Adding Items to the Hot List

The hot item list, which includes a list of items to add to the Quick Access Toolbar at run time, is available at run time by clicking the Quick Access Toolbar's drop-down arrow. Items added to the hot item list at design time appear in the Customize QAT menu at run time:

To Add Hot List Items Using the Smart Designer

Complete the following steps:

Click the Ribbon item on the Ribbon to enable its floating toolbar.
Select the +HOT button.

The combo box is added to the hot list.

To Add Hot List Items Programmatically

Note: In the following example embedded resources containing the following images are used: NewBtn.png and OpenBtn.png. To embed a resource, from the Project menu, choose YourProjectName Properties. From the Resources tab, select Add Resource and choose to add an existing file or add a new one.

Complete the following steps:

Add the following code to your project:

To write code in Visual Basic

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' type the Imports directive for the namespace Imports C1.Win.C1Ribbon Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load ' add items to the hot list Dim NewFileRibbonBtn As RibbonButton = New RibbonButton() Dim OpenFileRibbonBtn As RibbonButton = New RibbonButton() C1Ribbon1.Qat.MenuItems.Add(NewFileRibbonBtn) C1Ribbon1.Qat.MenuItems.Add(OpenFileRibbonBtn) ' set some properties for the hot list items NewFileRibbonBtn.SmallImage = My.Resources.Resources.NewBtn NewFileRibbonBtn.Text = "&New" OpenFileRibbonBtn.SmallImage = My.Resources.Resources.OpenBtn OpenFileRibbonBtn.Text = "&Open" End Sub

To write code in C#

Click the Start Debugging button to run the application and click the QAT drop-down arrow to reveal the list of items in the hot list.
Select an item from the hot item list to add it to the QAT. The Open and New buttons have been selected in the hot list and added to the QAT:
To remove the items from the QAT simply deselect each item in the hot list.