Ribbon

Description

The Ribbon component is an application ribbon that combines functionality of main menu and toolbar.

The application ribbon consists of:

Tabs can be regular or context. Context tabs are displayed only when needed.

The tabs house panels, while the panels may contain a variety of controls.

To save the space, tab contents can be collapsed by clicking the button.

Application ribbon can be allocated and set up both from API and from JSON.

Comments

The component is implemented by the Ribbon class.

Example

Example of Positioning the Ribbon Component from API

Example of Positioning the Ribbon Component from JSON

Constructor

  Constructor name Brief description
Ribbon The Ribbon constructor creates an instance of the Ribbon component.

Properties

  Property name Brief description
Controls The Controls property contains a set of ribbon controls.
IsAutoHiding The IsAutoHiding property determines whether the application ribbon is collapsed.
IsAutoHidingEnabled The IsAutoHidingEnabled property determines whether the button that hides the application ribbon is available.
MainButton The MainButton property determines application button settings.
MainMenu The MainMenu property sets main menu of the application ribbon.
QuickAccessControls The QuickAccessControls property sets quick access toolbar buttons.
SelectedIndex The SelectedIndex property sets active tab index.
SelectedItem The SelectedItem property sets the active tab of ribbon.
UseIntellisense The UseIntellisense property determines whether there are ribbon commands.

Methods

  Method name Brief description
addCategory The addCategory method adds a tab to the application ribbon.
addQuickAccessControl The addQuickAccessControl method adds a button to the quick access toolbar.
beginUpdate The beginUpdate method disables rerendering of ribbon until the endUpdate method is called.
endUpdate The endUpdate method enables ribbon rerendering and refreshes it.
getCategoriesByGroupName The getCategoriesByGroupName method returns an array of context tabs by group name.
getCategory The getCategory method returns the ribbon tab by its index.
getCategoryById The getCategoryById method returns tab by its identifier.
getControlById The getControlById method returns control by its identifier.
getCustomControlsContainer The getCustomControlsContainer method returns the container for user controls.
getHideButton The getHideButton method returns the button that collapses and expands tab contents.
getImageList The getImageList method returns the PP.ImageList object containing the path to the file with images.
getIsCategoryContentHidden The getIsCategoryContentHidden method returns whether the tab is hidden.
getItems The getItems method returns the array of application ribbon tabs.
getMainButton The getMainButton method returns application button.
getPanelById The getPanelById method returns panel by its identifier.
getQuickAccessControls The getQuickAccessControls method returns controls on the quick access toolbar.
getSelectedItem The getSelectedItem method returns the active tab.
removeQuickAccessControl The removeQuickAccessControl method removes button from the quick access toolbar by its index.
removeQuickAccessControlById The removeQuickAccessControlById method removes button from the quick access toolbar by its identifier.
setCategoriesVisibilityByGroupName The setCategoriesVisibilityByGroupName method determines whether the group of context tabs is displayed.
setSettingsTo The setSettingsTo method sets a JSON object that contains settings for the specified control.
showCategoryContent The showCategoryContent method expands tabs contents.
updateAutoComplete The updateAutoComplete method refreshes search result for operations entered into the quick launch field.

Events

  Event name Brief description
CategoryContentCollapsed The CategoryContentCollapsed event occurs on collapsing tab contents.
CategoryContentExpanded The CategoryContentExpanded event occurs on expanding tab contents.
CategoryDeselected The CategoryDeselected event occurs on closing a tab.
CategorySelected The CategorySelected event occurs on selecting a tab.

