Ribbon supports multiple layout modes and user interface densities to easily achieve the desired look and feel for your application.
Layout Modes
Ribbon supports two different layout modes: Classic and Simplified. Use the Ribbon.Layout
The ribbon can switch between layout modes at run-time without any change in configuration. When allowed, users can use the ribbon options button to change layout modes. Set the Ribbon.Canfalse to prevent the user from changing layout modes.
Classic
Ribbon displayed in classic layout mode
The Classic layout mode, first introduced with Office 2007, uses a taller ribbon with a combination of large buttons and multi-row groups of controls that dynamically adjust to fill as much or as little space as is available.
Simplified
Ribbon displayed in simplified layout mode
The Simplified layout mode is a modern refinement of the ribbon that appears more like a traditional toolbar with a single row of controls but can still dynamically adjust to fill the available space. When necessary, controls that do not have room to appear on the primary ribbon are moved to an overflow menu.
Warning
The overflow menu used by the Simplified layout requires cloning controls from the ribbon to an equivalent overflowed menu item. This cloning process is limited when using controls are defined using XAML. Refer to the XAML vs. MVVM Configuration topic for additional details.
Tip
See the "Layout Modes" Bars Ribbon QuickStart of the Sample Browser application for a demonstration of layout modes and user options.
User Interface Density
Actipro Ribbon works with Actipro Themes to support multiple levels of density that adjust the padding of user interface elements. See the User Interface Density topic of Actipro Themes for more information.