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Adding and Removing Groups and Buttons

Updated on May 7, 2026

You can manipulate groups and buttons of RadRibbonBar at run time by using the appropriate objects and collections.

Adding a Button

To add a button to a RibbonBar group of RadRibbonBar, create a new RadButtonElement and add it to RadRibbonBarGroup.Items collection:

Add a button to RadRibbonBarGroup

C#
RadButtonElement radButtonElement1 = new RadButtonElement();
radButtonElement1.Text = "Button";
radRibbonBarGroup1.Items.Add(radButtonElement1);
VB.NET
Dim RadButtonElement1 As RadButtonElement = New RadButtonElement()
RadButtonElement1.Text = "Button"
RadRibbonBarGroup1.Items.Add(RadButtonElement1)

Like the other collections, you can add multiple buttons in a single operation by using the appropriate AddRange method:

Add multiple buttons to RadRibbonBarGroup

C#
RadButtonElement radButtonElement2 = new RadButtonElement();
RadButtonElement radButtonElement3 = new RadButtonElement();
radButtonElement2.Text = "Second Button";
radButtonElement3.Text = "Third Button";
radRibbonBarGroup1.Items.AddRange(new RadItem[] { radButtonElement1, radButtonElement2 });
VB.NET
Dim RadButtonElement2 As RadButtonElement = New RadButtonElement()
Dim RadButtonElement3 As RadButtonElement = New RadButtonElement()
RadButtonElement2.Text = "Second Button"
RadButtonElement3.Text = "Third Button"
RadRibbonBarGroup1.Items.AddRange(New RadItem() {RadButtonElement1, RadButtonElement2})

Removing a Button

To remove a button, call the Remove method of RadRibbonBarGroup.Items collection, specifying the RadButtonElement that you wish to be removed:

Remove a button from RadRibbonBarGroup

C#
RadButtonElement elementToRemove = (RadItem)radRibbonBarGroup1.Items[1] as RadButtonElement;
radRibbonBarGroup1.Items.Remove(elementToRemove);
VB.NET
Dim elementToRemove As RadButtonElement = RadRibbonBarGroup1.Items(1)
RadRibbonBarGroup1.Items.Remove(elementToRemove)

To remove a button by index, you can use the RemoveAt method:

Remove a button from RadRibbonBarGroup by index

C#
radRibbonBarGroup1.Items.RemoveAt(1);
VB.NET
RadRibbonBarGroup1.Items.RemoveAt(1)

Adding a Button Group with Buttons

To add a new button group with buttons to a RibbonBar group of RadRibbonBar, follow these steps:

Create a new RadRibbonBarButtonGroup object and set its properties.
Create a RadButtonElement objects and set their properties.
Add the RadButtonElement objects to the RadButtonBarGroup.Items collection.
Add the RadButtonBarGroup object to the RadRibbonBarGroup.Items collection.

Add button group with buttons

C#
RadRibbonBarButtonGroup radRibbonBarButtonGroup1 = new RadRibbonBarButtonGroup();
radRibbonBarButtonGroup1.Orientation = System.Windows.Forms.Orientation.Horizontal;
radRibbonBarButtonGroup1.MinSize = new System.Drawing.Size(22, 22);
radRibbonBarButtonGroup1.ShowBorder = true;
RadButtonElement radButtonElement4 = new RadButtonElement();
RadButtonElement radButtonElement5 = new RadButtonElement();
radButtonElement4.Text = "Button One";
radButtonElement5.Text = "Button Two";
radRibbonBarButtonGroup1.Items.AddRange(new RadItem[] { radButtonElement1, radButtonElement2 });
radRibbonBarGroup1.Items.Add(radRibbonBarButtonGroup1);
VB.NET
Dim RadRibbonBarButtonGroup1 As RadRibbonBarButtonGroup = New RadRibbonBarButtonGroup()
RadRibbonBarButtonGroup1.Orientation = System.Windows.Forms.Orientation.Horizontal
RadRibbonBarButtonGroup1.MinSize = New System.Drawing.Size(22, 22)
RadRibbonBarButtonGroup1.ShowBorder = True
Dim RadButtonElement4 As RadButtonElement = New RadButtonElement()
Dim RadButtonElement5 As RadButtonElement = New RadButtonElement()
RadButtonElement4.Text = "Button One"
RadButtonElement5.Text = "Button Two"
RadRibbonBarButtonGroup1.Items.AddRange(New RadItem() {RadButtonElement4, RadButtonElement5})
RadRibbonBarGroup1.Items.Add(RadRibbonBarButtonGroup1)