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Ribbon editor

You can create and edit custom ribbon tabs using the Edit Ribbon Tab dialog. This dialog has four sections as shown in the following example screenshot.

Ribbon editor

The middle section, labeled Ribbon Structure, is where you define the groups and individual items to display on the ribbon. To add new items to this structure, you can either:

  • Use the Add New Item button in the toolbar to add new items. You can choose to add a new child item to the currently selected item, or add a new item at the same level, or add a new group-level item.

  • Use the right-click menu to add new items. This has the same options as the Add New Item button.

  • Drag and drop an item from the Axiom Explorer pane (the left-hand section of the dialog) to the desired location in the ribbon structure. This will automatically link the item in the ribbon structure to the appropriate feature or file (based on what you dragged and dropped).

When you select an item in the ribbon structure, the properties for that item display in the right-hand section of the dialog, labeled Selected Item Details. Here you can define display text and other display properties for each item, and assign the associated feature or file for the item using the Shortcut Target. (When you drag and drop and item from the Axiom Explorer pane to the ribbon structure, the shortcut target is automatically assigned.) For more information on the available properties, see Ribbon tab properties.

You can move items in the ribbon structure by dragging and dropping them to various locations, or by using Copy or Cut and then Paste. To remove an item, select it and then click Delete. Any child items of the item you deleted will also be deleted.

The Preview section at the bottom of the dialog displays a preview of how the current ribbon structure will look when it is assigned as a startup file and opened in the ribbon. The preview assumes that all items in the ribbon are available to the user. When the ribbon is actually assigned to a user and opened at startup, the display of each item will be dependent on the current file context and on the user's security permissions. The currently selected item in the ribbon structure is also highlighted in the ribbon, so that you can easily find particular items in the preview.