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Elegant Ribbon

Version 3.4 - December 21, 2009

Version 3.4 introduces a new Windows 7 visual style, a MaskedTextBox and a number of improvements.

Added a Windows 7 visual style (see screenshot).
Added support for a cue banner (banner text) in TextBox, ComboBox and DateTimePicker controls (see screenshot).
Added a MaskedTextBox control (see screenshot 1 and see screenshot 2).
Added a CollapseIndex property to the RibbonGroup to control in which order ribbon groups are collapsed when there is not enough space to accommodate all groups inside the ribbon.
Added MinDate and MaxDate properties to the DateTimePicker to limit the range of available date-time values.
Improved drawing performance for some controls including pop-ups.
Scrollbars now support animation.
TextBox, ComboBox, NumericUpDown and DateTimePicker now feature the Validating event when they are used in the ribbon.
Updated the documentation and sample applications to reflect the changes made to the framework.

TextBox remained hovered or its screentip did not get hidden after you moved away the mouse pointer.
Date-time picker input fields overlapped the calendar's drop-down button.
Visual Studio designer generated an invalid handler for PreviewXXX and ControlStateChanged events.
Combo-box did not close its drop-down list on Esc.
Editable combo-box did not change the SelectedItem property if the user typed in text that was not contained in the Items collection.
Informativeness did not serialize properly for PopupMenu items.
Ribbon caption appeared corrupted after the parent form had been previously restored from minimized state.
Controls like TextBox and ComboBox were drawn incorrectly in the quick access toolbar with RTL enabled and DWM on.
Fixed some other minor bugs and issues.