Silverlight Ribbon Control

Watch the Silverlight xamRibbon video and learn how to create and apply a customized menu ribbon to your application. (Duration: 5:26)

xamRibbon™ delivers the complete Office® 2010 and Windows® 7 scenic ribbon UI implemented for Silverlight, including the Application Menu 2010 (also known as the "Backstage" view). Using the Aero User Interface of a ribbon enables you to better organize your application functionality into neat tabs, menus and button tools. Its many rich styling points and warm highlights ensure that your users every touchpoint with your UI is an enjoyable experience.

 


Key Features at a Glance

  • Ribbon End User Customization – Allow end users to customize the layout and tools that are on the ribbon.
  • Scenic Ribbon User Interface – Start adding aspects of the Office 2010 and Windows 7 Scenic Ribbon User Interface (Aero) into your own Silverlight applications with this preview.
  • Group Related Functions into Tabs – Avoid losing users within labyrinthine submenus by grouping related tools into tabs that are much easier to scan and select at a glance.
  • Contextual Tabs – Highlight context-sensitive functionality as your users need it with brilliant contextual tab support built-in.
  • Add Tools – Give your buttons a polished icon and a simple caption, or your segmented menus a selectable flair, add radio buttons and galleries so your users will be more apt to recognize, remember and reuse those functions that they need correctly.
  • Application Menu 2010 – Place application task-centered functions into your application menu with an innovative "Backstage" view, so that users who have used a scenic ribbon in Office 2010 will know where to find key functions of your application.
  • Quick Access Toolbar – Furnish users with the tools they use most often within a user-customizable QAT that can be stationed above or below the scenic ribbon.
  • Highlights, Styles – Create that warm, friendly appearance that engages and even enthralls your users as they explore your application with this Office 2010 and Windows 7 Scenic Ribbon UI control for Silverlight.