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Version Q1 2012 released 04/11/2012
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RibbonBar / Contextual Tabs


  • RadRibbonBar's contextual tabs allows you to group a number of tabs based on some context. Contextual tabs are contained in a contextual tab group and following Microsoft's Ribbon spec they are positioned always last, after the normal set of tabs.

    Contextual tab groups are inactive by default. They can be enabled if their Active property is set to true.

    There are two modes in which RadRibbonBar's contextual tabs operate:

    Server-side

    Only active contextual tab groups are rendered by default. Activating/deactivating contextual tab groups happens on the server only. This method is useful when the RibbonBar is in a UserControl used in more than one pages and each context depends on the current page.

    Client-side

    If the RenderInactiveContextualTabGroups property is set to true, the inactive groups will be rendered and send to the browser. In this case they will be initially invisible. They can be activated and active groups can be dactivated dynamically on the page with the client-side API.

Source Code

C# VB.NET
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  • <%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="DefaultCS.aspx.cs" Inherits="DefaultCS" %>

    <%@ Register TagPrefix="telerik" Namespace="Telerik.Web.UI" Assembly="Telerik.Web.UI" %>
    <%@ Register TagPrefix="qsf" Namespace="Telerik.QuickStart" %>
    <%@ Register TagPrefix="qsf" TagName="Header" Src="~/Common/Header.ascx" %>
    <%@ Register TagPrefix="qsf" TagName="HeadTag" Src="~/Common/HeadTag.ascx" %>
    <%@ Register TagPrefix="qsf" TagName="Footer" Src="~/Common/Footer.ascx" %>
    <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">
    <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
    <head runat="server">
        <qsf:HeadTag runat="server" ID="Headtag1" />
    </head>
    <body class="BODY">
    <form runat="server" id="mainForm" method="post">
        <telerik:RadScriptManager runat="server" ID="RadScriptManager1" />
        <qsf:Header runat="server" ID="Header1" ShowSkinChooser="true" NavigationLanguage="C#" />
        <telerik:RadRibbonBar ID="RadRibbonBar1" runat="server" Width="854px" style="max-width: 854px;" SelectedTabIndex="2">
            <ContextualTabGroups>
                <telerik:RibbonBarContextualTabGroup Text="Objects" Active="true">
                    <telerik:RibbonBarTab Text="Insert">
                        <telerik:RibbonBarGroup Text="Illustrations">
                            <Items>
                                <telerik:RibbonBarButton Size="Large" Text="Picture" ImageUrl="icons/insert/Picture.png" />
                                <telerik:RibbonBarButton Size="Large" Text="Clip Art" ImageUrl="icons/insert/Clipart.png" />
                                <telerik:RibbonBarMenu Size="Large" Text="Shapes" ImageUrl="icons/insert/Shapes.png" />
                                <telerik:RibbonBarButton Size="Large" Text="SmartArt" ImageUrl="icons/insert/SmartArt.png" />
                                <telerik:RibbonBarButton Size="Large" Text="Chart" ImageUrl="icons/insert/Chart.png" />
                            </Items>
                        </telerik:RibbonBarGroup>
                        <telerik:RibbonBarGroup Text="Links">
                            <Items>
                                <telerik:RibbonBarButton Size="Large" Text="Hyperlink" ImageUrl="icons/insert/Link.png" />
                                <telerik:RibbonBarButton Size="Large" Text="Bookmark" ImageUrl="icons/insert/Bookmark.png" />
                                <telerik:RibbonBarButton Size="Large" Text="Cross-reference" ImageUrl="icons/insert/Cross_reference.png" />
                            </Items>
                        </telerik:RibbonBarGroup>
                    </telerik:RibbonBarTab>
                </telerik:RibbonBarContextualTabGroup>
            </ContextualTabGroups>
            <Tabs>
                <telerik:RibbonBarTab Text="Home">
                    <telerik:RibbonBarGroup Text="Clipboard" EnableLauncher="true">
                        <Items>
                            <telerik:RibbonBarMenu Size="Large" Text="Paste" ImageUrl="icons/home/Paste.png">
                                <Items>
                                    <telerik:RibbonBarMenuItem Text="Paste" ImageUrl="icons/home/Paste.png" />
                                    <telerik:RibbonBarMenuItem Text="Paste Special..." ImageUrl="icons/home/Paste.png" />
                                </Items>
                            </telerik:RibbonBarMenu>
                            <telerik:RibbonBarButton Size="Medium" Text="Cut" ImageUrl="icons/home/Cut.png" />
                            <telerik:RibbonBarButton Size="Medium" Text="Copy" ImageUrl="icons/home/Copy.png" />
                            <telerik:RibbonBarButton Size="Medium" Text="Format" ImageUrl="icons/home/Format_Painter.png" />
                        </Items>
                    </telerik:RibbonBarGroup>
                    <telerik:RibbonBarGroup Text="Font">
                        <Items>
                            <telerik:RibbonBarToggleButton Size="Small" Text="Bold" ImageUrl="icons/home/font/Bold.png" />
                            <telerik:RibbonBarToggleButton Size="Small" Text="Italic" ImageUrl="icons/home/font/Italic.png" />
                            <telerik:RibbonBarToggleButton Size="Small" Text="Underline" ImageUrl="icons/home/font/Underline.png" />
                            <telerik:RibbonBarToggleButton Size="Small" Text="Strikethrough" ImageUrl="icons/home/font/Strike.png" />
                            <telerik:RibbonBarToggleList>
                                <ToggleButtons>
