Hi mismar,

It looks like although my initial approach will allow you to draw the text anywhere on the form, the Ribbon area is actually rendered after the form is painted. So even though the text is present, it is obstructed from view by the ribbon.

Now worries though, I have worked around this behavior with the use of a simple draw filter implementation, wherein the text is explicitly drawn after the UltraToolbarsManager and its ribbon have rendered.

I have constructed and attached a sample, using this approach, which I have tailored to the conditions in your screenshot, where I am using the textEditor’s location to position the remaining text that would otherwise be rendered by your labels.

Please find the sample attached.

I have also provided the necessary code below, for reference.

public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            this.Load += new EventHandler(Form1_Load);
        }

        void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            ultraToolbarsManager1.DrawFilter = new RibbonDrawFilter();
            (ultraToolbarsManager1.DrawFilter as RibbonDrawFilter).textEditorLoc = ultraTextEditor1.Location;
        }

        private class RibbonDrawFilter : IUIElementDrawFilter
        {
            public Point textEditorLoc { get; set; }

            bool IUIElementDrawFilter.DrawElement(DrawPhase drawPhase, ref UIElementDrawParams drawParams)
            {
                return false;
            }

            DrawPhase IUIElementDrawFilter.GetPhasesToFilter(ref UIElementDrawParams drawParams)
            {
                Font font = new Font("Arial", 9);
                drawParams.Graphics.DrawString("History comment", font, new SolidBrush(Color.Black), textEditorLoc.X, textEditorLoc.Y + 25);
                drawParams.Graphics.DrawString("This comment valid for the whole transaction", font, new SolidBrush(Color.Black), textEditorLoc.X, textEditorLoc.Y + 40);
                return DrawPhase.AfterDrawElement;
            }
        }
    }

If you have any further questions at all regarding this approach, please let me know.