Elegant Ribbon adds Office 2010 themes

Version 3.8 also adds new controls, updated backstage view with pin list controls and improved performance.

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Example ribbons in Office 2010 TP and Office 2007 Black visual themes.

Elegant Ribbon is a set of Windows Forms controls that allow you quickly and easily provide your application with a new-generation user interface like that introduced in Microsoft Office 2007. It is written in 100% managed C# and is CLS compliant. The following innovative approaches were used: context-sensitive and windowless controls, command-oriented programming interface, XML-based skinning, and WYSIWYG and rich design-time support in Visual Studio. All the implemented features fully meet 2007 Microsoft Office System User Interface Design Guidelines.

Updates in V3.8

New features

• BackstageView now supports three Office 2010 themes: Blue, Black and Silver. In the previous version only the Office 2010 TP theme was supported
• Added a SplitContainer control
• Added a NotifyIcon control
• Improved startup and layout performance of the framework
• Added a GroupBox control
• You can now assign custom text to the buttons of the MessageBox (Button1Text, Button2Text and Button3Text)
• Improved scrolling performance of the ComboBox's Drop Down list
• ScreenTip.Text property now supports multiline text
• Enhanced usability in the Windows Forms Designer through new smart tags
• Improved layout performance when rolling the mouse wheel over the ribbon tab line
• Container controls like NavigationBar, Panel and BackstageView now support scrolling
• Added a DropDownColorPicker control
• Added a ColorPickerDialog control
• Added a PinList control that allows you to pin selected items at the top of the list
• Added support for separators in the Backstage View
• Popup menus now support keyboard shortcuts
• Backstage View now supports tab key navigation
• Improved the border appearance of themed windows that have a fixed border style
• SplitButton, Button, ToggleButton and DropDown controls now support a DescriptionText that can be used to display additional info or description in a gray color below the regular text
• Added a ScrollableControl to make your container controls scrollable
• Options and Exit buttons in the Application Menu are now localizable
• Updated the Elegant Ribbon UI and Commands samples

Bug Fixes

• Parameter that specifies the default button in the MessageBox did not work
• Incorrect keyboard selection in galleries
• AltGrkey in combination with another key showed a Key Tip though this was supposed to be used as a modifier
• Repainting issue reported in the forum
• When opening the BackstageView, controls with the same commands as those in the Quick Access toolbar became disabled
• Layout problems when using large fonts in the status bar
• Context Menu designer did not show up in cases when there were no other controls on the form

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