Adding Items Programmatically

Updated on May 7, 2026

RadToolbarForm allows adding items either at design time or programmatically. This article shows how to add elements to the near, center and far parts of the RadToolbarFormControl:

C#

RadDropDownButtonElement dropDownBtn = new RadDropDownButtonElement() { Text = "Progress Corporation" };
dropDownBtn.Items.Add(new RadMenuItem("UI for WinForms"));
dropDownBtn.Items.Add(new RadMenuItem("UI for WPF"));
this.ToolbarFormControl.NearItems.Add(dropDownBtn);

RadToggleSwitchElement toggleSwitch = new RadToggleSwitchElement() { MinSize = new Size(40, 0), Margin = new Padding(1) };
this.ToolbarFormControl.NearItems.Add(toggleSwitch);

RadButtonElement generalBtn = new RadButtonElement()
{
    Text = "General",
    SvgImageXml = Properties.Resources.document_text_table,
    TextImageRelation = TextImageRelation.ImageAboveText,
    ImageAlignment = ContentAlignment.TopCenter,
    Margin = new Padding(10)
};
this.ToolbarFormControl.CenterItems.Add(generalBtn);

RadButtonElement securityBtn = new RadButtonElement()
{
    Text = "Security",
    SvgImageXml = Properties.Resources.document_flag,
    TextImageRelation = TextImageRelation.ImageAboveText,
    ImageAlignment = ContentAlignment.TopCenter,
    Margin = new Padding(10)
};
this.ToolbarFormControl.CenterItems.Add(securityBtn);

RadButtonElement profileBtn = new RadButtonElement()
{
    Text = "Profile",
    SvgImageXml = Properties.Resources.document_text,
    TextImageRelation = TextImageRelation.ImageAboveText,
    ImageAlignment = ContentAlignment.TopCenter,
    Margin = new Padding(10)
};
this.ToolbarFormControl.CenterItems.Add(profileBtn);

RadButtonElement projectBtn = new RadButtonElement()
{
    Text = "Project",
    SvgImageXml = Properties.Resources.document_pdf,
    TextImageRelation = TextImageRelation.ImageAboveText,
    ImageAlignment = ContentAlignment.TopCenter,
    Margin = new Padding(10)
};
this.ToolbarFormControl.CenterItems.Add(projectBtn);

RadButtonElement settingsBtn = new RadButtonElement()
{
    Text = "Settings",
    SvgImageXml = Properties.Resources.tool_wrench,
    TextImageRelation = TextImageRelation.ImageAboveText,
    ImageAlignment = ContentAlignment.TopCenter,
    Margin = new Padding(10)
};
this.ToolbarFormControl.CenterItems.Add(settingsBtn);

this.ToolbarFormControl.FarItems.Add(new RadLabelElement() { Text = "Dess" });
this.ToolbarFormControl.FarItems.Add(new RadButtonElement()
{
    Image = Properties.Resources.dess_avatar32,
    DisplayStyle = DisplayStyle.Image
});

VB.NET

Dim dropDownBtn As RadDropDownButtonElement = New RadDropDownButtonElement() With {
       .Text = "Progress Corporation"}
dropDownBtn.Items.Add(New RadMenuItem("UI for WinForms"))
dropDownBtn.Items.Add(New RadMenuItem("UI for WPF"))
Me.ToolbarFormControl.NearItems.Add(dropDownBtn)

Dim toggleSwitch As RadToggleSwitchElement = New RadToggleSwitchElement() With {
    .MinSize = New Size(40, 0),
    .Margin = New Padding(1)
}
Me.ToolbarFormControl.NearItems.Add(toggleSwitch)
Dim generalBtn As RadButtonElement = New RadButtonElement() With {
    .Text = "General",
    .SvgImageXml = My.Resources.document_text_table,
    .TextImageRelation = TextImageRelation.ImageAboveText,
    .ImageAlignment = ContentAlignment.TopCenter,
    .Margin = New Padding(10)
}
Me.ToolbarFormControl.CenterItems.Add(generalBtn)
Dim securityBtn As RadButtonElement = New RadButtonElement() With {
    .Text = "Security",
    .SvgImageXml = My.Resources.document_flag,
    .TextImageRelation = TextImageRelation.ImageAboveText,
    .ImageAlignment = ContentAlignment.TopCenter,
    .Margin = New Padding(10)
}
Me.ToolbarFormControl.CenterItems.Add(securityBtn)
Dim profileBtn As RadButtonElement = New RadButtonElement() With {
    .Text = "Profile",
    .SvgImageXml = My.Resources.document_text,
    .TextImageRelation = TextImageRelation.ImageAboveText,
    .ImageAlignment = ContentAlignment.TopCenter,
    .Margin = New Padding(10)
}
Me.ToolbarFormControl.CenterItems.Add(profileBtn)
Dim projectBtn As RadButtonElement = New RadButtonElement() With {
    .Text = "Project",
    .SvgImageXml = My.Resources.document_pdf,
    .TextImageRelation = TextImageRelation.ImageAboveText,
    .ImageAlignment = ContentAlignment.TopCenter,
    .Margin = New Padding(10)
}
Me.ToolbarFormControl.CenterItems.Add(projectBtn)
Dim settingsBtn As RadButtonElement = New RadButtonElement() With {
    .Text = "Settings",
    .SvgImageXml = My.Resources.tool_wrench,
    .TextImageRelation = TextImageRelation.ImageAboveText,
    .ImageAlignment = ContentAlignment.TopCenter,
    .Margin = New Padding(10)
}
Me.ToolbarFormControl.CenterItems.Add(settingsBtn)
Me.ToolbarFormControl.FarItems.Add(New RadLabelElement() With {
    .Text = "Dess"
})
Me.ToolbarFormControl.FarItems.Add(New RadButtonElement() With {
    .Image = My.Resources.dess_avatar32,
    .DisplayStyle = DisplayStyle.Image
})

See Also

• Structure
• Design Time