The Group SmartItem is one of the preferred SmartItems for the SmartOutlookShortcutBar SmartControl and is designed to be used as a group. 

Although the Group SmartItem is the SmartOfficeTaskPane's preferred SmartItem, it can also be used with any other SmartControl.

Preferred sibling SmartItems

The following table provides a list of the preferred sibling SmartItems: 

Things you should consider

• Do you want the group to appear collapsed? Set its Expanded property to false. 

• Do you want the do you want to display the text at the bottom of the image instead? Set the TextPosition property.

• Do you want to prevent a SmartItem from being selected? Set its CanBeSelected property to false. 

• Do you want to display an image? Set the item's Image or ImageIndex property.