                                    <telerik:RibbonBarToggleButton Size="Small" Text="Superscript" ImageUrl="icons/home/font/Superscript.png" />
                                    <telerik:RibbonBarToggleButton Size="Small" Text="Subscript" ImageUrl="icons/home/font/Subscript.png" />
                                </ToggleButtons>
                            </telerik:RibbonBarToggleList>
                        </Items>
                    </telerik:RibbonBarGroup>
                    <telerik:RibbonBarGroup Text="Paragraph">
                        <Items>
                            <telerik:RibbonBarButtonStrip>
                                <Buttons>
                                    <telerik:RibbonBarButton Text="Align Left" ImageUrl="icons/home/paragraph/AlignLeft.png" />
                                    <telerik:RibbonBarButton Text="Align Center" ImageUrl="icons/home/paragraph/AlignCenter.png" />
                                    <telerik:RibbonBarButton Text="Align Right" ImageUrl="icons/home/paragraph/AlignRight.png" />
                                    <telerik:RibbonBarButton Text="Justify" ImageUrl="icons/home/paragraph/Justify.png" />
                                </Buttons>
                            </telerik:RibbonBarButtonStrip>
                            <telerik:RibbonBarButtonStrip>
                                <Buttons>
                                    <telerik:RibbonBarButton Size="Small" Text="Unordered List" ImageUrl="icons/home/paragraph/UL.png" />
                                    <telerik:RibbonBarButton Size="Small" Text="Numbered List" ImageUrl="icons/home/paragraph/OL.png" />
                                </Buttons>
                            </telerik:RibbonBarButtonStrip>
                            <telerik:RibbonBarButtonStrip>
                                <Buttons>
                                    <telerik:RibbonBarButton Size="Small" Text="Decrease Indent" ImageUrl="icons/home/paragraph/DecrIndent.png" />
                                    <telerik:RibbonBarButton Size="Small" Text="Increase Indent" ImageUrl="icons/home/paragraph/IncrIndent.png" />
                                </Buttons>
                            </telerik:RibbonBarButtonStrip>
                        </Items>
                    </telerik:RibbonBarGroup>
                    <telerik:RibbonBarGroup Text="Editing" EnableLauncher="true">
                        <Items>
                            <telerik:RibbonBarSplitButton Size="Medium" Text="Find" ImageUrl="icons/home/Find.png">
                                <Buttons>
                                    <telerik:RibbonBarButton Text="Find..." ImageUrl="icons/home/Find.png" />
                                    <telerik:RibbonBarButton Text="Go to..." ImageUrl="icons/home/Go.png" />
                                </Buttons>
                            </telerik:RibbonBarSplitButton>
                            <telerik:RibbonBarButton Size="Medium" Text="Replace" ImageUrl="icons/home/Replace.png" />
                            <telerik:RibbonBarMenu Size="Medium" Text="Select" ImageUrl="icons/home/Select.png">
                                <Items>
                                    <telerik:RibbonBarMenuItem Text="Select All" ImageUrl="icons/home/Select_All.png" />
                                    <telerik:RibbonBarMenuItem Text="Select Objects" ImageUrl="icons/home/Select.png" />
                                </Items>
                            </telerik:RibbonBarMenu>
                        </Items>
                    </telerik:RibbonBarGroup>
                </telerik:RibbonBarTab>
                <telerik:RibbonBarTab Text="View">
                    <telerik:RibbonBarGroup Text="Zoom">
                        <Items>
                            <telerik:RibbonBarToggleList>
                                <ToggleButtons>
                                    <telerik:RibbonBarToggleButton Size="Large" Text="Zoom" ImageUrl="icons/view/Zoom.png" />
                                    <telerik:RibbonBarToggleButton Size="Large" Text="100%" ImageUrl="icons/view/100.png" />
                                </ToggleButtons>
                            </telerik:RibbonBarToggleList>
                            <telerik:RibbonBarToggleList>
                                <ToggleButtons>
                                    <telerik:RibbonBarToggleButton Size="Medium" Text="One Page" ImageUrl="icons/view/One_Page.png" />
                                    <telerik:RibbonBarToggleButton Size="Medium" Text="Two Pages" ImageUrl="icons/view/Two_Pages.png" />
                                    <telerik:RibbonBarToggleButton Size="Medium" Text="Page Width" ImageUrl="icons/view/Page_Width.png" />
                                </ToggleButtons>
                            </telerik:RibbonBarToggleList>
                        </Items>
                    </telerik:RibbonBarGroup>
                    <telerik:RibbonBarGroup Text="Macros">
                        <Items>
                            <telerik:RibbonBarSplitButton Size="Large" Text="Macros" ImageUrl="icons/view/Macros.png">
                                <Buttons>
                                    <telerik:RibbonBarButton Text="View Macros" ImageUrl="icons/view/Macros.png" />
                                    <telerik:RibbonBarButton Text="Record Macro..." ImageUrl="icons/view/Macros_Record.png" />
                                </Buttons>
                            </telerik:RibbonBarSplitButton>
                        </Items>
                    </telerik:RibbonBarGroup>
                </telerik:RibbonBarTab>
            </Tabs>
        </telerik:RadRibbonBar>
        <qsf:Footer runat="server" ID="Footer1" />
    </form>
    </body>
    </html>

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