Application Tab
16 Aug 201813 minutes to read
The Application Tab is used to represent a Menu that do some operations, such as File Menu to create, open, and print documents. Application Tab classified by Type property with the following:
- Menu
- Backstage
Application Menu
The Application Menu is similar to traditional file Menu options and Syncfusion Menu control is used internally to render this. To show Application Menu in Ribbon, set the Type as Menu and MenuSettings to customize properties of ejMenu.
Create Using Template
Set the UL element Id to MenuItemID property to create Application Menu and it will acts as template to render Menu.
@(Html.EJ().Ribbon("defaultRibbon")
.Width("500")
.ApplicationTab(app=> {
app.Type(ApplicationTabType.Menu).MenuItemID("Ribbon").MenuSettings(new MenuProperties() {
OpenOnClick = false
});
})
.RibbonTabs(tab => {
tab.Id("home").Text("HOME").TabGroups(tab => {
tab.Text("New").ContentID("Contents").Type("custom").AlignType(RibbonAlignType.Rows).Content(ctn => {
ctn.ContentGroups(contentGroup => {
contentGroup.Id("new").Text("New").ButtonSettings(new ButtonProperties() {
ContentType = ContentType.ImageOnly,
ImagePosition = ImagePosition.ImageTop,
PrefixIcon = "e-icon e-Ribbon e-new",
Click = "executeAction"
}).Add();
}).Add();
}).Add();
}).Add();
}))
<div id="Contents">Custom control</div>
<ul id="Ribbon">
<li>
<a>FILE</a>
<ul>
<li><a>New</a></li>
<li><a>Open</a></li>
<li><a>Save</a></li>
<li><a>Save As</a></li>
<li><a>Print</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
Binding Data Source
Application Menu can be rendered using JSON Data Source. Please refer this page to set data source to ejMenu.
@(Html.EJ().Ribbon("MenuJson")
.Width("500")
.ApplicationTab(app => {
app.Type(ApplicationTabType.Menu).MenuItemID("Ribbon").MenuSettings(new MenuProperties() {
OpenOnClick = true,
MenuFields = new MenuFields() {
DataSource = (IEnumerable < MenuJson > ) ViewBag.datasource,
Text = "text",
ParentId = "parent",
Id = "id"
}
});
})
.RibbonTabs(tab => {
tab.Id("home").Text("HOME").TabGroups(tab => {
tab.Text("New").AlignType(RibbonAlignType.Rows).Content(ctn => {
ctn.ContentGroups(contentGroup => {
contentGroup.Id("new").Text("New").ButtonSettings(new ButtonProperties() {
ContentType = ContentType.ImageOnly,
ImagePosition = ImagePosition.ImageTop,
PrefixIcon = "e-icon e-Ribbon e-new",
Click = "executeAction"
}).Add();
}).ContentDefaults(df => df.Type(RibbonButtonType.Button).Width("60px").Height("70px")).Add();
}).Add();
}).Add();
})
<ul id="Ribbon"></ul>
}
@section StyleSection{
<link href="~/Content/ej/Ribbon-css/ej.icons.css" rel="stylesheet" />
}public partial class RibbonController : Controller
{
List<MenuJson> Ribbon = new List<MenuJson>();
public ActionResult Methods()
{
Ribbon.Add(new MenuJson { id = 1, parent = null, text = "File" });
Ribbon.Add(new MenuJson { id = 11, parent = "1", text = "Open" });
Ribbon.Add(new MenuJson { id = 12, parent = "1", text = "Save" });
Ribbon.Add(new MenuJson { id = 121, parent = "12", text = "Save As" });
Ribbon.Add(new MenuJson { id = 122, parent = "12", text = "Save All" });
ViewBag.datasource = Ribbon;
return View();
}
public class MenuJson
{
public string text { get; set; }
public int id { get; set; }
public string parent { get; set; }
}
}
}
Backstage Page
The Backstage page is where documents and related data of those can be managed, such as Create, Save and other information.
The Backstage page has a feature to add custom Control in left side of the page which contains menu items and the right side contains corresponding user controls.
You can set Application Tab Type as Backstage and set Id , Text to Backstage items. Backstage Pages can be added with required ItemType and ContentID as template id to render template into Backstage.
Separator between Backstage items can be enabled by setting EnableSeparator as true. Width of backstage side header can be customized using HeaderWidth, If not set based on content given width will be considered.
To render the Ribbon with the Backstage page, refer to the following code snippet.
@(Html.EJ().Ribbon("defaultRibbon")
.Width("500")
.ApplicationTab(app => {
app.Type(ApplicationTabType.Backstage).BackstageSettings(bsSettings => {
bsSettings.Text("FILE").Height("350").Width("100%").HeaderWidth("120").Pages(bsPage => {
bsPage.Id("new").Text("New").ContentID("newCon").Add();
bsPage.Id("close").Text("Close").EnableSeparator(true).ItemType(ItemType.Button).Add();
bsPage.Id("account").Text("Office Account").ContentID("accountCon").Add();
});
});
})
.RibbonTabs(tab => {
tab.Id("home").Text("HOME").TabGroups(tab => {
tab.Text("New").AlignType(RibbonAlignType.Rows).Content(ctn => {
ctn.ContentGroups(contentGroup => {
contentGroup.Id("new").Text("New").ButtonSettings(new ButtonProperties() {
ContentType = ContentType.ImageOnly,
ImagePosition = ImagePosition.ImageTop,
PrefixIcon = "e-icon e-ribbon e-new",
Click = "executeAction"
}).Add();
}).Add();
}).Add();
}).Add();
})
.ClientSideEvents(event => event.Create("createControl")))
<div id="newCon">
<table>
<tr>
<td><button id="btn1" class="e-bsnewbtnstyle">Blank WorkBook</button></td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
@section ScriptSection{
<script>
function createControl(args) {
$("#btn1").ejButton({
size: "large",
height: 200,
width: 225,
contentType: "textandimage",
imagePosition: "imagetop",
prefixIcon: "e-icon e-blank e-infopageicon"
});
}
</script>
}
@section StyleSection{
<link href="~/Content/ej/ribbon-css/ej.icons.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<style>
.e-blank {
background-image: url("../Content/ej/common-images/ribbon/blank.png");
}
.e-infopageicon {
background-repeat: no-repeat;
height: 150px;
width: 198px;
}
.e-newpageicon {
background-repeat: no-repeat;
height: 42px;
width: 42px;
}
</style>
}
NOTE
Height & Width of backstage can be set using
HeightandWidth, if these are not set, Ribbon’s Height & Width will be considered
You can add/remove/update backStage item to the ribbon control by using addBackStageItem, removeBackStageItem and updateBackStageItem methods. Also you can show/hide the backstage page in ribbon control by using showBackstage and [hideBackstage](https://help.syncfusion.com/api/js/ejribbon#methods:hidebackstage methods.