Ribbon in Spreadsheet control

29 Dec 202217 minutes to read

It helps to organize a spreadsheet’s features into a series of tabs. By clicking the expand or collapse icon, you can expand or collapse the ribbon toolbar dynamically.

Ribbon Customization

You can customize the ribbon using the following methods,

Method Action
hideRibbonTabs Used to show or hide the existing ribbon tabs.
enableRibbonTabs Used to enable or disable the existing
ribbon tabs.  
addRibbonTabs Used to add custom ribbon tabs.
hideToolbarItems Used to show or hide the existing ribbon
toolbar items.  
enableToolbarItems Used to enable or disable the specified
toolbar items.  
addToolbarItems Used to add the custom items in ribbon
toolbar.  
hideFileMenuItems Used to show or hide the ribbon file menu
items.  
enableFileMenuItems Used to enable or disable file menu items.
addFileMenuItems Used to add custom file menu items.

The following code example shows the usage of ribbon customization.

<ejs-spreadsheet id="spreadsheet" created="created" fileMenuItemSelect="fileMenuItemSelect" fileMenuBeforeOpen="fileMenuBeforeOpen" showFormulaBar="false" showSheetTabs="false" allowInsert="false" allowDelete="false" allowMerge="false" openUrl="Home/open" saveUrl="Home/Save">
        <e-spreadsheet-sheets>
            <e-spreadsheet-sheet name="Shipment Details">
                <e-spreadsheet-ranges>
                    <e-spreadsheet-range dataSource="ViewBag.DefaultData"></e-spreadsheet-range>
                </e-spreadsheet-ranges>
                <e-spreadsheet-columns>
                    <e-spreadsheet-column width="130"></e-spreadsheet-column>
                    <e-spreadsheet-column width="140"></e-spreadsheet-column>
                    <e-spreadsheet-column width="90"></e-spreadsheet-column>
                    <e-spreadsheet-column width="140"></e-spreadsheet-column>
                    <e-spreadsheet-column width="90"></e-spreadsheet-column>
                    <e-spreadsheet-column width="100"></e-spreadsheet-column>
                    <e-spreadsheet-column width="100"></e-spreadsheet-column>
                </e-spreadsheet-columns>
            </e-spreadsheet-sheet>
        </e-spreadsheet-sheets>
    </ejs-spreadsheet>

    <script>

        function created() {
            this.cellFormat({ fontWeight: 'bold', textAlign: 'center' }, 'A1:F1');
            // Hiding the `Insert` from ribbon.
            this.hideRibbonTabs(['Insert']);
            // Set disabled state to `View` ribbon tab.
            this.enableRibbonTabs(['View'], false);
            // Adding the `Help` ribbon tab at the last index.
            // Specify the ribbon tab header text in last optional argument(`insertBefore`) for inserting new tab before any existing tab.
            this.addRibbonTabs([{
                header: { text: 'Help' }, content: [{
                    text: 'Feedback', tooltipText: 'Feedback',
                    click: (args) => { /* Any click action for this toolbar item will come here. */ }
                }]
            }]);
            // Hiding the unwanted toolbar items from `Home` by specifying its index.
            this.hideToolbarItems('Home', [0, 1, 2, 4, 14, 15, 21, 24]);
            // Set disable state to `Underline`, 'Wrap text` toolbar items from `Home` by specifying the item id.
            this.enableToolbarItems('Home', [`${this.element.id}_underline`, `${this.element.id}_wrap`], false);
            // Set disable state to `Protect Sheet` toolbar item from `Data` by mentioning its index.
            this.enableToolbarItems('Data', [0], false);
            // Adding the new `Custom Formulas` toolbar item under `Formulas` tab for adding custom formulas.
            this.addToolbarItems(
                'Formulas', [{ type: 'Separator' }, {
                    text: 'Custom Formulas', tooltipText: 'Custom Formulas',
                    // You can set click handler for each new custom toolbar item
                    click: (args) => {
                        // You can add custom formulas here.
                    }
                }]);
            // Adding new custom item `Import` after the existing `Open` item. By default, new item will add after the specified item.
            this.addFileMenuItems([{ text: 'Import', iconCss: 'e-open e-icons' }], 'Open');
            // Adding new custom item `Export As` after the existing `Save As` item.
            // Set `insertAfter` optional argument as `false` for adding new item before the specified item.
            this.addFileMenuItems(
                [{
                    text: 'Export As', iconCss: 'e-save e-icons', items: [{ text: 'XLSX', iconCss: 'e-xlsx e-icons' },
                    { text: 'XLS', iconCss: 'e-xls e-icons' }, { text: 'CSV', iconCss: 'e-csv e-icons' }]
                }],
                'Save As', false);
        }
        function fileMenuBeforeOpen() { // Because the file menu items are created dynamically, you need to perform the hide or show and enable/disable operations
            // under filemenu before open event.
            // Hiding the `Save As` and `Open` item.
            this.hideFileMenuItems(['Save As', 'Open']);
            // Set disable state to `New` item. You can perform any file menu items customization by specifying the item id,
            // if it has more than one same item text. Set the last argument `isUniqueId` as true for using the item id.
            this.enableFileMenuItems([`${this.element.id}_New`], false, true);
        }

