.
The Ribbon ControlAdv allows tab items to be grouped together. Setting the color of the tab group will also apply colors to the corresponding tab panel.
Essential Tools Ribbon ControlAdv provides options to add a collection of items and store them in a gallery. With the Dimensions property, items that need to be visible in the gallery can be set. The gallery items come with standard and compact scrollbars.
It supports all three color schemes: Blue, Silver, and Black.
Office 2007 controls—such as the Ribbon Control, Status StripEx, and Ribbon Form—can appear in user-defined custom colors.
Tab items can have a number of Tool StripEx controls, which in turn can host various items. Tool-strip tab items can also host custom controls, such as a grid or a tree view. The TabItem and QuickAccessPanel item collections can be easily retrieved at run time.