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RibbonTab Interface

Contains one or more groups of controls on the Ribbon.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Ribbon
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Common (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Common.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<GuidAttribute("b2c81178-b119-41af-b358-46460ae005d9")> _
Public Interface RibbonTab _
    Inherits RibbonComponent, IComponent, IDisposable
[GuidAttribute("b2c81178-b119-41af-b358-46460ae005d9")]
public interface RibbonTab : RibbonComponent, 
    IComponent, IDisposable

The RibbonTab type exposes the following members.

Properties

  Name Description
Public property ControlId Gets or sets the unique name by which a Microsoft Office application refers to the tab.
Public property Groups Gets the collection of groups that are on the RibbonTab.
Public property KeyTip Gets or sets the keyboard shortcut for the tab.
Public property Label Gets or sets the text that appears on the tab.
Public property Name Gets or sets the name of this RibbonComponent. (Inherited from RibbonComponent.)
Public property Parent Gets a RibbonComponent that represents the parent of this RibbonComponent. (Inherited from RibbonComponent.)
Public property Position Gets or sets the position of the tab on the Ribbon in relation to the built-in tabs.
Public property Ribbon Gets the top-level Ribbon object that contains the control hierarchy. (Inherited from RibbonComponent.)
Public property RibbonUI Infrastructure. Gets the IRibbonUI instance that is provided by the Microsoft Office application to the Ribbon extensibility code. (Inherited from RibbonComponent.)
Public property Site Gets or sets the ISite associated with the IComponent. (Inherited from IComponent.)
Public property Tag Gets or sets application-specific data that is associated with this RibbonComponent. (Inherited from RibbonComponent.)
Public property Visible Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the tab is visible.

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Methods

  Name Description
Public method Dispose Performs application-defined tasks associated with freeing, releasing, or resetting unmanaged resources. (Inherited from IDisposable.)
Public method PerformDynamicLayout Calls the Microsoft.Office.Core.IRibbonUI.InvalidateControl method of the parent control if the RibbonComponent has a dynamic parent, such as a dynamic menu, and layout is not suspended. (Inherited from RibbonComponent.)
Public method PerformLayout Calls Microsoft.Office.Core.IRibbonUI.InvalidateControl if the RibbonComponent has a parent and layout is not suspended. (Inherited from RibbonComponent.)
Public method ResumeLayout() Reverses the effect of the SuspendLayout method. (Inherited from RibbonComponent.)
Public method ResumeLayout(Boolean) Reverses the effect of the SuspendLayout method. (Inherited from RibbonComponent.)
Public method SuspendLayout Prevents the Microsoft Office application from refreshing the state of controls on the Ribbon. (Inherited from RibbonComponent.)

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Events

  Name Description
Public event Disposed Represents the method that handles the Disposed event of a component. (Inherited from IComponent.)

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Remarks

There is a hierarchy for adding Ribbon controls. Only a RibbonTab control can be used on a Microsoft.Office.Tools.Ribbon control. Only a RibbonGroup can be used on a RibbonTab control.

The Ribbon Designer supports custom and built-in tabs.

You can create a RibbonTab at run time by using the CreateRibbonTab method of the RibbonFactory object.

There are two ways to access the RibbonFactory object:

  • By using the Factory property of the Ribbon class. Use this approach from code in your Ribbon class.

  • By using the Globals.Factory.GetRibbonFactory method. Use this approach from code outside your Ribbon class.

Note

This interface is implemented by the Visual Studio Tools for Office runtime. It is not intended to be implemented in your code. For more information, see Visual Studio Tools for Office Runtime Overview.

Usage

This documentation describes the version of this type that is used in Office projects that target the .NET Framework 4. In projects that target the .NET Framework 3.5, this type might have different members and the code examples provided for this type might not work. For documentation about this type in projects that target the .NET Framework 3.5, see the following reference section in the Visual Studio 2008 documentation: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=160658.

See Also

Reference

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Ribbon Namespace

Other Resources

Ribbon Overview

Ribbon Designer

Ribbon Object Model Overview

How to: Get Started Customizing the Ribbon