I use the Ribbon for WPF (2010 - Microsoft.Windows.Controls.Ribbon).
When Ribbon.IsMinimized is set to true the ribbon is minimized.
The normal behavior is that when I click on a minimized tab, it will open temporarily. But is there any way to disable that, to prevent it from expanding?
Please see the code below. Am not entirely clear on what you want, but I have covered 2 possible behavioural cases which hopefully meets your needs.
I have provided 2 implementations of the code, one that just hooks a regular Ribbon, and another that creates a derived Ribbon.
<Window x:Class="DemoOfRibbonWithDifferentMinimizeBehaviour.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
x:Name="Main"
Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525" xmlns:my="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation/ribbon">
<Grid>
<my:Ribbon Height="254" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Name="ribbon1" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="503" ItemsSource="{Binding}" IsMinimized="True" IsCollapsed="False" IsDropDownOpen="False" Loaded="ribbon1_Loaded">
<my:RibbonTab Header="Fruits" KeyTip="F">
<my:RibbonGroup Header="Berries">
<my:RibbonButton Label="Grapes"/>
<my:RibbonButton Label="Bananas"/>
</my:RibbonGroup>
<my:RibbonGroup Header="Pome">
<my:RibbonButton Label="Apple"/>
<my:RibbonButton Label="Pears"/>
</my:RibbonGroup>
</my:RibbonTab>
<my:RibbonTab Header="Vegetables" KeyTip="V">
<my:RibbonGroup Header="Root">
<my:RibbonButton Label="Carrot"/>
<my:RibbonButton Label="Turnips"/>
</my:RibbonGroup>
<my:RibbonGroup Header="Stalk">
<my:RibbonButton Label="Bamboo"/>
<my:RibbonButton Label="Celery"/>
</my:RibbonGroup>
</my:RibbonTab>
<my:RibbonCheckBox Label="Prevent Maximize" IsChecked="{Binding ElementName=Main, Path=PreventMaximize}">Prevent Maximize</my:RibbonCheckBox>
</my:Ribbon>
</Grid>
</Window>
Code behind of Window:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Data;
using System.Windows.Documents;
using System.Windows.Input;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
using System.Windows.Navigation;
using System.Windows.Shapes;
using Microsoft.Windows.Controls.Ribbon;
using System.Windows.Controls.Primitives;
using System.ComponentModel;
namespace DemoOfRibbonWithDifferentMinimizeBehaviour
{
/// <summary>
/// Interaction logic for MainWindow.xaml
/// </summary>
public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
Popup template_PART_ITEMSPRESENTERPOPUP;
public bool PreventMaximize { get; set; }
public MainWindow()
{
PreventMaximize = true;
InitializeComponent();
}
private void ribbon1_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
template_PART_ITEMSPRESENTERPOPUP = VisualHelper.FindChild<Popup>(ribbon1, "PART_ITEMSPRESENTERPOPUP");
if (template_PART_ITEMSPRESENTERPOPUP != null)
{
template_PART_ITEMSPRESENTERPOPUP.Height = 0;
template_PART_ITEMSPRESENTERPOPUP.StaysOpen = false;
template_PART_ITEMSPRESENTERPOPUP.Opened += new EventHandler(template_PART_ITEMSPRESENTERPOPUP_Opened);
}
}
void template_PART_ITEMSPRESENTERPOPUP_Opened(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (ribbon1.IsMinimized)
{
ribbon1.IsMinimized = false;
ribbon1.IsDropDownOpen = false;
template_PART_ITEMSPRESENTERPOPUP.Visibility = System.Windows.Visibility.Collapsed;
}
// Uncomment this if your intention is to prevent the Ribbon being maximized
// i.e. keep it fixed in minimized mode.
if (PreventMaximize)
{
ribbon1.IsMinimized = true;
}
}
}
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
// If you want to encapsulate the new behaviour in a new Ribbon class, then you
// could use this instead of the above and modify your XAML appropriately.
public class RibbonWhichPreventsMaximize : Ribbon
{
Popup template_PART_ITEMSPRESENTERPOPUP;
EventHandler popupeventhandler;
public RibbonWhichPreventsMaximize()
{
popupeventhandler = new EventHandler(template_PART_ITEMSPRESENTERPOPUP_Opened);
}
public override void OnApplyTemplate()
{
// Unwire the handler if this Ribbon control is getting a new Template applied
// (e.g. for case when Template is dynamically changed at runtime).
if (template_PART_ITEMSPRESENTERPOPUP != null)
{
template_PART_ITEMSPRESENTERPOPUP.Opened -= popupeventhandler;
}
base.OnApplyTemplate();
template_PART_ITEMSPRESENTERPOPUP = VisualHelper.FindChild<Popup>(this, "PART_ITEMSPRESENTERPOPUP");
if (template_PART_ITEMSPRESENTERPOPUP != null)
{
template_PART_ITEMSPRESENTERPOPUP.Height = 0;
template_PART_ITEMSPRESENTERPOPUP.StaysOpen = false;
template_PART_ITEMSPRESENTERPOPUP.Opened += popupeventhandler;
}
}
void template_PART_ITEMSPRESENTERPOPUP_Opened(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (this.IsMinimized)
{
this.IsMinimized = false;
this.IsDropDownOpen = false;
template_PART_ITEMSPRESENTERPOPUP.Visibility = System.Windows.Visibility.Collapsed;
}
// Uncomment this if your intention is to prevent the Ribbon being maximized
// i.e. keep it fixed in minimized mode.
this.IsMinimized = true;
}
}
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Note this routine taken from:
// http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7034522/how-to-find-element-in-visual-tree-wp7
public static class VisualHelper
{
public static T FindChild<T>(DependencyObject parent, string childName)
where T : DependencyObject
{
// Confirm parent and childName are valid.
if (parent == null)
{
return null;
}
T foundChild = null;
int childrenCount = VisualTreeHelper.GetChildrenCount(parent);
for (int i = 0; i < childrenCount; i++)
{
DependencyObject child = VisualTreeHelper.GetChild(parent, i);
// If the child is not of the request child type child
var childType = child as T;
if (childType == null)
{
// recursively drill down the tree
foundChild = FindChild<T>(child, childName);
// If the child is found, break so we do not overwrite the found child.
if (foundChild != null)
{
break;
}
}
else if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(childName))
{
var frameworkElement = child as FrameworkElement;
// If the child's name is set for search
if (frameworkElement != null && frameworkElement.Name == childName)
{
// if the child's name is of the request name
foundChild = (T)child;
break;
}
// Need this in case the element we want is nested
// in another element of the same type
foundChild = FindChild<T>(child, childName);
}
else
{
// child element found.
foundChild = (T)child;
break;
}
}
return foundChild;
}
}
}