Remove or Hide a Ribbon Tab

[basionyecg]

Hello,

I am familiar with adding a Ribbon Tab Programmatically

public static UIControlledApplication UiCtrApp;
public Result OnStartup(UIControlledApplication application)
            {
                UiCtrApp = application;
                UiCtrApp.CreateRibbonTab("New Tab");

                return Result.Succeeded;
            }

but I don’t seem to find a way to remove or hide the tab at a certain point in runtime, How can I do that?

Ragards,

Basiony

[rosalesduquej]

Hi,

I found a post on the Builder Coder which Dynamically Hides and Displays a Ribbon panel. 

http://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2013/07/dynamically-hide-and-display-a-ribbon-panel.html 

Hope this helps,

Cheers,

[basionyecg]

Thanks Jaime , but it seems that it is not the same case for tabs.

Regards,

Basiony

[eN27 · Accepted solution]

Try this one :

Autodesk.Windows.RibbonTab      revitRibbonTab = UIFramework.RevitRibbonControl.RibbonControl.FindTab(tabName);
revitRibbonTab.IsVisible = false;

You need also add reference to AdWindows.dll  to have access to things from Autodesk.Windows  namespace;

[Revitalizer · Accepted solution]

Hi,

there is a workaround using the AdWindows.dll:

using Autodesk.Windows;

Then, OnStartup, register for ViewActivated event.

When triggered, call this function:

private void DisableTab()
{
    Autodesk.Windows.RibbonControl ribbon = Autodesk.Windows.ComponentManager.Ribbon;

    foreach (Autodesk.Windows.RibbonTab tab in ribbon.Tabs)
    {
        if (tab.Title="yourTabTitle")
        {
            tab.IsVisible = false;
        }
    }
}

Revitalizer

[Revitalizer]

Didn't see your post, you already provided the solution.

Revitalizer

[rosalesduquej]

Oh well yes, using AdWindows.dll it sure can be achieve :). Just remember that this Dll is not supported by Autodesk, so any odd functionality that this may cause, we cannot support it. 

Thank you Revitalizer for pointing out the solution 😉 

Cheers,

[Revitalizer]

Hey Jaime,

eN27 provided the answer first, don't forget 😉

Rudi

[fernando.pavonC234G]

Thanks for your reply, but where do we find UIFramework?