Ribbon Settings and drop down Pin

[babu.rajan]

How can we access Ribbon's drop down Pin and settings (a small arrow at the corner)

 

[rosalesduquej]

The way to access this will be using AdWindows.dll which for Revit API is unsupported. You can take a look at some of the examples from the blog The Builder Coder regarding cutomization of the Ribbon using this DLL. 

http://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2011/02/pimp-my-autocad-or-revit-ribbon.html

In the case of supported API, RibbonPanel.AddSlideOut() adds a sliding panel like the one shown to custom Ribbon UI.  You can’t do anything with the pin – the user should have control over whether they want it extended or not.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

[babu.rajan]

here is the code how i get the pin to work.

 public void PushButton_Settings(RibbonPanel HyderApp)
        {
            HyderApp.AddSlideOut();// this Give me Pin! 

            PushButtonData pushButtonData1 = new PushButtonData("Settings", "File path Settings", _introLabPath, "HCL_Ribbon.Command");
            pushButtonData1.LargeImage = NewBitmapImage("Setting-icon.png");
            pushButtonData1.Image = NewBitmapImage("Setting-icon.png");
            pushButtonData1.ToolTip = "set the path to the folder location";

            HyderApp.AddItem(pushButtonData1);

        }