About Actipro Bars for WinForms

Advanced, customizable docking toolbars, menus and statusbars.

Actipro Bars is an advanced bar component that is based entirely on a command/command link design pattern, allowing centralized command updates to filter through to every instance in the user interface. This also facilitates complete run-time customization support for the end-user, similar to the features found in Visual Studio. Bar layouts can be serialized to a file or stream and later reloaded to restore layout and customization states. Powerful designer support allows you to design and manipulate the bar controls in the designer and then serialize the layout to code for when the application is executed in run-time mode.

Actipro Bars Features

  • Commands that define tasks and operations
  • Command links that represent one or more instances of a related command within the user interface
  • Command types include normal buttons, popup buttons, expander buttons, split buttons, labels, textboxes, and comboboxes
  • Command links can be placed on menubars, toolbars or menus
  • Dockable toolbars and menubars support docking on all sides of their host container, as well as floating mode
  • Ability for dockable toolbars to auto-show/hide based on what application mode is set
  • Overflow and flow dockable toolbar layout modes
  •  Reset dockable toolbar functionality and Add/Remove Buttons functionality
  • Tear-off menus
  • MDI menu merging
  • Layout serialization
  • Keyboard shortcuts that support chords
  • Quick customize mode via Alt key
  • Complete run-time customization capabilities for end user via built-in Customize dialog
  • Advanced standalone ToolBar and StatusBar controls
  • Designer integration
  • Multiple themes