Properties inherited from the class Control

  Property name Brief description
Anchors The Anchors property determines position of the component placed within container.
Animation The Animation property sets animation parameters for component.
Bottom The Bottom property sets bottom offset on placing the component within the LayoutPanel.
Content The Content property sets the component contents.
ContextMenu The ContextMenu property sets the context menu for the component.
Data The Data property is used to store any custom data.
DataContext The DataContext property contains an object with data.
Enabled The Enabled property sets whether the component is enabled.
Height The Height property determines the component height.
IsResizable The IsResizable property determines whether the component can be resized.
IsRTL The lsRTL property sets right to left text direction.
IsVisible The IsVisible property determines whether the component is displayed.
Left The Left property sets left offset on placing the component within the GridPanel.
Offset The Offset property determines coordinates of root DOM node of a control.
Opacity The Opacity property determines component transparency.
Parent The Parent property determines a parent component of a control.
ParentNode The ParentNode property sets parent DOM node.
ResourceKey The ResourceKey property sets the resource key for the component.
Right The Right property sets right offset on placing the component within the LayoutPanel.
Rotate The Rotate property sets component rotation angle.
ShowToolTip The ShowToolTip property determines whether the tooltip of the component can be displayed.
Style The Style property sets component style.
TabIndex The TabIndex property sets the order of the control element passing inside the container.
Tag The Tag property sets JSON object associated with the component.
ToolTip The ToolTip property determines text of component tooltip.
Top The Top property sets top offset on placing the component within the GridPanel.
Value The Value property sets the value to the component.
Width The Width property sets the component width.

Methods inherited from the class Control

  Method name Brief description
The addClass method adds a CSS class to the component.
addEvent The addEvent method adds an event handler to a DOM node.
addEventHandler The addEventHandler method adds an event handler to a DOM node.
addEvents The addEvents method adds an array of event handlers to a DOM node.
The addStateClass method adds a CSS class to the component and removes the previous CSS class.
addStyleBySelector The addStyleBySelector method creates a block that contains a style with the specified CSS selector.
The addToNode method adds a component to the specified node.
bindEvents The bindEvents method subscribes an element to all available events.
The clearStylesCache method clears cache of component styles.
The getAnchorFlags method returns JSON object that contains settings of the current component's position.
The getClass method returns the current CSS classes of the component.
The getCssStyle method returns style for the specified node.
The getDomNode method returns main DOM node of the component.
The getFocused method determines whether the component is focused.
getFunctionByName The getFunctionByName method returns function by name.
getIsBinded The getIsBinded method returns whether an element is subscribed to all DOM node events.
The hasClass method determines whether the specified CSS class is set for root DOM node of the control.
The hide method hides a control.
The hideToolTip method clears tooltip timeout and hides the tooltip if it is displayed.
The isResingNow method determines whether the component is being resized.
refreshBindingProperty The refreshBindingProperty method refreshes the bound property by name.
refreshItemsStyle The refreshItemsStyle method refreshes CSS styles of child elements.
refreshStyle The refreshStyle method refreshes element CSS styles.
The removeClass method removes CSS class from the component.
The removeEvent method removes event handler from DOM node.
removeEventHandler The removeEventHandler method removes event handler from DOM node.
removeFromDOM The removeFromDOM method removes node from the DOM structure.
The removeStateClasses method removes CSS classes of the component.
The setDraggable method determines whether it is possible to drag component on the HTML page.
The setFocus method sets the component focus.
The setIsHovered method displays the component as on hover.
The setIsPressed method displays the component as if clicked upon.
The setOpacityIE8 method sets component transparency value in Internet Explorer 8.
The setSize method establishes the sizes of the component.
The show method displays a control.
unBindEvents The unBindEvents method unsubscribes an element from all standard events.
The updatePosition method updates size and position when absolute positioning based on the current parameters is used.
The updateSize method updates the component size on changing the size of the container that contains the component.

Events inherited from the class Control

  Event name Brief description
Drag The Drag event occurs on clicking and holding the left mouse button.
DragEnd The DragEnd event occurs when dragging the component finishes.
DragStart The DragStart event occurs when dragging the component starts.
OnContextMenu The OnContextMenu event occurs on calling context menu of the component.
SizeChanged The SizeChanged event occurs after the component is resized.
SizeChanging The SizeChanging event occurs during component resize.

Properties inherited from the class Object

  Property name Brief description
Data The Data property associates a random object with this component.
Id The Id property sets component identifier.
Settings The Settings property sets the component parameters.

Methods inherited from the class Object

  Method name Brief description
clone The clone method creates a copy of object. It is not implemented in PP.Ui.Control.
dispose The dispose method deletes the component.
getTypeName The getTypeName method returns the name of the object type without the namespace, to which it belongs.

See also:

DHTML Components