WinForms Backstage View Overview

Backstage View is the Office 2010 replacement of the Application Menu. It is a menu that covers the whole window area and contains buttons and tabs. Each tab have a content area, which can be populated with any type of Controls. To enable the Backstage View in RadRibbonBar change the ApplicationMenuStyle property to BackstageView.

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Enabling Backstage view

radRibbonBar1.ApplicationMenuStyle = Telerik.WinControls.UI.ApplicationMenuStyle.BackstageView;

RadRibbonBar1.ApplicationMenuStyle = Telerik.WinControls.UI.ApplicationMenuStyle.BackstageView

See Also

• Design Time
• Structure
• Getting Started