There are three ways in which you can use the RadRibbonForm control:

Change the base class of a standard Windows Form to Telerik.WinControls.UI.RadRibbonForm
Drop a RadRibbonBar control on a RadForm control
Add a new RadRibbonForm item to your project by right-clicking on the Project’s node in the Solution Explorer and selecting the "Add" option from the context menu.

Drag-and-Drop a RadRibbonBar Control on a RadForm

When you add a RadRibbonBar control on a RadForm the Visual Studio Designer pops up a dialog which asks you whether you would like to switch the form’s behavior to RadRibbonFormBehavior:

forms-and-dialogs-ribbonform-getting-started 001

After you choose to replace the form's default behavior with a RadRibbonFormBehavior, the RadForm is transformed to a RadRibbonForm:

forms-and-dialogs-ribbonform-getting-started 002

Switching to RadRibbonFormBehavior does not change the base class to RadRibbonForm but enables the RadRibbonForm functionality on the RadForm control.

In this article

Not finding the help you need?

Contact support

Improve this article

Was this article helpful?

Give article feedback

Tell us how we can improve this article

Code samples are inaccurate / outdated. I expected to find other / more information. There are typos / broken links / broken page elements. Content is inaccurate / outdated. Other By checking this box you consent to Progress contacting you by email about your response on this page.

Getting Started

Support Resources

Community

Progress, Telerik, and certain product names used herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of Progress Software Corporation and/or one of its subsidiaries or affiliates in the U.S. and/or other countries. See Trademarks for appropriate markings.