[Solved] Add Drag & Drop support on the Designer for RibbonBar elements

[Camille]

Hi,

I don't think there is currently a way to drag components directly on the designer for RibbonBar sub-elements. 

For example, when adding a new button in a RadRibbonBarGroup, there is no way to change its order : I would like to put it between existing buttons.

The same is also impossible when adding a RadRibbonBarButtonGroup inside a RadRibbonBarGroup, there is no way to move buttons from the RadRibbonBarGroup to the newly created RadRibbonBarGroup .

Also, the RadLabel element doesn't exist in the list of possible elements to add.

For all these problems, there is no other way than modifying the Designer.cs code. And it's a real pain...

Thank you.

[Nadya | Tech Support Engineer]

Hello, Camille,

Currently, RadRibbonBar does not support moving elements from one group to another. It is possible to drag and drop the entire RadRibbonGroups and RadRibbonTabs. You can check here: 

• WinForms RibbonBar Designing RadRibbonBar Using Drag and Drop to Move Items
• WinForms RibbonBar Programming RadRibbonBar Adding and Removing Tabs and RibbonBar Groups
  

If you need to rearrange buttons and other elements in other groups, you will have to do it programmatically and add them to the desired group/tab. You can also add a RadLabelElement by adding it to radRibbonBarGroup1.Items collection:

RadLabelElement radLabelElement1 = new RadLabelElement();
radLabelElement1.Text = "RadLabelElement";
this.radRibbonBarGroup1.Items.Add(radLabelElement1);

I understand that creating and arranging the elements programmatically may not be the most convenient way for you. However, at the moment, there isn't a way to configure everything at design time. RadRibbonBar is a very customizable component, and it can be customized in the desired manner. What can not be accomplished at design time most probably can be done programmatically, depending on the specific requirements. To avoid modifying the Designer.cs file, you can move the group initialization into separate methods on the form. I hope this helps.

Please let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Nadya | Tech Support Engineer
Progress Telerik

[Camille]

Hi Nadya,

So, you're basically telling me to use the way I already know. I understand there won't be any attempt on your side to implement this feature on the Designer. Highly disappointing from Telerik support, as always.

[Nadya | Tech Support Engineer]

Hello, Camille,

Based on your feedback, I logged the following two items on your behalf in our public backlog:

• RibbonBar: Add Support for Reordering Items Within RadRibbonBarGroup
• RibbonBar: Add RadLabelElement at design time
  

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