How to switch ribbon tab programmatically?

Question

I have a ribbon in my view named 'ribbon' that have 2 tabs as below sample codes. I want Button1 when clicked will open Tab2 and vice versa. How would I do this?

<ribbon:Ribbon x:Name="ribbon" HelpPaneContent="{x:Static data:WordModel.Help}">
    <ribbon:RibbonTab Header="Tab1" ... >
        <ribbon:RibbonGroup x:Name="Button1" >
            <ribbon:RibbonButton Clicked="SwitchToTab2" />
        </ribbon:RibbonGroup>
    </ribbon:RibbonTab>

    <ribbon:RibbonTab Header="Tab2" ... >
        <ribbon:RibbonGroup x:Name="Button2" >
            <ribbon:RibbonButton Clicked="SwitchToTab1" />
        </ribbon:RibbonGroup>
    </ribbon:RibbonTab>
... 
</ribbon:Ribbon>

Perhaps see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7929646/how-to-programmaticaly-select-a-tabitem-in-wpf-tabcontrol/25960172#25960172? — Adrian Ratnapala, Sep 21 '14 at 14:23

Mark · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-25T20:44:08.333

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You only have to trigger the IsSelected property of your tabs

private void SwitchToTab1(object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs e)
        {
            ribbontab1.IsSelected = true;
        }
    private void SwitchToTab2(object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs e)
        {
            ribbontab2.IsSelected = true;
        }

edited Nov 25 '11 at 20:44

answered Aug 20 '10 at 08:02

Mark

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The ribbonTab.IsSelected = true/false is what I'm looking for. Thank you. – Nam G VU Aug 23 '10 at 02:39

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 20 '10 at 07:59

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Found myself: If your ribbon control named 'Ribbon' then call this in your button's clicked handler:

Ribbon.SelectedIndex = indexOfTab;

Hope that would help anyone with the same problem with me.

answered Aug 20 '10 at 07:59

Nam G VU

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score 2 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 10 '12 at 18:44

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Simple, using:

ribbonName.Tabs[TabNumber].IsSelected=true;

edited Mar 10 '12 at 18:44

answered Mar 10 '12 at 12:50

Datnt6

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 20 '10 at 07:49

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I my opinion that is purely layout related stuff so I would attach an eventhandler to the buttons to change the SelectedTab.

answered Aug 20 '10 at 07:49

Wouter Janssens

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How to switch ribbon tab programmatically?

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