        function fileMenuItemSelect(args) {
            // Custom file menu items select handler
            switch (args.item.text) {
                case 'Import': select(`#${this.element.id}_fileUpload`, this.element).click();
                    break;
                case 'XLSX': this.save({ saveType: 'Xlsx' });
                    break;
                case 'XLS': this.save({ saveType: 'Xls' });
                    break;
                case 'CSV': this.save({ saveType: 'Csv' });
                    break;
            }
        }

    </script>
public IActionResult Index()
        {
           List<object> data = new List<object>()
            {
                new { CustomerName= "Romona Heaslip",  Model= "Taurus",  Color= "Aquamarine",  PaymentMode= "Debit Card",  DeliveryDate= "07/11/2015",  Amount= "8529.22" },
                new { CustomerName= "Clare Batterton",  Model= "Sparrow",  Color= "Pink",  PaymentMode= "Cash On Delivery",  DeliveryDate= "7/13/2016",  Amount= "17866.19" },
                new { CustomerName= "Eamon Traise",  Model= "Grand Cherokee",  Color= "Blue",  PaymentMode= "Net Banking",  DeliveryDate= "09/04/2015",  Amount= "13853.09" },
                new { CustomerName= "Julius Gorner",  Model= "GTO",  Color= "Aquamarine",  PaymentMode= "Credit Card",  DeliveryDate= "12/15/2017",  Amount= "2338.74" },
                new { CustomerName= "Jenna Schoolfield",  Model= "LX",  Color= "Yellow",  PaymentMode= "Credit Card",  DeliveryDate= "10/08/2014",  Amount= "9578.45" },
                new { CustomerName= "Marylynne Harring",  Model= "Catera",  Color= "Green",  PaymentMode= "Cash On Delivery",  DeliveryDate= "7/01/2017",  Amount= "19141.62" },
                new { CustomerName= "Vilhelmina Leipelt",  Model= "7 Series",  Color= "Goldenrod",  PaymentMode= "Credit Card",  DeliveryDate= "12/20/2015",  Amount= "6543.30" },
                new { CustomerName= "Barby Heisler",  Model= "Corvette",  Color= "Red",  PaymentMode= "Credit Card",  DeliveryDate= "11/24/2014",  Amount= "13035.06" },
                new { CustomerName= "Karyn Boik",  Model= "Regal",  Color= "Indigo",  PaymentMode= "Debit Card",  DeliveryDate= "05/12/2014",  Amount= "18488.80" },
                new { CustomerName= "Jeanette Pamplin",  Model= "S4",  Color= "Fuscia",  PaymentMode= "Net Banking",  DeliveryDate= "12/30/2014",  Amount= "12317.04" },
                new { CustomerName= "Cristi Espinos",  Model= "TL",  Color= "Aquamarine",  PaymentMode= "Credit Card",  DeliveryDate= "12/18/2013",  Amount= "6230.13" },
                new { CustomerName= "Issy Humm",  Model= "Club Wagon",  Color= "Pink",  PaymentMode= "Cash On Delivery",  DeliveryDate= "02/02/2015",  Amount= "9709.49" },
                new { CustomerName= "Tuesday Fautly",  Model= "V8 Vantage",  Color= "Crimson",  PaymentMode= "Debit Card",  DeliveryDate= "11/19/2014",  Amount= "9766.10" },
                new { CustomerName= "Rosemaria Thomann",  Model= "Caravan",  Color= "Violet",  PaymentMode= "Net Banking",  DeliveryDate= "02/08/2014",  Amount= "7685.49" },
            };
            ViewBag.DefaultData = data;
            return View();
        }

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