# RibbonFrameLayoutTab Class

> The RibbonFrameLayoutTab class represents a Windows Forms ribbon tab for editing objects of type Image, TextFrame, DrawingFrame, BarcodeFrame and ChartFrame. To modify one of these objects, a TextControl must be connected with the Ribbon which hosts the RibbonFrameLayoutTab.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Class
- **Introduced:** 24.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl.Windows.Forms.Ribbon`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.WinForms.SDK` (assembly `TXTextControl.Windows.Forms.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **.NET Framework:** reference `TXTextControl.Windows.Forms.dll` from the setup
- **Inherits:** `System.Windows.Forms.TabPage` › `TXTextControl.Windows.Forms.Ribbon.RibbonTab`
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms > Reference > TXTextControl.Windows.Forms.Ribbon > RibbonFrameLayoutTab Class
- **1155 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonframelayouttab/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonframelayouttab/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonframelayouttab/llms-full.txt

---

### Description

The RibbonFrameLayoutTab class represents a Windows Forms ribbon tab for editing objects of type [Image](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/image/llms-full.txt), [TextFrame](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/textframe/llms-full.txt), [DrawingFrame](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-datavisualization/drawingframe/llms-full.txt), [BarcodeFrame](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-datavisualization/barcodeframe/llms-full.txt) and [ChartFrame](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-datavisualization/chartframe/llms-full.txt). To modify one of these objects, a [TextControl](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/textcontrol/llms-full.txt) must be connected with the [Ribbon](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbon/llms-full.txt) which hosts the RibbonFrameLayoutTab.

### Syntax

```csharp
public class RibbonFrameLayoutTab : RibbonTab
```

```vbnet
Public Class RibbonFrameLayoutTab
    Inherits RibbonTab
```

### Examples

The following example creates a Ribbon Frame Layout Tab instance and configures its key tip setting for a document workflow.

```csharp
using TXTextControl.Windows.Forms.Ribbon.RibbonFrameLayoutTab ribbonFrameLayoutTab = new();
ribbonFrameLayoutTab.KeyTip = "Quarterly report";
```

```vbnet
Dim ribbonFrameLayoutTab As New TXTextControl.Windows.Forms.Ribbon.RibbonFrameLayoutTab()
ribbonFrameLayoutTab.KeyTip = "Quarterly report"
```

---

## In This Section

- [RibbonFrameLayoutTab Constructor](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonframelayouttab/constructor/llms-full.txt): Initializes a new instance of the RibbonFrameLayoutTab class.
- [RibbonFrameLayoutTab.FindItem Method](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonframelayouttab/finditem-method/llms-full.txt): Finds a control that has the provided RibbonFrameLayoutTab.RibbonItem identifier.
- [RibbonFrameLayoutTab.RibbonDropDownItem Enumeration](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonframelayouttab/ribbondropdownitem-enumeration/llms-full.txt): Each RibbonDropDownItem represents a drop-down item in the RibbonFrameLayoutTab. The corresponding string of a RibbonDropDownItem is the same as the item's Name property. The RibbonDropDownItem enumeration can be used with the ResourceProvider class that provides static methods to receive bitmaps or strings which are associated with the corresponding ribbon drop-down item.
- [RibbonFrameLayoutTab.RibbonItem Enumeration](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonframelayouttab/ribbonitem-enumeration/llms-full.txt): Each RibbonItem represents an item in the RibbonFrameLayoutTab that is not a drop-down item. The corresponding string of a RibbonItem is the same as the item's Name property. The RibbonItem enumeration can be used with the FindItem method to get an item and manipulate it or with the ResourceProvider class that provides static methods to receive bitmaps or strings which are associated with the corresponding ribbon item.

---

## Nearby

- **Previous:** [RibbonFormulaTab.RibbonItem Enumeration](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonformulatab/ribbonitem-enumeration/llms-full.txt)
- **Next:** [RibbonFrameLayoutTab Constructor](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-windows-forms-ribbon/ribbonframelayouttab/constructor/llms-full.txt)