Ribbon Auto-hide Mode

Fully implemented BCGControlBar Pro (MFC)

Not available BCGSuite (MFC)

Not available BCGControlBar for .NET

The auto-hide (full screen) mode allows minimizing space utilized by the ribbon bar. When the user activates this mode, the ribbon bar is replaced with a thin bar on top of the application frame window, and the application is automatically maximized. When the user clicks the bar on top, the Ribbon bar appears as a popup window.

Please note that auto-hide mode is incompatible with a Ribbon DWM ("aero") caption; therefore, auto-hide mode will be automatically disabled when the user activates any visual theme with the standard Windows caption (e.g., Office 2007-2010 or Windows native or scenic visual themes).

Ribbon in the auto-hide mode:

Sample code:

CBCGPRibbonBar m_wndRibbonBar;
...
m_wndRibbonBar.SetAutoHideMode();