# RibbonFormFieldsTab Class

> The RibbonFormFieldsTab class represents a Windows Forms ribbon tab for inserting and editing form fields. It is inherited from the System.Windows.Controls.Ribbon.RibbonTab class and must be hosted in a System.Windows.Controls.Ribbon.Ribbon object. It can be connected with a WPF.TextControl through the WPF.TextControl.RibbonFormFieldsTab property. Each item has a name, available through its Name property, which corresponds with a member of the WPF.RibbonFormFieldsTab.RibbonItem enumeration. The FrameworkElement.FindName method can be used to get a certain item and manipulate, move or delete it.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for WPF
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Class
- **Introduced:** 28.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl.WPF`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.WPF.SDK` (assembly `TXTextControl.WPF.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **.NET Framework:** reference `TXTextControl.WPF.dll` from the setup
- **Inherits:** `System.Windows.Controls.Ribbon.RibbonTab`
- **Implements:** `System.Windows.Markup.IComponentConnector`
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET for WPF > Reference > TXTextControl.WPF > RibbonFormFieldsTab Class
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- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-wpf/ribbonformfieldstab/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-wpf/ribbonformfieldstab/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-wpf/ribbonformfieldstab/llms-full.txt

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### Description

The RibbonFormFieldsTab class represents a Windows Forms ribbon tab for inserting and editing [form fields](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol/formfield/llms-full.txt). It is inherited from the `System.Windows.Controls.Ribbon.RibbonTab` class and must be hosted in a `System.Windows.Controls.Ribbon.Ribbon` object. It can be connected with a [WPF.TextControl](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-wpf/textcontrol/llms-full.txt) through the [WPF.TextControl.RibbonFormFieldsTab](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-wpf/textcontrol/ribbonformfieldstab-property/llms-full.txt) property. Each item has a name, available through its Name property, which corresponds with a member of the [WPF.RibbonFormFieldsTab.RibbonItem](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-wpf/ribbonformfieldstab/ribbonitem-enumeration/llms-full.txt) enumeration. The `FrameworkElement.FindName` method can be used to get a certain item and manipulate, move or delete it.

### Syntax

```csharp
public class RibbonFormFieldsTab : System.Windows.Controls.Ribbon.RibbonTab, IComponentConnector
```

```vbnet
Public Class RibbonFormFieldsTab
    Inherits System.Windows.Controls.Ribbon.RibbonTab
    Implements IComponentConnector
```

### Examples

The following example creates a Ribbon Form Fields Tab instance and configures its conditional instructions horizontal sidebar setting for a document workflow.

```csharp
TXTextControl.WPF.RibbonFormFieldsTab ribbonFormFieldsTab = new();
ribbonFormFieldsTab.ConditionalInstructionsHorizontalSidebar = "Quarterly report";
```

```vbnet
Dim ribbonFormFieldsTab As New TXTextControl.WPF.RibbonFormFieldsTab()
ribbonFormFieldsTab.ConditionalInstructionsHorizontalSidebar = "Quarterly report"
```

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## In This Section

- [RibbonFormFieldsTab.ConditionalInstructionsHorizontalSidebar Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-wpf/ribbonformfieldstab/conditionalinstructionshorizontalsidebar-property/llms-full.txt): Specifies the name of the horizontal sidebar that is connected to the RibbonFormFieldsTab's TXITEM_ManageConditionalInstructions button and its horizontal sidebar drop down button. The property value is String.Empty, if there is no sidebar connected.
- [RibbonFormFieldsTab.ConditionalInstructionsSidebar Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-wpf/ribbonformfieldstab/conditionalinstructionssidebar-property/llms-full.txt): Specifies the name of the vertical sidebar that is connected to the RibbonFormFieldsTab's TXITEM_ManageConditionalInstructions button and its vertical sidebar drop down button. The property value is String.Empty, if there is no sidebar connected.
- [RibbonFormFieldsTab Constructor](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-wpf/ribbonformfieldstab/constructor/llms-full.txt): Initializes a new instance of the RibbonFormFieldsTab class.
- [RibbonFormFieldsTab.RibbonDropDownItem Enumeration](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-wpf/ribbonformfieldstab/ribbondropdownitem-enumeration/llms-full.txt): Each RibbonDropDownItem represents a drop-down item in the RibbonFormFieldsTab. 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.
- [RibbonFormFieldsTab.RibbonItem Enumeration](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-wpf/ribbonformfieldstab/ribbonitem-enumeration/llms-full.txt): Each RibbonItem represents an item in the RibbonFormFieldsTab 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 RibbonFormFieldsTab's FrameworkElement.FindName 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.

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## Nearby

- **Previous:** [RibbonFormattingTab.StylesSidebar Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-wpf/ribbonformattingtab/stylessidebar-property/llms-full.txt)
- **Next:** [RibbonFormFieldsTab.ConditionalInstructionsHorizontalSidebar Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-wpf/ribbonformfieldstab/conditionalinstructionshorizontalsidebar-property/llms-full.txt)