Office 2013 Style for the Ribbon UI

Posted: Wednesday, July 23, 2014 | 0 comment(s)

A couple of screenshots will best tell the tale:

 




The new look is lightweight, friendly and modern. I often find myself thinking "uh, this looks old" whenever returning to List & Label 19 (or, worse, to pre-Ribbon List & Label 18) – you'll notice the difference immediately.
 
On a side note – did you know you can partly customize the colors of the ribbon by code? We have two undocumented options that enable you to change the background and text color in order to better match the look and feel of the reporting to your application. The options are:

#define LL_OPTION_DESIGNER_RIBBONBACKGROUNDCOLOR (215) 
#define LL_OPTION_DESIGNER_RIBBONTEXTCOLOR (230) 

and they can be used e.g. in .NET like:

private static int ColorToLLColor(Color color) 
{ 
   return color.R + (color.G << 8) + (color.B << 16);
} 

private static void Design()
{
  using (ListLabel LL = new ListLabel())
  {
   LL.Core.LlSetOption(215, ColorToLLColor(Color.DarkGray)); 
   LL.Core.LlSetOption(230, ColorToLLColor(Color.Black)); 
   LL.Design();
  }
}

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Author: Jochen Bartlau
Head of Development List & Label

Jochen Bartlau leads the development at combit as Managing Director. He's a Microsoft .NET enthusiast driving innovation & agile project management. The mobile devices geek who used to be a physicist in his first life loves to spend his spare time with his family.

   

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