devexpress-wpf-ribbon-and-bars
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Build WPF applications with the DevExpress Ribbon control, toolbars, and menus. Use when adding RibbonControl, ToolBarControl, MainMenuControl, StatusBarControl, BarManager, or RibbonStatusBarControl to a WPF window; defining bar items (BarButtonItem, BarCheckItem, BarSplitButtonItem, BarSubItem, BarEditItem, BarStaticItem, BarItemSeparator) and bar item links; building Ribbon structure with RibbonPageCategory, RibbonPage, RibbonPageGroup; configuring Quick Access Toolbar, Application Menu, BackstageView, Ribbon Status Bar; using glyphs, ItemDisplayMode, RibbonStyle; merging child window bars/ribbons into the parent (MDI merging via DockLayoutManager). Also use when someone mentions "ThemedWindow", "WindowKind=Ribbon", "DevExpress.Xpf.Ribbon", "DevExpress.Xpf.Bars", "dxr:", "dxb:", "BarItem", or asks about Office-style UIs in WPF. Covers .NET 8+ and .NET Framework 4.6.2+.
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