No project template for a ‘WPF Ribbon Application’

Question

I am unable to get a WPF Ribbon project to show in Visual Studio. Here is a link to a thread for someone that had an issue in Visual Studio 2010.

I have tried everything suggested there but to no avail.

I have Visual Studio 2012 Express for Desktop installed but nothing is showing up. I have tried uninstalling and re-installing but no luck.

eandersson · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-22T00:22:19.577

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A simple work around would be to simply replace <Window> with <RibbonWindow> and <Ribbon> as the first child. Keep in mind that the Ribbon control is already integrated into .NET 4.5.

First edit your MainWindow.xaml by replacing Window with RibbonWindow and add <Ribbon x:Name="Ribbon" Title="Ribbon Title">.

Example:

<RibbonWindow x:Class="WpfApplication3.MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"

        Title="MainWindow"
        x:Name="RibbonWindow"
        Width="640" Height="480">

    <Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot">
        <Grid.RowDefinitions>
            <RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
            <RowDefinition Height="*"/>
        </Grid.RowDefinitions>

        <Ribbon x:Name="Ribbon" Title="Ribbon Title">
            ...........
        </Ribbon>
    </Grid>
</RibbonWindow>

You will also need to edit the MainWindow.xaml.cs to inherit the RibbonWindow class instead of Window.

public partial class MainWindow : RibbonWindow

Last remember to import the reference from the .NET Framework.

System.Windows.Controls.Ribbon

Edit: Update with solution for VB.Net.

1) Add reference

Right click on your project and choose Add Reference.
Find System.Windows.Controls.Ribbon under Assemblies and Framework.
Click OK to save.

2) Edit your MainWindow.xaml

Back up any existing code.
Replace the default template with the code in my Example.
Add your new content within the <Ribbon></Ribbon> tag.

3) Edit your Mainwindow.xaml.vb

Right click on MainWindow.xaml and click View Code.
Change Class Window to Class RibbonWindow.

4) Run the program!

edited Mar 22 '13 at 00:22

answered Mar 21 '13 at 23:21

eandersson

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Thanks for the response. Not to sound naive but where exactly do I place this XML in regards to a new project? – James Satori-Brunet Mar 21 '13 at 23:24
You can edit your existing project. Updating the code slightly give me a few seconds. – eandersson Mar 21 '13 at 23:26
To make it clear you simply edit the existing files mentioned in my post in your new project. – eandersson Mar 21 '13 at 23:31
@JamesBrunet The code got cut short earlier, updated it *again*. :D – eandersson Mar 21 '13 at 23:35
Thanks again. I am using VB BTW. It is not recognising RibbonWindow. But that is probably because I have no idea what to do with System.Windows.Controls.Ribbon or how to inherit in VB. – James Satori-Brunet Mar 22 '13 at 00:14
My bad. It should be pretty much the same. I'll see if I can update my answer. – eandersson Mar 22 '13 at 00:15
It's not your bad at all. You've been extremely helpful. – James Satori-Brunet Mar 22 '13 at 00:17
The ribbon was covering the title bar when I use RibboWindow. I used your xaml piece and it fixed the problem. I don't know how, I couldn't notice any reasonable cause. – Saša Ćetković Apr 09 '14 at 22:16

No project template for a ‘WPF Ribbon Application’

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