Ribbon Palettes (Galleries)

The Microsoft Office-style ribbon palette (gallery) button provides an easy way to create a list of elements. For example, a developer can use this control to display a list of available styles or shapes.

Ribbon Palette:

Ribbon Palette with dropped-down list:

Ribbon Palette with small images and groups:

Sample code:

CBCGPRibbonPaletteButton* pStyleBtn = new CBCGPRibbonPaletteButton 
	(ID_WRITE_QUICKSTYLES, _T("Quick Styles"), -1, 1, IDB_STYLES, 64 /* Image Width */);

pStyleBtn->AddSubItem(
	new CBCGPRibbonButton(ID_WRITE_SAVESTYLE, _T("Save Selection as a New Quick Style..."), -1, -1));
pStyleBtn->AddSubItem(
	new CBCGPRibbonButton(ID_WRITE_CLEARFORMATING, _T("Clear Formating"), 8, -1));
pStyleBtn->AddSubItem(
	new CBCGPRibbonButton(ID_WRITE_APPLYSTYLES, _T("Apply Styles"), 9, -1));

pPanelStyle->Add(pStyleBtn);

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