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2025‑09‑09
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"I'm trying to learn how to use Bars library using the Getting Started Series (this has been very helpful). Following..."
2025‑08‑29
363 views
"I'm building a GUI around the WPF Dockable Toolbars example using your view model library and attempting to replicate..."
2025‑06‑19
428 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
271 views
"Earlier here I've been advised to explicitly turn off `ImageProvider.CanAdapt` for problematic icons -- and back then..."
2025‑05‑08
458 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
458 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
485 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
444 views
"How can I provide several custom dark theme icons, while keeping all the rest (vast majority) automatically generated..."
2024‑11‑16
538 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
502 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
477 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
424 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
808 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
707 views
"I suggest making the method BarGalleryItemTemplateSelector.PrefersMenuItemAppearance public or protected so it can be..."
2024‑05‑07
642 views
"Currently when i set an AutomationID on my RibbonTabItem, the same ID is used for both the RibbonTab content and the ..."
2024‑04‑23
645 views
"Hi, I have encountered an issue with BarComboBox control where the ItemTemplate only seem to affect the ItemsSource..."
2024‑04‑08
684 views
"First, a quick sainty check to see if I have missed something and there is indeed an analog for CheckableCommands fro..."
2024‑03‑30
707 views
"<bars:RibbonApplicationButton><bars:BarMenuItem Command="ApplicationCommands.New" /><bars:BarSplitMenu..."
2023‑06‑16
1,194 views
"I have a BarComboBox that contains a list of DateTime values. I want to format the dates as "Jun 14, 2023". This work..."
2023‑06‑13
784 views
"I'm posting this in the Bars forum because that's the GettingStarted I'm following, but this is applicable to anythin..."