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.
• RibbonToolButton 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 6.5+
• CMake 3.21+
• C++20-capable compiler

Using via CPM

The easiest way to consume this library is through CPM.cmake:

CPMAddPackage("gh:obs-graphics/qt-ribbon@1.0.0")
target_link_libraries(MyTarget PRIVATE Ribbon::Ribbon)

The library has no external dependencies — only Qt 6.5+ is required.

Building standalone

To build the library, invoke CMake or open the CMakeLists.txt file in your preferred IDE.

cmake -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
cmake --build build

CMake options

Variable	Default	Description
NEDRYSOFT_RIBBON_BUILD_DESIGNER_PLUGIN	OFF	Build the Qt Designer plugin

License

This project is open source and released under the GPLv3 licence.

Distributed as-is; no warranty is given.