Ribbon Panels (Groups)

Each Microsoft® Office-style Ribbon Panel contains one or more Ribbon Elements (CBCBPBaseRibbonElement-derived objects). The elements' position will be calculated automatically according to the panel size to provide a best fit and utilize the free panel space. If no space for all ribbon elements is available, the panel will contain one menu button and when user clicks on it, a popup panel appears under the ribbon panel.

All elements have full size:

Panel in compact mode:

Panel is replaced by popup menu:

Sample code:

CBCGPRibbonCategory* pCategory = m_wndRibbonBar.AddCategory (
	_T("Home"),
	IDB_WRITE,
	IDB_WRITELARGE);

// Create "Clipboard" panel:
CBCGPRibbonPanel* pPanelClipboard = pCategory->AddPanel (
	_T("Clipboard"), hIconClipboard);

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