Add or Switch Ribbon Panel Controls (Concept)

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Add or Switch Ribbon Panel Controls

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Ribbon panel controls are drop-down lists, sliders, text boxes, and other panel-specific controls. For example, the Layers panel contains controls for changing the layers in a drawing. In the Customize User Interface (CUI) Editor, you can add, remove, and relocate controls on panels.

The following table describes the controls found in the Customize User Interface (CUI) Editor that can be used on ribbon panels. The control elements in the left column of this table are not always the text that is displayed as a tooltip in the program (for example, RibbonFindTextControl is displayed as Find Text in the program's tooltip). In addition to the ribbon panel controls, many of the controls that can be used with toolbars can also be added to a row on a ribbon panel. To learn more about the controls that can be used on toolbars and ribbon panels, see Add or Switch Toolbar Controls.

Controls available for ribbon panels
Control element	Control Type	Description
3D Navigation Combo Control	Multiple	Displays and sets the current view to a standard orthographic or isometric view, or a saved name view based on the current space.
3D Navigation Point Triplet 1 Control	Multiple	Controls the point of view (position of the camera) in the current viewport.
3D Navigation Point Triplet 2 Control	Multiple	Controls the target point of the camera (center point) for the current viewport.
ActionRecorderComboBoxItem	Drop-down list	Sets an action macro current for playback or editing.
ActionRecorderPlaybackButtonItem	Button	Plays back the selected action macro or stops the action macro that is currently being played back.
ActionRecorderPreferenceButtonItem	Button	Displays the Action Recorder Preferences dialog box.
ActionRecorderRecordButtonItem	Button	Starts the Action Recorder and records actions as they are performed; stops the Action Recorder when a recording is completed.
ActionRecorderTreeViewRibbonItem	Tree view	Displays the actions in the current action macro.
ActionRecorderUserInputButtonItem	Button	Inserts a request for user input for the selected action, if requesting user input is supported for the selected action.
ActionRecorderUserMessageButtonItem	Button	Inserts a user message into the action macro based on the selected action in the Action tree.
DimensionStyleCombo	Drop-down list	Displays and sets the current dimension style.
Find Text Control	Text box	Searches on a text string contained in the current drawing.
LayerStateCombo	Drop-down list	Displays the available layer states; you can restore a saved layer state.
LightsBrightnessSlider	Slider	Adjusts the global brightness for the lighting used when rendering.
LightsContrastSlider	Slider	Adjusts the global contrast for the lighting used when rendering.
LightsDateSlider	Slider	Adjusts the calendar day to use for the sunlight system.
LightsMidTonesSlider	Slider	Adjusts the global midtones for the lighting used when rendering.
LightsTimeSlider	Slider	Adjusts the time of day to use for the sunlight system.
LinetypeCombo	Drop-down list	Displays and sets the current linetype.
LineWeightCombo	Drop-down list	Displays and sets the current lineweight.
LockedLayerFadingSlider	Slider	Adjusts the percentage lock layers are faded into the background.
Multileader Style Control	Drop-down list	Displays and sets the current multileader style.
MultiLeaderStyleCombo	Drop-down list	Displays and sets the current multileader style.
Named View Control	Drop-down list	Displays and sets the current named view.
Nav3DLensLengthSlider	Slider	Adjusts the lens length of a perspective view.
Nav3DStepSizeSlider	Slider	Adjusts the step size for the 3D walk and fly features.
Nav3DStepVelocitySlider	Slider	Adjusts the step velocity for the 3D walk and fly features.
ObjectColorCombo	Drop-down list	Displays and sets the current color.
OpenDrawingList	Button	Displays a list of all open drawings; you can switch to a different open drawing.
OutputSizeList	Drop-down list	Displays and sets the current render output image size.
PlotStyleCombo	Drop-down list	Displays and sets the current plot style.
Render Progress Control	Button and progress bar	Shows the amount of time left to complete the current rendering.
Render Style Control	Drop-down list	Displays and sets the current render preset.
RenderOutputFileButton	Button	Specifies a location and file name for the rendered output.
RenderOutputFileTextBox	Text Box	Displays or sets the path and file name to use when saving rendered output.
RenderOutputFileToggleButton	Toggle	Enables or disables automatic saving of a rendered image to an electronic file.
RenderPresetList	Drop-down list	Displays and sets the current render preset.
RenderQualitySlider	Slider	Adjusts the rendered quality of a model.
