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RibbonTab Owner

Originally Posted 10 February 2017, 12:16 pm EST

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  fabio-lavitolaobsydian-consulting

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  Originally Posted 10 February 2017, 12:16 pm EST

  Hi,
  i need to know if a RibbonTab is owned by any Contextual Group.
  Is there a way to get something like
  
  <RibbonTab>.GetOwner ?
  
  It is needed to let me know if i'm changing the selected RibbonTab from a "simple" ribbontab or a child one from a context group.
  Thanks
  
  Regards,
  Fabio La Vitola
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  ruchir-agarwalgrapecity-com

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  Hello Fabio,
  
  You can meet your requirement by using C1Ribbon's "SelectedTabChanged" event and inside it, check if any Contextual Group contains SelectedTab, if yes then SelectedTab is child of a Contextual Group else SelectedTab is a "simple" ribbontab.
  You may implement something like:
  

   foreach (RibbonContextualTabGroup tabGroup in C1Ribbon.ContextualTabGroups)
              {
                  if (tabGroup.Tabs.Contains(C1Ribbon.SelectedTab))
                  {
                      currentOwner = tabGroup;
  
                      MessageBox.Show(C1Ribbon.SelectedTab.Name + " owner: " + currentOwner.Name);
                      count++;
                      break;
                  }
              }

  
  
  I have attached a simple sample application for reference.
  
  Let us know if this does meet your requirement.
  
  Regards
  Ruchir Agarwal
  2017/02/prj_RibbonTabParent.zip
  
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  fabio-lavitolaobsydian-consulting

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  Hi Ruchir,
  thanks for your answer but even this time i've solved on my own...
  Anyway, i don't understand why such an important property like a "parent" (atm, the Contextual tab) is NOT available (but it is present in non exposed properties, attached file).
  Here's my solution (1 row code):
  
  

  If C1Ribbon1.SelectedTab.OwnerCollection.Equals(RibbonContextualTabGroup1.Tabs) Then
       MsgBox ("Belongs to " + RibbonContextualTabGroup1.Text
  End If

  
  
  Hope to that property exposed asap!
  THanks
  
  Regards,
  Fabio La Vitola
  
  

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  ruchir-agarwalgrapecity-com

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  Hello Fabio,
  
  Good to know that you found the solution to the problem.
  I have also notified the development team to expose the discussed property.
  
  Regards
  Ruchir Agarwal
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  esha-dhir158

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  Hi,
  
  Using the latest release build, owner of a tab can be returned on using Owner property.
  You can download the latest release build from here:
  
  http://prerelease.componentone.com/dotnet40/c1winforms/2017-t2/C1WinForms.4_4.0.20172.271.zip
  http://prerelease.componentone.com/dotnet20/c1winforms/2017-t2/C1WinForms.2_2.0.20172.271.zip
  
  Thanks,
  Esha