VCL Ribbon revisited
How this made it through initial QA is a mystery. Abstract errors (requiring an IDE restart), disappearing controls (requiring you to close and reopen the form), access violations (requiring an IDE restart), mouse caret getting trapped in region within IDE (requiring an IDE restart) – and trial and error the only way to figure it all out.
I am not a happy camper.
I have heard stories about that control, but not nearly that bad – just problems like it not drawing correctly on the title bar. What you describe sounds ghastly.
Can you try one of the third party controls? I think TMS has a ribbon control and I’m sure there are others too.
Used it once. Deselected in the setup from then on.
We use DevExpress VCL Ribbon Controls
https://www.devexpress.com/Products/VCL/ExBars/
Devexpress works good for me..
I’ve used the TMS ribbon, which worked well.
We use the TMS ribbon and are mostly happy with it.
I use the DevExpress one – never install the Delphi one
Why use the ribbon at all? Silly Microsoft proclamations about “focus groups” notwithstanding, it’s an ugly waste of screen real estate, and a big step backwards in usability over traditional menus and toolbars. Progress is well and good, but sometimes “the old ways” really are best, and this is one of those times.