Actipro Bars for WinForms

Actipro SoftwareUI Navigation Controls.NET
Version 25.1.2 (Mar 13, 2026)

Comprehensive WinForms UI bars with command-based customization.

  • Supports dockable, standalone toolbars, popup menus, and statusbars.
  • Command/command link model enables centralized and runtime customization.
  • Includes Visual Studio, Office, Metro rendering styles with designer support.
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Advanced, customizable docking toolbars, menus and statusbars.
Actipro Bars for WinForms delivers versatile user interface components modeled after popular software like Visual Studio and Office. Its command-driven design allows unified control over user commands and interface elements. The suite supports full runtime customization, multiple toolbar types, and advanced keyboard shortcuts, making it ideal for professional Windows Forms applications requiring flexible and interactive toolbars and menus.

Dockable Toolbars

These toolbars can dock to any side of a host container or float freely. They feature grippers for repositioning and options buttons, offering dynamic layout capabilities similar to professional development environments.

Standalone Toolbars

Standalone toolbars operate independently and can be placed anywhere within an application. They support the command/command link model and customizable rendering, providing flexible UI options.

Popup Menus

Popup menus provide context-sensitive menus typically triggered by right-click actions. Unlike menus in dockable toolbars or menubars, popup menus are invoked independently and are ideal for context menus.

Statusbars

These standalone controls enhance the traditional status bar with rich panel support. Panels can include hyperlinks, animated images, progress bars, and more, improving status feedback in applications.

Command / Command Link Design

Actipro Bars is built on a command and command link pattern, where commands define operations and links represent UI instances. This enables centralized updates and consistent behavior across all UI elements linked to a command.

Run-time Customization

End users can customize toolbars and menus at runtime, adjusting layouts and command links to fit their workflows. This feature mirrors customization capabilities found in Office and Visual Studio applications.

Keyboard Shortcut Support

The library supports complex keyboard shortcut schemes, including single-key, chorded shortcuts, and context-sensitive activation per application mode, enhancing user productivity through efficient command access.

Designer and Layout Support

Built-in designer integration allows developers to design and serialize bar layouts at design time. Layouts can be saved and restored at runtime, preserving user customizations and configurations.

Rendering Styles and Customization

Included rendering styles mimic Metro, Visual Studio, Office, and Windows Classic appearances. A flexible rendering interface allows for fully custom themes and styles to match application branding.

Product Compatibility

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Component Type

  • .NET

.NET Version

  • .NET 9 STS
  • .NET 8 LTS
  • .NET 7 STS
  • .NET 6 LTS
  • .NET 4.8 or earlier

.NET Platform

  • .NET Assembly
  • .NET Class
  • .NET WinForms

IDE Support

  • Visual Studio