TabGroup element

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08/20/2021

Represents a contextual set of Tab controls.

Usage

<TabGroup
  CommandName = "xs:positiveInteger or xs:string">
  child elements
</TabGroup>

Attributes

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
CommandName	xs:positiveInteger or xs:string	No	Associates the element with a Command. (xs:positiveInteger or xs:string) A string, an integer value between 2 and 59999, inclusive, or a hexadecimal value between 0x2 and 0xea5f, inclusive. The value must be unique within the Ribbon XML document. Maximum length: 100 characters.

Child elements

Element	Description
Tab	Must occur at least once

Parent elements

Element
Ribbon.ContextualTabs

Remarks

Required.

Must occur at least once for each Ribbon.ContextualTabs element.

Examples

The following example demonstrates the basic markup for the TabGroup element.

This section of code shows a TabGroup Command declaration with two contextual tabs.

<!-- Contextual Tabs -->
<Command Name='cmdContextualTab1'
         LabelTitle='Contextual Tab 1'
         Symbol='ID_CONTEXTUALTAB1'/>
<Command Name='cmdContextualTab2'
         LabelTitle='Contextual Tab 2'
         Symbol='ID_CONTEXTUALTAB2'/>
<Command Name='cmdContextualTabGroup'
         LabelTitle='Contextual Tabs'
         Symbol='ID_CONTEXTUALTAB_GROUP'/>

This section of code shows corresponding TabGroup control declarations.

      <Ribbon.ContextualTabs>
        <TabGroup CommandName='cmdContextualTabGroup'>
          <Tab CommandName='cmdContextualTab1'>
            <!--InRibbonGallery Group-->
            <Group CommandName='cmdInRibbonGalleryGroup'
                   SizeDefinition='OneInRibbonGallery'>
              <InRibbonGallery CommandName='cmdTextSizeGallery3'
                               HasLargeItems='true'
                               ItemHeight='32'
                               ItemWidth='32'
                               MaxColumns='3' >
                <InRibbonGallery.MenuLayout>
                  <FlowMenuLayout Columns='3'
                                  Gripper ='Corner'/>
                </InRibbonGallery.MenuLayout>
              </InRibbonGallery>
            </Group>
            <!--Command Galleries Group-->
            <Group CommandName='cmdCommandGalleriesGroup'
                   SizeDefinition='OneInRibbonGallery'>
              <InRibbonGallery CommandName='cmdCommandGallery1'
                               Type='Commands'
                               MaxRows='3'
                               MaxColumns='3'>
                <InRibbonGallery.MenuLayout>
                  <FlowMenuLayout Columns='3'
                                  Gripper ='Corner'/>
                </InRibbonGallery.MenuLayout>
              </InRibbonGallery>
            </Group>
          </Tab>
          <Tab CommandName='cmdContextualTab2'></Tab>
        </TabGroup>
      </Ribbon.ContextualTabs>

Element information

Minimum supported system: Windows 7
Can be empty: No

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