How to hide everything except Application Menu Button in WPF Ribbon?

Question

When I add a Ribbon in WPF I get a full ribbon control. How can I hide everything except the Application Menu Button? I can do workarounds but is there any standard way to hide other panels?

I am too lazy to design my own control for this

Answer 1

You can clear items and set ribbon height property to 45 in Loaded event.

   <ribbon:Ribbon x:Name="Ribbon" Loaded="Ribbon_Loaded">
        <ribbon:Ribbon.ApplicationMenu>
            <ribbon:RibbonApplicationMenu SmallImageSource="Images\SmallIcon.png">
                <ribbon:RibbonApplicationMenuItem Header="Hello _Ribbon"
                                                  x:Name="MenuItem1"
                                                  ImageSource="Images\LargeIcon.png"/>
            </ribbon:RibbonApplicationMenu>
        </ribbon:Ribbon.ApplicationMenu>
        <ribbon:RibbonTab x:Name="HomeTab" 
                          Header="Home">
            <ribbon:RibbonGroup x:Name="Group1" 
                                Header="Group1">
                <ribbon:RibbonButton x:Name="Button1"
                                     LargeImageSource="Images\LargeIcon.png"
                                     Label="Button1" />

                <ribbon:RibbonButton x:Name="Button2"
                                     SmallImageSource="Images\SmallIcon.png"
                                     Label="Button2" />
                <ribbon:RibbonButton x:Name="Button3"
                                     SmallImageSource="Images\SmallIcon.png"
                                     Label="Button3" />
                <ribbon:RibbonButton x:Name="Button4"
                                     SmallImageSource="Images\SmallIcon.png"
                                     Label="Button4" />                    
            </ribbon:RibbonGroup>                
        </ribbon:RibbonTab>
    </ribbon:Ribbon> 

Code-behind:

private void Ribbon_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    Ribbon menu = sender as Ribbon;
    menu.Height = 45;
    menu.Items.Clear();
}

You can use it separate outside ribbon control but in this case you will lose style in drop down menu:

<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot">
    <Grid.RowDefinitions>
        <RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
        <RowDefinition Height="*"/>
    </Grid.RowDefinitions>

    <ribbon:RibbonApplicationMenu SmallImageSource="Images\SmallIcon.png" HorizontalAlignment="Left">
        <ribbon:RibbonApplicationMenuItem Header="Hello _Ribbon"
                                                  x:Name="MenuItem9"
                                                  ImageSource="Images\LargeIcon.png"                                              
                                          />
    </ribbon:RibbonApplicationMenu>

</Grid>                                     
                                          />
    </ribbon:RibbonApplicationMenu>