To display controls in a preferred layout at a particular ribbon size, both predefined templates and custom templates work in conjunction with the ScalingPolicy element. However, the framework also supports custom templates should the predefined templates not provide the UI experience or layouts required by an application. A collection of templates, called SizeDefinitions, is defined by the framework, each of which support various control and layout scenarios. The framework exposes adaptive layout functionality through a set of markup elements that are dedicated to specifying and customizing various layout behaviors. These rules define the adaptive layout behaviors of the Ribbon framework that influence how controls in the Command bar adapt to various ribbon sizes at run time.Īdaptive layout, as defined by the Ribbon framework, is the ability of all controls within the ribbon UI to dynamically adjust their organization, size, format, and relative scale based on changes to the size of the ribbon at run time.
Controls hosted in the ribbon Command bar are subject to layout rules that are enforced by the Windows Ribbon framework and based on a combination of default behaviors and layout templates (both framework-defined and custom) as declared in the Ribbon markup.
