Nedrysoft Ribbon
The ribbon library provides a simple ribbon bar implementation for Qt-based applications.
Features
- Cross-platform and tested under macOS, Windows and Linux
- RibbonWidget is the main ribbon widget.
- RibbonGroup is a container for sub controls.
- RibbonPushButton is a push-button styled for the ribbon.
- RibbonDropButton is a push button with a drop-down button to allow multiple actions.
- RibbonComboBox is a combo box styled for the ribbon.
- RibbonCheckBox is a checkbox styled for the ribbon.
- RibbonLineEdit is a line edit styled for the ribbon.
- RibbonSlider is a slider styled for the ribbon.
- RibbonToolBar is a tool button styled for the ribbon.
You can build the designer plugin, which allows the layout of ribbon bars in Designer or Qt Creator.
Requirements
- Qt 5
- CMake
Building
To build the library, invoke CMake or open the CMakeLists.txt file in your preferred IDE.
Setting the following CMake variables allows the customisation of the build.
NEDRYSOFT_RIBBON_LIBRARY_DIR=<dir>
Sets the output folder for the dynamic library; if omitted, you can find the binaries in the default location.
NEDRYSOFT_RIBBON_BUILD_DESIGNER_PLUGIN=ON|OFF
Set to ON to build the designer plugin. (defaults to off)
NEDRYSOFT_RIBBON_DESIGNER_DIR=<dir>
Sets the output folder for the designer plugin; if omitted, you can find the binaries in the default location.
License
This project is open source and released under the GPLv3 licence.
Distributed as-is; no warranty is given.