About Organizing Commands and Controls on a Ribbon Panel

Commands and controls are added to and organized with rows and sub-panels on a ribbon panel.

Commands and controls on a ribbon panel can be organized using

• Rows - Horizontal organization containers that determine the order and position of commands and controls on a ribbon panel. Rows run horizontally on a ribbon panel no matter if the ribbon is displayed horizontally or vertically.
• Sub-panels - Sub grouping containers that allow you to organize rows within a row on a ribbon panel. For example, you can use a sub-panel to divide up a row into one or more rows. This is how many ribbon panels are organized, a single row of commands with large buttons and then the same row is divided into multiple smaller rows of commands and controls.
• Fold panels - Similar to sub-panels, fold panels collapse to just show images only when space is limited on the ribbon. Button Style must be set to Large with Text in order for a fold panel to work. Fold panels can be converted into sub-panels.
• Slide-out - Area that contains rows which should be hidden by default, and displayed only when the ribbon panel is expanded. A down arrow to the right of a ribbon panel’s title indicates that the ribbon panel can be expanded.
• Drop-down menu - Single button control that allows the grouping of multiple commands.
• Menu separators - Vertical line that is used to create a visual grouping of related commands, controls, sub-panels, and other items on a ribbon panel within a row.

The following table describes the properties for the Line command of Row 1 on the Home 2D - Draw ribbon panel as they appear in the Properties pane.

Properties for the Line Command on Row 1 of the Home 2D - Draw Ribbon Panel
Properties Pane Item	Description	Example
Name	Text used as the name and label of the command button; does appear in the user interface. Note: Use the “\n” character sequence to represent a line break and display a command label on more than one line. The “\n” character sequence is displayed as a space instead of the characters “\n” after the changes to the command are saved.	Line
Button Style	Controls the size and label display of the command. Note: It is recommended to not use the Large with Text (Horizontal) option as it takes up extra space on the ribbon. If your icons are defined with sizes other than 16x16 for small icons or 32x32 for large icons, set RIBBONICONRESIZE to 0. The program does not resize ribbon icons to a standard size when RIBBONICONRESIZE is set to 0. Additionally, Button Style for the command or drop-down menu must be set to LargeWithoutText.	Large with Text (Vertical)
Group Name	Specifies the group name assigned to the command that is used to control the organization of the command on a drop-down.
Command Name	Text that contains the name of the command as it appears in the Command List pane.	Line
Description	Text used to describe the element; does not appear in the user interface.	Creates straight line segments
Extended Help File	Text that displays the file name and ID for the extended tooltip that is displayed when the cursor hovers over the command on the ribbon panel.
Command Display Name	Text that contains the name of the AutoCAD command that is related to the command.	LINE
Macro	The command sequence that should be executed when the command is executed from a ribbon panel. It follows the standard command macro syntax.	^C^C_line
Tags	Keywords associated with a command, and provide an additional field to search when using the Search box in the application menu.
KeyTip	Specifies the characters that can be used to access the command on a ribbon panel from the keyboard when the Alt key is pressed. Note: The MENUBAR system variable must be set to 0, in order to use keytips.	LI
Tooltip Title	Text string for the title of the command's tooltip.
Element ID	Tag that uniquely identifies a command or user interface element.	ID_Line, ID_RBN_CMDBTN_LINE
Small Image	File name or resource ID string of the small (16×16) image resource.	RCDATA_16_LINE
Large Image	File name or resource ID string of the large (32×32) image resource.	RCDATA_32_LINE