Ribbon Command Search

You can easily add a command search box to the Ribbon bar caption or tabs row. When the user types the text in this control, the framework automatically displays a drop-down menu with suggested commands. Therefore, the user can locate and invoke the required command in seconds, without looking through all the ribbon tabs. The presentation and functionality of this control are very similar to the Office 2016-2024-like "Tell Me" control.

If your application has a ribbon main menu (like Office 2007 or Windows WordPad), you can add the search box to the bottom of this menu.

Office 2022-like "Tell Me":

Ribbon Main panel with command search box:

Ribbon Main panel search results:

Sample code:

// Enable Ribbon "Tell me":
m_wndRibbonBar.EnableCommandSearch();

// Enable Ribbon Main panel command search:
CBCGPRibbonMainPanel* pMainPanel;
pMainPanel->EnableCommandSearch(
    TRUE, _T("Start Search"), _T("Q"), 
    200 /* Width */);

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