Tabs, Groups, and Items

28 Aug 202520 minutes to read

The Ribbon component’s structure is a hierarchy of tabs, groups, and items that provides organized access to commands. Each tab contains one or more groups, and each group holds collections of related items.

Adding Tabs

You can use the tabs property to add tabs to the Ribbon component and define the content of the tab header by using the header property.

import * as React from "react";
import * as ReactDom from "react-dom";
import { RibbonComponent, RibbonTabsDirective, RibbonTabDirective} from "@syncfusion/ej2-react-ribbon";
function App() {
    return (
        <RibbonComponent id="ribbon">
            <RibbonTabsDirective>
                <RibbonTabDirective header="Home">      
                </RibbonTabDirective>
                <RibbonTabDirective header="Insert">  
                </RibbonTabDirective>
            </RibbonTabsDirective>
        </RibbonComponent>
    );
}
export default App;
ReactDom.render(<App />, document.getElementById("element"));
import * as React from "react";
import * as ReactDom from "react-dom";
import { RibbonComponent, RibbonTabsDirective, RibbonTabDirective} from "@syncfusion/ej2-react-ribbon";
function App() {
    return (
        <RibbonComponent id="ribbon">
            <RibbonTabsDirective>
                <RibbonTabDirective header="Home">      
                </RibbonTabDirective>
                <RibbonTabDirective header="Insert">  
                </RibbonTabDirective>
            </RibbonTabsDirective>
        </RibbonComponent>
    );
}
export default App;
ReactDom.render(<App />, document.getElementById("element"));
/* Represents the styles for loader */
#loader {
  color: #008cff;
  height: 40px;
  left: 45%;
  position: absolute;
  top: 45%;
  width: 30%;
}

Adding Groups

You can use the groups property to add groups for each tab in the Ribbon and define the name of the group header by using the header property.

import * as React from "react";
import * as ReactDom from "react-dom";
import { RibbonComponent, RibbonTabsDirective, RibbonTabDirective, RibbonGroupsDirective, RibbonGroupDirective } from "@syncfusion/ej2-react-ribbon";

function App() {
    return (
        <RibbonComponent id="ribbon">
            <RibbonTabsDirective>
                <RibbonTabDirective header="Home">
                    <RibbonGroupsDirective>
                        <RibbonGroupDirective header="Clipboard">
                        </RibbonGroupDirective>
                    </RibbonGroupsDirective>
                </RibbonTabDirective>
                <RibbonTabDirective header="Insert">
                    <RibbonGroupsDirective>
                        <RibbonGroupDirective header="Tables">
                        </RibbonGroupDirective>
                    </RibbonGroupsDirective>
                </RibbonTabDirective>
            </RibbonTabsDirective>
        </RibbonComponent>
    );
}
export default App;
ReactDom.render(<App />, document.getElementById("element"));
import * as React from "react";
import * as ReactDom from "react-dom";
import { RibbonComponent, RibbonTabsDirective, RibbonTabDirective, RibbonGroupsDirective, RibbonGroupDirective } from "@syncfusion/ej2-react-ribbon";

function App() {
    return (
        <RibbonComponent id="ribbon">
            <RibbonTabsDirective>
                <RibbonTabDirective header="Home">
                    <RibbonGroupsDirective>
                        <RibbonGroupDirective header="Clipboard">
                        </RibbonGroupDirective>
                    </RibbonGroupsDirective>
                </RibbonTabDirective>
                <RibbonTabDirective header="Insert">
                    <RibbonGroupsDirective>
                        <RibbonGroupDirective header="Tables">
                        </RibbonGroupDirective>
                    </RibbonGroupsDirective>
                </RibbonTabDirective>
            </RibbonTabsDirective>
        </RibbonComponent>
    );
}
export default App;
ReactDom.render(<App />, document.getElementById("element"));
/* Represents the styles for loader */
#loader {
  color: #008cff;
  height: 40px;
  left: 45%;
  position: absolute;
  top: 45%;
  width: 30%;
}

Adding Items

You can add collections of items to each group by using the collections and items properties.

