The Ribbon Control replaces traditional toolbars and menus with tabbed pages.

Each Page splits into Groups that contain various command buttons (bar item links).

Note:

Regular bars (a BarManager component) and Ribbon Controls may conflict with each other when used in the same form or user control.

Ribbon UI

To build a Ribbon UI, add RibbonControl and RibbonStatusBar objects to a form.

However, the Ribbon Form is the best choice, as this form is optimized to display the Ribbon Control.

The following image shows a Ribbon Form painted in the Office2010 style:

Compared to an XtraForm, the Ribbon Form provides the following advantages:

The Quick Access Toolbar is displayed within the Ribbon Form title.
When the Application Button is painted using the Office 2007 style, it partially overlaps the Ribbon Form's title bar.
The Ribbon Form supports Form Title Bar Skinning, window transparency (see RibbonForm.AllowFormGlass), and maintains two captions (RibbonControl.ApplicationCaption and RibbonControl.ApplicationDocumentCaption) separated by a dash.

Ribbon Elements

The Ribbon Control consists of two regions.

Command Region - Displays various commands combined into Groups and Pages.
Quick Access Toolbar - Displays frequently used commands. End-users can add commands to this bar at runtime.

Main elements:

For details on each individual Ribbon element, see the corresponding topics.