Ribbon - some observations/suggestions

Here's some observations/suggestions for the ribbonbar:

The QuickAccessControls item collection has a 1 based index, as opposed to the rest of the controls which are zero based.

As a control can appear >1 times on the ribbonbar object, it's a bit of a pain having to loop through RibbonTabs, followed by RibbonGroups, followed by Items, in order to (for example) set the enabled property for a particular control id. Perhaps we can have a method to retrieve a collection of CommandBarControls that share the same id? Or in this case, a RibbonBar.EnableControlsByID (ID) method?

It'd be nice to have a Visible property on the QuickAccessControls object.

It'd also be nice to be able to hide tabs (eg if there's only one). By this I don't mean hide the entire tab, but just the bit you click on at the top.

Version 10.2 includes the system icon. The only way to get it visible is to use the EnableFrameTheme method. mmm. I want the icon/quick access bar to look like that but I don't want my form skinned.

Not a lot. Although it can lead to a waste of resources, more variables, etc. I like to run code to enable/disable controls when needed, not every 10ms or so.

The enabled property was just an example. Another common task would be to set the checked property. Right now, to do that, I've got to loop through every tab, every group, and every control.

A ControlsByID collection seems a pretty obvious requirement anyway considering the hierarchy of the control, and is probably implemented internally anyway.

"MFC updates the UI only when it's in idle state, so nothing to worry about."

Ok.

"P.S.: You can also use FindControl to find a control by id anywhere on the Ribbon. If you have a lot of duplicated commands on the Ribbon you might need to rethink your UI."

If the end user can customize the toolbar then it's necessary to be able to find all instances of a tool.