A humble label item can now be added to a group. This might not sound very important but could actually rival the ubiquitous button for usefulness.
If you look at the ribbon in detail within application such as Word and Excel you will notice that there are very few instances of a label. That would make you think there is little need for it. But I beg to differ.
Although in theory you’re not supposed to use the ribbon for presenting simple feedback, I can imagine many developers doing exactly that. Imagine your application talks to a couple of servers, it would be very convenient to get feedback quickly by just clicking a ribbon tab. Something like this…
All the information here is presented by using the new GroupLabel item. Really it is just a button item that does not have any user interaction. Unlike the button you can override the text color and also remove the use of an image when in the small or medium sizes.
Sure, you’re not supposed to use the ribbon to provide simple feedback. But if it happens to be the perfect method for doing so, then go ahead and do it.
