# wxRibbonBar Class Reference
[Ribbon User Interface]

`#include </home/work/projects/wx/2.9/wx/interface/wx/ribbon/bar.h>`

Inheritance diagram for wxRibbonBar:
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## Detailed Description

Top-level control in a ribbon user interface.

Serves as a tabbed container for wxRibbonPage - a ribbon user interface typically has a ribbon bar, which contains one or more wxRibbonPages, which in turn each contain one or more wxRibbonPanels, which in turn contain controls.

While a wxRibbonBar has tabs similar to a wxNotebook, it does not follow the same API for adding pages. Containers like wxNotebook can contain any type of window as a page, hence the normal procedure is to create the sub-window and then call wxBookCtrlBase::AddPage(). As wxRibbonBar can only have wxRibbonPage as children (and a wxRibbonPage can only have a wxRibbonBar as parent), when a page is created, it is automatically added to the bar - there is no AddPage equivalent to call.

After all pages have been created, and all controls and panels placed on those pages, Realize() must be called.

See also:
  wxRibbonPage
  wxRibbonPanel

## Styles

This class supports the following styles:

- wxRIBBON_BAR_DEFAULT_STYLE:
  Defined as wxRIBBON_BAR_FLOW_HORIZONTAL | wxRIBBON_BAR_SHOW_PAGE_LABELS | wxRIBBON_BAR_SHOW_PANEL_EXT_BUTTONS
- wxRIBBON_BAR_FOLDBAR_STYLE:
  Defined as wxRIBBON_BAR_FLOW_VERTICAL | wxRIBBON_BAR_SHOW_PAGE_ICONS | wxRIBBON_BAR_SHOW_PANEL_EXT_BUTTONS | wxRIBBON_BAR_SHOW_PANEL_MINIMISE_BUTTONS
- wxRIBBON_BAR_SHOW_PAGE_LABELS:
  Causes labels to be shown on the tabs in the ribbon bar.
- wxRIBBON_BAR_SHOW_PAGE_ICONS:
  Causes icons to be shown on the tabs in the ribbon bar.
- wxRIBBON_BAR_FLOW_HORIZONTAL:
  Causes panels within pages to stack horizontally.
- wxRIBBON_BAR_FLOW_VERTICAL:
  Causes panels within pages to stack vertically.
- wxRIBBON_BAR_SHOW_PANEL_EXT_BUTTONS:
  Causes extension buttons to be shown on panels (where the panel has such a button).
- wxRIBBON_BAR_SHOW_PANEL_MINIMISE_BUTTONS:
  Causes minimise buttons to be shown on panels (where the panel has such a button).

## Events emitted by this class

The following event handler macros redirect the events to member function handlers 'func' with prototypes like:

void handlerFuncName(wxRibbonBarEvent& event)

Event macros for events emitted by this class:

- EVT_RIBBONBAR_PAGE_CHANGED(id, func):
  Triggered after the transition from one page being active to a different page being active.
- EVT_RIBBONBAR_PAGE_CHANGING(id, func):
  Triggered prior to the transition from one page being active to a different page being active, and can veto the change.
- EVT_RIBBONBAR_TAB_MIDDLE_DOWN(id, func):
  Triggered when the middle mouse button is pressed on a tab.
- EVT_RIBBONBAR_TAB_MIDDLE_UP(id, func):
  Triggered when the middle mouse button is released on a tab.
- EVT_RIBBONBAR_TAB_RIGHT_DOWN(id, func):
  Triggered when the right mouse button is pressed on a tab.
- EVT_RIBBONBAR_TAB_RIGHT_UP(id, func):
  Triggered when the right mouse button is released on a tab.
- EVT_RIBBONBAR_TAB_LEFT_DCLICK(id, func):
  Triggered when the left mouse button is double clicked on a tab.

##

Library: wxRibbon
Category: Ribbon User Interface

## Public Member Functions

| wxRibbonBar ()
| Default constructor.
| wxRibbonBar (wxWindow *parent, wxWindowID id=wxID_ANY, const wxPoint &pos=wxDefaultPosition, const wxSize &size=wxDefaultSize, long style=wxRIBBON_BAR_DEFAULT_STYLE)
| Construct a ribbon bar with the given parameters.
bool | Create (wxWindow *parent, wxWindowID id=wxID_ANY, const wxPoint &pos=wxDefaultPosition, const wxSize &size=wxDefaultSize, long style=wxRIBBON_BAR_DEFAULT_STYLE)
| Create a ribbon bar in two-step ribbon bar construction.
virtual | ~wxRibbonBar ()
| Destructor.
void | SetTabCtrlMargins (int left, int right)
| Set the margin widths (in pixels) on the left and right sides of the tab bar region of the ribbon bar.
void | SetArtProvider (wxRibbonArtProvider *art)
| Set the art provider to be used be the ribbon bar.
bool | SetActivePage (size_t page)
| Set the active page by index, without triggering any events.
bool | SetActivePage (wxRibbonPage *page)
| Set the active page, without triggering any events.
int | GetActivePage () const
| Get the index of the active page.
wxRibbonPage * | GetPage (int n)
| Get a page by index.
bool | DismissExpandedPanel ()
| Dismiss the expanded panel of the currently active page.
void | ShowPanels (bool show=true)
| Shows or hides the panel area of the ribbon bar.
void | HidePanels ()
| Hides the panel area of the ribbon bar.
bool | ArePanelsShown () const
| Indicates whether the panel area of the ribbon bar is shown.
virtual bool | Realize ()
| Perform initial layout and size calculations of the bar and its children.

