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2026‑03‑06
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"Hello! Is there a non-hacky way to position the dropdown arrow part of the button below the main part of the button, ..."
2026‑03‑04
56 views
"Hi, Background I'm converting our application from Ribbon to Bars. Problem While changing to use the BarCheck..."
2026‑03‑02
73 views
"Hi, I'm converting our product from Ribbon to Bars. I'm currently converting our recent documents view (backstage..."
2026‑02‑18
104 views
"If the ribbon content is complicated enough, I notice considerable freezes each time I first open a document of a kin..."
2026‑01‑28
186 views
"Hello,Is there any option to modify the overall button sizes? I’m not talking about the variant sizes on contro..."
2025‑09‑09
1,063 views
"I'm trying to learn how to use Bars library using the Getting Started Series (this has been very helpful). Following..."
2025‑08‑29
479 views
"I'm building a GUI around the WPF Dockable Toolbars example using your view model library and attempting to replicate..."
2025‑06‑19
537 views
"Can I achieve that in a way less invasive than manually replacing the Path.Data for the path within that button? I wa..."
2025‑06‑19
380 views
"Earlier here I've been advised to explicitly turn off `ImageProvider.CanAdapt` for problematic icons -- and back then..."
2025‑05‑08
585 views
"Hi I’ve got a BarSplitButton on a bars ribbon, I’ve set the label to some text but haven’t set th..."
2025‑02‑06
583 views
"Hi Trying to set the background color around the tab area of Bars Ribbon. I've tried a bunch of properties in App.R..."
2024‑12‑10
607 views
"Title says it all. I'd like to have dark screentips when the theme is dark. Can I achieve that easily? PS. How do I..."
2024‑12‑10
570 views
"How can I provide several custom dark theme icons, while keeping all the rest (vast majority) automatically generated..."
2024‑11‑16
684 views
"I have two problems with tooltips for Bars elements 1. I would love to have rich content in those tooltips, includi..."
2024‑10‑21
611 views
"I have a feature in most of my apps that allows a person to switch between a (Bars) Ribbon and Menu navigation which ..."
2024‑10‑14
572 views
"Dear team, In ribbon we have a lot of BarButton with only one Label and InutGesture and in most cases we would like..."
2024‑10‑11
526 views
"Hello, We’ve been using Actipro WinForms for a long time, and as part of revamping our product to WPF, we&rsq..."
2024‑05‑16
915 views
"Hi! The main reason for me to migrate to bars controls would be if there would be easier support inside bars for cu..."
2024‑05‑03
803 views
"I suggest making the method BarGalleryItemTemplateSelector.PrefersMenuItemAppearance public or protected so it can be..."
2024‑05‑07
779 views
"Currently when i set an AutomationID on my RibbonTabItem, the same ID is used for both the RibbonTab content and the ..."