[Feature Request]: RibbonAppButton Menu to use BackStage control

[Wagnerp]

Can we have the option to allow the RibbonAppButton menu drop-down to fill up the entire client area of the form, similar to how it's done in Office 2010 and above.

[Smurf-IV]

Can you add an image / gif showing this please ?

[Wagnerp]

Can you add an image / gif showing this please ?

Krypton

Office 2010 and above

[Smurf-IV]

Can we have the option to allow the RibbonAppButton menu drop-down to fill up the entire client area of the form, similar to how it's done in Office 2010 and above.

I think this should be an option as for all menu's - i.e. BackStageView
And should start in the ext toolkit first, because the "designer experience" will be a bit of a mare to start with.

Hasn't the BackStageView already been requested ?
And, would it not just be a "NavBarControl's groups can be displayed as an Office Navigation Bar's items" ?

[Smurf-IV]

Maybe some Relevant links:

• https://www.infragistics.com/help/winforms/wintoolbarsmanager-office-2010-style-application-menu
• https://docs.telerik.com/devtools/winforms/controls/pageview/backstageview/overview
• https://help.syncfusion.com/windowsforms/ribbon/backstage
• https://docs.devexpress.com/WindowsForms/11017/controls-and-libraries/ribbon-bars-and-menu/ribbon/main-menus/backstageview-control
  • https://www.componentsource.com/product/dxperience-winforms/screenshots/2554131
• https://developer.mescius.com/componentone/docs/win/online-ribbon/backstageview.html
• https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-sdk-blog/create-custom-project-and-application-settings/ba-p/883358
• https://www.textcontrol.com/blog/2015/12/30/mvc-replace-the-file-menu-with-a-backstage-view-menu/
• http://www.prof-uis.com/elegant-ribbon/feature-tour/dotnet_backstage_view.aspx

[Wagnerp]

Hasn't the BackStageView already been requested ?

Yes, it's #432

[Wagnerp]

Would the entire Ribbon code need to be copied over to here, just in case there's some internal classes?

[Smurf-IV]

No, As Backstage is a type of control.
And at some point, I think there was a request to be able to embed "Any" control into the KMenu.
So this should "Just Work" for the ribbon menu as well.