BaseBackColor Property

Returns the color that should be used to determine the background for the caption of the group as well as the background of the tabs in the group.

Syntax

Visual Basic

'Declaration
 
Public Property BaseBackColor As Nullable(Of Color)

C#

public Nullable<Color> BaseBackColor {get; set;}

Remarks

The BaseBackColor is used to provide a single color that will be used to affect the appearance of the caption of the ContextualTabGroup within the caption area of the XamRibbon as well as the appearance of the header and content area of the RibbonTabItem instances within the group's Tabs collection.

By default, this property is set to null. When set to null, one of a set of default colors is used. The resolved value may be obtained using the BaseBackColorResolved. For convenience, there is also a BaseBackColorResolvedBrush that will return a System.Windows.Media.SolidColorBrush which uses this resolved color as the color for the brush.

Example

ContextualTabGroup Sample

Visual Basic

Private xamRibbon As XamRibbon
'Code to Create XamRibbon object..

Private Sub contextualTabGroupProperties()
'ContextualTabGroup properties
    Dim contextualTG As New ContextualTabGroup()
    contextualTG.Caption = "Sample CTG"			'Caption
    contextualTG.Key = "CG1"						'Color
    contextualTG.BaseBackColor = Colors.Aqua		'BaseBackColor
    contextualTG.IsVisible = True					'IsVisible
    xamRibbon.ContextualTabGroups.Add(contextualTG)'add tabs to Contextual Tab Groups
    Dim designTabItem As New RibbonTabItem()
    designTabItem.Header = "Desin"
    contextualTG.Tabs.Add(designTabItem)
   
    Dim layoutTabItem As New RibbonTabItem()
    layoutTabItem.Header = "Layout"
    contextualTG.Tabs.Add(layoutTabItem)
End Sub

C#

XamRibbon xamRibbon;
//Code to Create XamRibbon object..


//ContextualTabGroup properties
private void contextualTabGroupProperties()
{
	ContextualTabGroup contextualTG = new ContextualTabGroup();
	contextualTG.Caption = "Sample CTG";				//Caption
	contextualTG.Key = "CG1";							//Color
	contextualTG.BaseBackColor = Colors.Aqua;			//BaseBackColor
	contextualTG.IsVisible = true;						//IsVisible
	xamRibbon.ContextualTabGroups.Add(contextualTG);

	//add tabs to Contextual Tab Groups
	RibbonTabItem designTabItem = new RibbonTabItem();
	designTabItem.Header = "Desin";
	contextualTG.Tabs.Add(designTabItem);           

	RibbonTabItem layoutTabItem = new RibbonTabItem();
	layoutTabItem.Header = "Layout";
	contextualTG.Tabs.Add(layoutTabItem);
}

XAML

<!-- Create a ContextualTabGroup.There are 6 different ContextualTabGroup Colors: Orange, Purple, Blue, Green, Yellow, and Red. -->
<igRibbon:ContextualTabGroup Key="SelectionGroup" Caption="Selection" IsVisible="True">
    <igRibbon:ContextualTabGroup.Tabs>

        <!-- Add a RibbonTabItem to this ContextualTabGroup.  Multiple TabItems can be added
        to the same ConxtextualTabGroup.  Each Tab will contain the same color as the ContextualTabGroup. -->
        <igRibbon:RibbonTabItem Header="Font Selection">
            <igRibbon:RibbonGroup Id="FontSelection" Caption="Font">
                <igRibbon:ToolHorizontalWrapPanel>
                    <igRibbon:ComboEditorTool
                      Id="fontFamilyCombo_Selection"
                      x:Name="fontFamilyCombo_Selection"
                      DropDownResizeMode="VerticalOnly"
                      IsEditable="False" Caption="Font Size"
                      EditAreaWidth="148.0" Value="Arial">
                            <igRibbon:ComboEditorTool.ItemsProvider>
                                <igEditors:ComboBoxItemsProvider>
                                    <Label Content="Arial"/>
                                    <Label Content="Arial Black"/>
                                    <Label Content="Calibri"/>
                                    <Label Content="Times New Roman"/>
                                </igEditors:ComboBoxItemsProvider>
                            </igRibbon:ComboEditorTool.ItemsProvider>
                        </igRibbon:ComboEditorTool>
                    
                    <igRibbon:ComboEditorTool
                      Id="fontSizeCombo_Selection"
                      x:Name="fontSizeCombo_Selection"
                      IsEditable="False"
                      DropDownResizeMode="VerticalOnly"
                      EditAreaWidth="118.0" Caption="Font Size"
                      ValueType="{x:Type s:Double}" Value="10" >
                            <igRibbon:ComboEditorTool.ItemsProvider>
                                <igEditors:ComboBoxItemsProvider>
                                    <Label Width="50" Content="8"/>
                                    <Label Width="50" Content="9"/>
                                    <Label Width="50" Content="10"/>
                                </igEditors:ComboBoxItemsProvider>
                            </igRibbon:ComboEditorTool.ItemsProvider>
                        </igRibbon:ComboEditorTool>
                    
                    <igRibbon:MenuTool
                        igRibbon:RibbonGroup.MaximumSize="ImageOnly"
                        SmallImage="Images\icons\Ribbon\FontColor.png" >
                        <TextBlock Text="Colors"/>
                    </igRibbon:MenuTool>
                </igRibbon:ToolHorizontalWrapPanel>
            </igRibbon:RibbonGroup>
        </igRibbon:RibbonTabItem>

    </igRibbon:ContextualTabGroup.Tabs>
</igRibbon:ContextualTabGroup>

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Server 2012, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2