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Adding and Removing Tabs and RibbonBar Groups

When you are designing a new RadRibbonBar, one of your first tasks will be adding tabs and RibbonBar groups to the control. Tabs and RibbonBar groups will logically organize the functionality of your application.

To Add Tabs to a Telerik RadRibbonBar

  1. To add a new tab, drag a RadRibbonBar control to a form in Visual Studio, and then click Add New Tab: WinForms RadRibbonBar Click on the New Tab

  2. This action will open a text box editor where you can type the name for your new tab: WinForms RadRibbonBar Setting Tab Header

  3. After typing the text, press Enter to confirm the creation of the tab: WinForms RadRibbonBar Add New Tab

You can also add tabs to the RadRibbonBar by selecting Add Tab from the RadRibbonBar control's Smart Tag menu:

  1. Display the Smart Tag menu by clicking the Smart Tag menu button located in the upper right corner of the RadRibbonBar.

  2. On the Smart Tag menu, click Add Tab. WinForms RadRibbonBar Smart Tag menu Add Tab

  3. Once you have added the tab, select the tab and set its Text property to the desired name for the tab.

To Remove a Tab from a Telerik RadRibbonBar

To remove a tab from a RadRibbonBar: Right-click on the tab, and then click Delete.

To Add a RibbonBar group to a Tab

To add a new RibbonBar group to a tab, follow these steps:

  1. Select a tab on the RadRibbonBar control.

  2. Click anywhere in the box labeled 'Add New Group...' and type the name of the group: WinForms RadRibbonBar New Group Header

  3. This action will create a new RibbonBar group with the desired name, add it to the group collection of the tab and outline it: WinForms RadRibbonBar Nested Group

You can also add RibbonBar groups to a tab using the collection editor:

  1. On your form, select the RadRibbonBar.

  2. In the Properties window, select the ribbon bar's CommandTabs property and click the ellipsis button to open RadRibbonBarCommandTab Collection Editor.

3. In the Members box of the RadRibbonBarCommandTab Collection Editor, select the RadRibbonBarCommandTab item that is associated with the tab to which you want to add the RibbonBar group. The image below shows the RadRibbonBarCommandTab item for tabItem2 is selected. WinForms RadRibbonBar Collection Editor

4. Select the Items property of the RadRibbonBarCommandTab__,__ and then click the ellipsis button to open the RadItem Collection Editor: WinForms RadRibbonBar Items Collection Editor

5. In the RadItem Collection Editor, click Add to add a RibbonBar group to the tab. After clicking the Add button, a new RadRibbonBarGroup appears in the Members box, as shown below: WinForms RadRibbonBar RadItem Collection Editor

6. Set the Text property to the desired name for the RibbonBar group. The image above shows the Text property set to RibbonBar group 1.

7. Click OK to exit from the RadItem Collection Editor, and then click OK to exit the  RadRibbonBarCommandTab Collection Editor The image below shows the new RibbonBar group (with the caption, RibbonBar group 1) added to the Second Tab tab.

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