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.