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C# RibbonBar Quick Access Toolbar Customization

KetticRibbonBar control for Windows Forms offers Quick Access Toolbar for the designers to create shortcuts user interface of ribbon bar. The Quick Access Toolbar is a kettic menu and includes the same menu element as the KetticMenu WinForms control, inlcuding the menu items which are shown as images or text, or even both of them, ComboBoxes, Custom Items, and Separators. In this article, we are going through how to build the Quick Access Toolbar by using KetticRibbonBar.

Add Items to Quick Access Toolbar of RibbonBar

To design the Quick Access Toolbar user interface of KetticRibbonBar, we can begin with adding items into it. The steps below demonstrate how to add an item into the Quick Access Toolbar of RibbonBar.

In your KetticRibbonForm project, drag and drop a KetticRibbonBar control on the form.
Open Smart Tags menu of the KetticRibbonBar, choose the EditQuickAccessToolbar or the QuickAccessToolbarItems, and then hit the ellipsis button.
In the Collection Editor of the KetticElement, expand the drop down arrow of the Add button and choose the element that will be added to the RibbonBar Quick Access Toolbar.
Customize the kettic element by modifying the properties of the new item of Quick Access Toolbar in the Properties window.
Finally, click OK. A new item has been added into the Quick Access Toolbar. To add more items, follow the steps above.

Remove Items from RibbonBar Quick Access Toolbar

When the ribbon bar designers want to remove an item from the Quick Access Toolbar of RibbonBar, they can follow the steps as below.

In your KetticRibbonForm project, choose the KetticRibbonBar control on the form.
In the Properties window, find the QuickAccessToolbarItems and click the ellipsis button
Then choose the Quick Access Menu item that will be removed in the Collection Editor of KetticElement. Click Remove to delete the Quick Access Menu item.

Handling C# Events of Quick Access Toolbar Item

KetticRibbonBar .NET component allows the users to handling the C# events of a Quick Access Toolbar item. First of all, we shall choose the item in the Quick Access Toolbar item in the Properties window. Secondly, hit the C# events toolbar button. Finally, double clicks the event to generate an event handler.

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