Ribbon element (Windows)

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Ribbon element

Applies to: desktop apps only

Represents the ribbon control in the Ribbon View.

Usage

<Ribbon
  Name = "xs:string"
  GroupSpacing = "xs:string">
  child elements
</Ribbon>

Attributes

AttributeTypeRequiredDescription

GroupSpacing

xs:string

No

(Small)

Default.

(Medium)

(Large)

Name

xs:string

No

Used to annotate the command element.

(xs:string)

Any sequence of zero or more characters.

The maximum length is unbounded.

Child elements

ElementDescription

Ribbon.ApplicationMenu

May occur at most once

Ribbon.ContextualTabs

May occur at most once

Ribbon.HelpButton

May occur at most once

Ribbon.QuickAccessToolbar

May occur at most once

Ribbon.SizeDefinitions

May occur at most once

Ribbon.Tabs

May occur at most once

Parent elements

Element

Application.Views

Remarks

Required.

Must occur exactly once for each Application.Views element.

Examples

The following example demonstrates the basic markup for a Ribbon View.


<Ribbon Name="ScenicRibbonSampleApp">
  <Ribbon.QuickAccessToolbar>
  ...
  </Ribbon.QuickAccessToolbar>
  <Ribbon.ApplicationMenu>
  ...
  </Ribbon.ApplicationMenu>
  <Ribbon.SizeDefinitions>
  ...
  </Ribbon.SizeDefinitions>
  <Ribbon.Tabs>
  ...
  </Ribbon.Tabs>
  <Ribbon.ContextualTabs>
  ...
  </Ribbon.ContextualTabs>
  <Ribbon.HelpButton>
  ...
  </Ribbon.HelpButton>
</Ribbon>

Element information

Minimum supported system

Windows 7
Can be emptyNo

 

 

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Build date: 2/15/2012