# Key Features

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**Ribbon for WPF** allows you to create customized applications. Make the most of **Ribbon for WPF** by taking advantage of the following key features. The major features of **C1Ribbon** control are listed below:

*   **Simplified Ribbon**: WPF Ribbon offers a compact ribbon UI. It is designed to provide more space for content. In simplified ribbon view, you can display many commands in a single line.
    

*   **WPF Command Framework Support**: Ribbon supports the WPF command framework. Create single commands each including a title, small and large image source and share them throughout your toolbars.
    
*   **OverFlow Support**: Depending on the available space in the Strip panel, the items will jump between the Strip panel and drop-down Overflow panel. This occurs automatically by default, but can be set to occur never, always, or as needed.
    
*   **Styled Buttons and Drop-downs**: The **C1Ribbon** control is a container that supports any UI Elements. To make ribbon creation easy, C1Ribbon includes several types of controls, including buttons, toggle buttons, separators and drop-down controls.
    
*   **Lightweight Toolstrip**: Users can create a lightweight toolstrip with a simple row of controls for simple scenarios.
    
*   **Tabs and Groups**: C1Ribbon uses a structured hierarchy to display its tools. Minimally, it requires a tab-item and a group. Users can organize related commands together using tabs and groups. You can also label each tab and group to best describe the commands within and the actions they perform.
    
*   **Ribbon Group**: It contains collection of toolbar elements and handles the simplified ribbon control layout which represent toolbar options of a specific type. The simplified ribbon group is represented by the [RibbonGroup](/componentone/api/wpf/online-ribbon5/dotnet-api/C1.WPF.Ribbon/C1.WPF.Ribbon.RibbonGroup.html) class.
    
*   **Tab Item**: It wraps the tab header and simplified ribbon group and holds the collection of Ribbon group. The tab item is represented by [RibbonTabItem](/componentone/api/wpf/online-ribbon5/dotnet-api/C1.WPF.Ribbon/C1.WPF.Ribbon.RibbonTabItem.html) class.