RibbonCommandToggleButton!AdvancedRenderSettings	Toggle	Displays or hides the Advanced Render Settings palettes.
RibbonCommandToggleButton!Camera	Toggle	Displays or hides the camera glyphs in a drawing.
RibbonCommandToggleButton! CommandLine	Toggle	Displays or hides the command line window.
RibbonCommandToggleButton! DbConnect	Toggle	Displays or closes the dbConnect palette.
RibbonCommandToggleButton!DefaultLighting	Toggle	Indicates the type of lighting system used for the current viewport (default or user-defined), and switches between the two types of lighting.
RibbonCommandToggleButton! DesignCenter	Toggle	Displays or closes the DesignCenter palette.
RibbonCommandToggleButton! DrawingRecoveryManager	Toggle	Displays or closes the Drawing Recovery Manager palette.
RibbonCommandToggleButton!DrawingStatusBar	Toggle	Displays or hides the drawing status bar.
RibbonCommandToggleButton! ExternalReferences	Toggle	Displays or closes the External References palette.
RibbonCommandToggleButton!Layer	Toggle	Displays or closes the Layer palette.
RibbonCommandToggleButton!LightGlyph	Toggle	Displays or hides the light glyphs in a drawing.
RibbonCommandToggleButton!Lights	Toggle	Displays or hides the Lights in Model palette.
RibbonCommandToggleButton!LockedLayerFading	Toggle	Indicates whether locked layers use fading, and enables and disables layer fading for locked layers.
RibbonCommandToggleButton!Materials	Toggle	Displays or hides the Materials palette.
RibbonCommandToggleButton!MarkupSetManager	Toggle	Displays or closes the Markup Set Manager palette.
RibbonCommandToggleButton!Properties	Toggle	Displays or closes the Properties palette.
RibbonCommandToggleButton!QuickCalc	Toggle	Displays or closes the QuickCalc palette.
RibbonCommandToggleButton!SheetSetManager	Toggle	Displays or closes the SheetSet Manager palette.
RibbonCommandToggleButton!SunProperties	Toggle	Displays or hides the Sun Properties palette.
RibbonCommandToggleButton!SunStatus	Toggle	Indicates the current state of the sunlight system, and enables or disables the use of the sunlight system when rendering.
RibbonCommandToggleButton!ToolPalette	Toggle	Displays or closes the Tool Palettes window.
RibbonCommandToggleButton!ViewCube	Toggle	Indicates the display state of the ViewCube, and enables or disables the display of the ViewCube.
RibbonCommandToggleButton!VisualStyleEdgeJitter	Toggle	Indicates whether edge jitter is enabled, and enables or disables edge jitter for the current visual style.
RibbonCommandToggleButton!VisualStyleEdgeOverhang	Toggle	Indicates whether edge overhang is enabled, and enables or disables edge overhang for the current visual style.
RibbonCommandToggleButton!VisualStyleIntersectionEdge	Toggle	Indicates whether intersection edge color is enabled, and enables or disables intersection edge color for the current visual style.
RibbonCommandToggleButton! VisualStyleObscuredEdge	Toggle	Indicates whether obscured edge color is enabled, and enables or disables obscured edge color for the current visual style.
RibbonCommandToggleButton!VisualStyles	Toggle	Displays or closes the Visual Styles palette.
RibbonCommandToggleButton!VisualStyleSilouetteEdgeJitter	Toggle	Indicates whether silhouette edge jitter is enabled, and enables or disables silhouette edge jitter for the current visual style.
RibbonCommandToggleButton!XRayMode	Toggle	Indicates x-ray mode for the current visual style, and enables or disables x-ray mode.
RibbonFindTextControl	Text box and button	Searches a drawing for matching text based on a text string.
RibbonLockingButton	Button and drop-down menu	Displays a menu to lock or unlock docked or floating toolbars/panels and windows.
StatusBarPanesCheckList	Button and drop-down menu	Displays a list of the controls and the status bar; you can enable or disable each one individually.
TableStyleCombo	Drop-down list	Displays and sets the current table style.
TextStyleCombo	Drop-down list	Displays and sets the current text style.
TFontSizeCombo	Drop-down list	Displays and sets the current text height for creating new text objects.
ViewPortList	Drop-down list	Displays and sets the current scale for a floating viewport.
VisualStyleCombo	Drop-down list	Displays and sets the current visual style.
VisualStyleEdgeColor	Drop-down list	Displays and sets the current color used for the edges and isolines of 3D objects.
VisualStyleEdgeJitterSlider	Slider	Adjusts the amount lines are jittered for the current visual style.
VisualStyleEdgeOverhangSlider	Slider	Adjusts the amount lines overhang for the current visual style.
VisualStyleIntersectionEdgeColor	Drop-down list	Displays and sets the color used for intersecting lines for the current visual style.
VisualStyleObscuredEdgeColor	Drop-down list	Displays and sets the color used for obscured lines for the current visual style.
VisualStyleSilouetteEdgeJitterSlider	Slider	Adjusts the amount silhouette lines are jittered for the current visual style.