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Overview of Ribbon Panels
Ribbon panels are organized by rows, sub-panels, and slideout elements. Rows
and sub-panels are used to organize how commands and controls are displayed
on the ribbon panel. A slideout is automatically added to each ribbon panel
and controls which rows are shown by default. Rows located below a slideout
are displayed only when a ribbon panel is expanded.
The following table describes the properties of the Home 2D - Draw ribbon
panel as they appear in the Properties pane.
Properties for the Home 2D - Draw Ribbon Panel
ExampleDescriptionProperties
Pane Item
Home 2D - DrawName of the panel; does not appear in the user
interface.
Name
DrawTitle of the panel; displayed when the ribbon is
set to display titles or when a panel is floating.
Display
Text
Text used to describe the element; does not
appear in the user interface and is optional.
Descrip-
tion
Specifies the keytip characters that can be used
to access the ribbon panel from the keyboard.
KeyTip
ID_Draw
Specifies the aliases for the panel. Click the [ ]
button to open the Aliases dialog box. Each
Aliases
alias in the CUIx file should be unique and is
used to reference the panel programmatically.
ID_PanelDrawTag that uniquely identifies a panel.Element ID
Create a Ribbon Panel
Ribbon panels can be created from scratch or from an existing toolbar or
dashboard panel. Create ribbon panels from scratch under the Ribbon Panels
node on the Customizations In <file name> pane of the Customize tab. This
gives you control over which commands are displayed on the ribbon panel.
If you have an existing toolbar or dashboard panel from a previous release,
you can create a new ribbon panel from them. Copy toolbars to a ribbon panel
from the Toolbars node under the Customizations In <file name> pane on the
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