RadToolBar for ASP.NET AJAX implements a highly efficient semantic rendering, which uses list items and CSS instead of tables. As a result the HTML output is significantly reduced, which dramatically improves performance.

RadToolBar has a rich client-side API and comprehensive set of events guaranteeing full control over various functions performed on the client. You can easily add/delete/update items at the client side and all the changes will be persisted on the server as well. The rich client-side API provides unbeatable performance and desktop-like experience.

RadToolBar is compliant with the XHTML 1.1 requirement. The control satisfies the requirements  of "Section 508" for software accessibility, as well as those of "Level AAA" (in accordance with the W3C Web Accessibility Guidelines). RadToolBar also has full support for keyboard navigation with Shortcuts, Access Keys and Arrow-key navigation.

RadToolBar completely follows the principles of Search Engine Optimization. The control's innovative rendering generates semantic lists and standard <a> tags, which are properly recognized and highly valued by search engines. As a result, all content accessible through this control will be automatically indexed and ranked with no extra effort required from the developer.                                                                                 

RadToolBar provides rich design-time support functionality making customizations and configurations very easy. Some of the key capabilities are:  

• Applying skins in design time and easily switching between them - the Choose Skin command in RadToolBar Smart tag automatically detects the preset skins
• Item Builder dialog for easy inline creation 

                                                                                          

RadToolBar items are represented as child controls in the structure of the toolbar and are very easily customized using skins and related properties. RadToolBar provides three types of items - RadToolBarButton, RadToolBarDropDown and RadToolBarSplitButton

• RadToolBarButton - You can specify groups of buttons to achieve radio-button functionality. Additionally RadToolBarButtons can be set to directly navigate to a specified URL using a single property.
• RadToolBarDropDown – You can place  buttons in your dropdown toolbar.
• RadToolBarSplitButton -  RadToolBarSplitButton provides support for templates. It also can navigate to a specified URL.

                                                                                        

With RadToolBar you can easily have both horizontal and vertical tollbars.

RadToollbar allows you to easily style and customize the looks of your toolbars. There are three different ways your toolbar items may look. Every item can be customized independently to either display text, image or both.
Additionally RadTabStrip is shipped with a rich set of skins that allow you to easily build slick interfaces with the look-and-feel of Windows Vista, Office 2007, Outlook, etc. The skins can be easily switched using a single property.

You can embed any content inside a RadToolBar template, including HTML markup and ASP.NET server controls, including the Telerik controls or other third-party controls.  Controls can be nested both in Visual Studio .NET Design mode and manually with the code.

You can easily integrate RadToolBar with RadDock to create floating and docking toolbars with automatic orientation adjustment.

RadToolBar supports a variety of expand and collapse animation styles for a great user experience. You can easily customize the way the dropdown items  are expanded and collapsed, as well as specify their type and duration.

RadToolBar for ASP.NET AJAX provides full support for Right-to-Left languages.

RadToolbar can easily integrate with RadMenu, RadTabStrip and RadComboBox to achieve Office2007-like Ribbon look and feel.