List of all members.

## Constructor & Destructor Documentation

wxRibbonBar::wxRibbonBar | ( |  | ) |

Default constructor.

With this constructor, Create() should be called in order to create the ribbon bar.

wxRibbonBar::wxRibbonBar | ( | wxWindow * | parent,
|  | wxWindowID | id = `wxID_ANY`,
|  | const wxPoint & | pos = `wxDefaultPosition`,
|  | const wxSize & | size = `wxDefaultSize`,
|  | long | style = `wxRIBBON_BAR_DEFAULT_STYLE` |
| ) |  |  |

Construct a ribbon bar with the given parameters.

virtual wxRibbonBar::~wxRibbonBar | ( |  | ) | `[virtual]`

Destructor.

## Member Function Documentation

bool wxRibbonBar::ArePanelsShown | ( |  | ) | const

Indicates whether the panel area of the ribbon bar is shown.

See also:
  ShowPanels()

Since:
  2.9.2

bool wxRibbonBar::Create | ( | wxWindow * | parent,
|  | wxWindowID | id = `wxID_ANY`,
|  | const wxPoint & | pos = `wxDefaultPosition`,
|  | const wxSize & | size = `wxDefaultSize`,
|  | long | style = `wxRIBBON_BAR_DEFAULT_STYLE` |
| ) |  |  |

Create a ribbon bar in two-step ribbon bar construction.

Should only be called when the default constructor is used, and arguments have the same meaning as in the full constructor.

bool wxRibbonBar::DismissExpandedPanel | ( |  | ) |

Dismiss the expanded panel of the currently active page.

Calls and returns the value fromwxRibbonPage::DismissExpandedPanel() for the currently active page, or false if there is no active page.

int wxRibbonBar::GetActivePage | ( |  | ) | const

Get the index of the active page.

In the rare case of no page being active, -1 is returned.

wxRibbonPage* wxRibbonBar::GetPage | ( | int | n | ) |

Get a page by index.

NULL will be returned if the given index is out of range.

void wxRibbonBar::HidePanels | ( |  | ) |

Hides the panel area of the ribbon bar.

This method simply calls ShowPanels() with false argument.

Since:
  2.9.2

virtual bool wxRibbonBar::Realize | ( |  | ) | `[virtual]`

Perform initial layout and size calculations of the bar and its children.

This must be called after all of the bar's children have been created (and their children created, etc.) - if it is not, then windows may not be laid out or sized correctly.

Also calls wxRibbonPage::Realize() on each child page.

Reimplemented from wxRibbonControl.

bool wxRibbonBar::SetActivePage | ( | size_t | page | ) |

Set the active page by index, without triggering any events.

Parameters:

  | page | The zero-based index of the page to activate.

Returns:
  true if the specified page is now active, false if it could not be activated (for example because the page index is invalid).

bool wxRibbonBar::SetActivePage | ( | wxRibbonPage * | page | ) |

Set the active page, without triggering any events.

Parameters:

  | page | The page to activate.

Returns:
  true if the specified page is now active, false if it could not be activated (for example because the given page is not a child of the ribbon bar).

void wxRibbonBar::SetArtProvider | ( | wxRibbonArtProvider * | art | ) | `[virtual]`

Set the art provider to be used be the ribbon bar.

Also sets the art provider on all current wxRibbonPage children, and any wxRibbonPage children added in the future.

Note that unlike most other ribbon controls, the ribbon bar creates a default art provider when initialised, so an explicit call to SetArtProvider() is not required if the default art provider is sufficient. Also, unlike other ribbon controls, the ribbon bar takes ownership of the given pointer, and will delete it when the art provider is changed or the bar is destroyed. If this behaviour is not desired, then clone the art provider before setting it.

Reimplemented from wxRibbonControl.

void wxRibbonBar::SetTabCtrlMargins | ( | int | left,
|  | int | right |
| ) |  |  |

Set the margin widths (in pixels) on the left and right sides of the tab bar region of the ribbon bar.

These margins will be painted with the tab background, but tabs and scroll buttons will never be painted in the margins.

The left margin could be used for rendering something equivalent to the "Office Button", though this is not currently implemented. The right margin could be used for rendering a help button, and/or MDI buttons, but again, this is not currently implemented.

void wxRibbonBar::ShowPanels | ( | bool | show = `true` | ) |

Shows or hides the panel area of the ribbon bar.

If the panel area is hidden, then only the tab of the ribbon bar will be shown. This is useful for giving the user more screen space to work with when he/she doesn't need to see the ribbon's options.

Since:
  2.9.2

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