import * as React from "react";
import * as ReactDom from "react-dom";
import { RibbonComponent, RibbonTabsDirective, RibbonTabDirective, RibbonCollectionsDirective, RibbonCollectionDirective, RibbonGroupsDirective, RibbonGroupDirective, RibbonItemsDirective, RibbonItemDirective } from "@syncfusion/ej2-react-ribbon";
function App() {
    const pasteOptions = [{ text: "Keep Source Format" }, { text: "Merge format" }, { text: "Keep text only" }];
    return (
        <RibbonComponent id="ribbon">
            <RibbonTabsDirective>
                <RibbonTabDirective header="Home">
                    <RibbonGroupsDirective>
                        <RibbonGroupDirective header="Clipboard">
                            <RibbonCollectionsDirective>
                                <RibbonCollectionDirective>
                                    <RibbonItemsDirective>
                                        <RibbonItemDirective type="SplitButton"
                                            splitButtonSettings={{ iconCss: "e-icons e-paste", items: pasteOptions, content: "Paste" }}>
                                        </RibbonItemDirective>
                                    </RibbonItemsDirective>
                                </RibbonCollectionDirective>
                                <RibbonCollectionDirective>
                                    <RibbonItemsDirective>
                                        <RibbonItemDirective type="Button" buttonSettings={{ iconCss: "e-icons e-cut", content: "Cut" }}>
                                        </RibbonItemDirective>
                                        <RibbonItemDirective type="Button" buttonSettings={{ iconCss: "e-icons e-copy", content: "Copy" }}>
                                        </RibbonItemDirective>
                                        <RibbonItemDirective type="Button" buttonSettings={{ iconCss: "e-icons e-format-painter", content: "Format Painter" }}>
                                        </RibbonItemDirective>
                                    </RibbonItemsDirective>
                                </RibbonCollectionDirective>
                            </RibbonCollectionsDirective>
                        </RibbonGroupDirective>
                    </RibbonGroupsDirective>
                </RibbonTabDirective>
            </RibbonTabsDirective>
        </RibbonComponent>
    );
}
export default App;
ReactDom.render(<App />, document.getElementById("element"));
import * as React from "react";
import * as ReactDom from "react-dom";
import { RibbonComponent, RibbonTabsDirective, RibbonTabDirective, RibbonCollectionsDirective, RibbonCollectionDirective, RibbonGroupsDirective, RibbonGroupDirective, RibbonItemsDirective, RibbonItemDirective } from "@syncfusion/ej2-react-ribbon";
import { ItemModel } from "@syncfusion/ej2-splitbuttons";
function App() {
    const pasteOptions: ItemModel[] = [{ text: "Keep Source Format" }, { text: "Merge format" }, { text: "Keep text only" }];
    return (
        <RibbonComponent id="ribbon">
            <RibbonTabsDirective>
                <RibbonTabDirective header="Home">
                    <RibbonGroupsDirective>
                        <RibbonGroupDirective header="Clipboard">
                            <RibbonCollectionsDirective>
                                <RibbonCollectionDirective>
                                    <RibbonItemsDirective>
                                        <RibbonItemDirective type="SplitButton"
                                            splitButtonSettings={{ iconCss: "e-icons e-paste", items: pasteOptions, content: "Paste" }}>
                                        </RibbonItemDirective>
                                    </RibbonItemsDirective>
                                </RibbonCollectionDirective>
                                <RibbonCollectionDirective>
                                    <RibbonItemsDirective>
                                        <RibbonItemDirective type="Button" buttonSettings={{ iconCss: "e-icons e-cut", content: "Cut" }}>
                                        </RibbonItemDirective>
                                        <RibbonItemDirective type="Button" buttonSettings={{ iconCss: "e-icons e-copy", content: "Copy" }}>
                                        </RibbonItemDirective>
                                        <RibbonItemDirective type="Button" buttonSettings={{ iconCss: "e-icons e-format-painter", content: "Format Painter" }}>
                                        </RibbonItemDirective>
                                    </RibbonItemsDirective>
                                </RibbonCollectionDirective>
                            </RibbonCollectionsDirective>
                        </RibbonGroupDirective>
                    </RibbonGroupsDirective>
                </RibbonTabDirective>
            </RibbonTabsDirective>
        </RibbonComponent>
    );
}
export default App;
ReactDom.render(<App />, document.getElementById("element"));
/* Represents the styles for loader */
#loader {
  color: #008cff;
  height: 40px;
  left: 45%;
  position: absolute;
  top: 45%;
  width: 30%;
}

For more information on configuring built-in items and creating custom items, refer to the Items documentation.