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Office Ribbon Style

Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 9:51 pm
by jesse
Is there any examples of creating a ribbon style menu similar to how Microsoft Office does?

Re: Office Ribbon Style

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 11:59 pm
by Mark
I don't use Office. Picture?

Best,

Mark

Re: Office Ribbon Style

Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2011 1:16 am
by FourthWorld
@Mark: This video at Jensen Harris' old site is well worth the watch:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jensenh/archive ... ibbon.aspx

The other posts there have screenshots and such, but the video tells what I feel is an exciting story in UI research.

@Jesse: You can use groups to have the sort of dynamic toolbars Ribbons provide. There's no built-in shortcut for them in LiveCode, but even in MS Visual Studio they're a fair amount of work because you need to lay out their controls. Not that much harder with LiveCode - make a gradient graphic at the back of the group, put some controls on it, and you're in business.

Re: Office Ribbon Style

Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 6:56 pm
by jesse
I'll give the groups a try. thanks!

Re: Office Ribbon Style

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 2:31 pm
by Mark
Hi,

I have no clue how that website would be relevant to find out something about ribbons.

Mark