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Ribbon

Ribbon with inbuilt Functions

  • Remove OnLoad Event if you're making addin and don't want to activate your custom ribbon onload
  • You need name of control to add button or group
  • You can find Ribbon Control Id from Customize Ribbon Menu, Id name are written in round brackets
  • In Below Screenshot, BordersGallery is inbuilt control

RibbonControlID

<customUI onLoad="RibbonOnLoad"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2009/07/customui">
    <ribbon>
        <tabs>
            <tab id="NodesVBAHelperTab" label="NodesVBAHelper" keytip="G">
               <group idMso="GroupArrange">
                    <button idMso="AlignObjects" />
                </group>
            </tab>
        </tabs>
    </ribbon>
</customUI>

Tab and Group

<tab id="CustomTab" label="TrainingAutomation" keytip="M"> 
  <group id="SampleGroup" label="Formatting"> 
     <!--Add your button code here  -->
  </group> 
</tab>

Special Symbols for labels

Ampersand - & [& #38;]
Forward Slash - / [& #47;]
Backward Slash - \ [& #92;]
New Line - [& #13;]
Apostrophe - ' [& apos;]

Simple Button

   <button id="AboutButton" label="About" imageMso="InformationDialog" size="large" onAction="AboutButton_Click" getScreentip="AboutButton_Tip" />

Simple Button with custom Icon

  • use png icons
  • use 32 size for larger icons
  • use 16 size for smaller icons
  • Use white #FFFFFF for Main Color
  • Use Red ff3f3f for Secondary color
<group id="SampleGroup" label="Formatting">
    <button id="Test32Button" label="32" size="large" image="Home_32" />
    <button id="Test64Button" label="64" size="large" image="Home_64" />
</group>

  <menu id="SlideSlizeMenu" label="Slide&#13;Size" size="large" imageMso="PowerPointPageSetup">
    <button id="CustomSlideSlizeButton" label="Custom" onAction="CustomSlideSlizeButton_Click" getScreentip="SlideSlizeButton_Tip" imageMso="PowerPointPageSetup" />
    <button id="ChirpySlideSlizeButton" label="1443 x 755" onAction="ChirpySlideSlizeButton_Click" getScreentip="ChirpySlideSlizeButton_Tip" imageMso="PowerPointPageSetup" />
    <button id="FHDSlideSlizeButton" label="1920 x 1080" onAction="FHDSlideSlizeButton_Click" getScreentip="FHDSlideSlizeButton_Tip" imageMso="PowerPointPageSetup" />
    <button id="QHDSlideSlizeButton" label="2560 x 1440" onAction="QHDSlideSlizeButton_Click" getScreentip="QHDSlideSlizeButton_Tip" imageMso="PowerPointPageSetup" />
  </menu>

Split Button

```xml
<splitButton id="SlidesPNGSplitButton" size="large">
  <button id="ActiveSlidePNGButton2" label="Slide&#13;PNG" onAction="ActiveSlidePNGButton2_Click" getScreentip="ActiveSlidePNGButton2_Tip" imageMso="TableBackgroundPictureFill" />
  <menu id="SlidesPNGMenu" itemSize="large">
    <button id="ActiveSlidePNGButton" label="Active Slide" onAction="ActiveSlidePNGButton_Click" getScreentip="ActiveSlidePNGButton_Tip" imageMso="TableBackgroundPictureFill"/>
    <button id="AllSlidePNGButton" label="All Slide" onAction="AllSlidePNGButton_Click" getScreentip="AllSlidePNGButton_Tip" imageMso="TableBackgroundPictureFill" />
  </menu>
</splitButton>

Tags

Tag Detail
enabled Specifies whether the control is enabled or not.
id Specifies the identifier for a custom control. All custom controls must have unique identifiers.
idMso Specifies the identifier of a built-in control.
idQ Specifies a qualified identifier for a control.
insertAfterMso Specifies the identifier of a built-in control that this control should be inserted after.
insertAfterQ Specifies the qualified identifier of a control that this control should be inserted after.
insertBeforeMso Specifies the identifier of a built-in control that this control should be inserted before.
insertBeforeQ Specifies the qualified identifier of a control that this control should be inserted before.
keytip Specifies a string to be used as the keytip for this control.
label Specifies a string to be used as the label for this control.
screentip Specifies a string to be used as the supertip for this control.
showImage Specifies whether this control should display its image.
showLabel Specifies whether this control should display its label.
supertip Specifies a string to be used as the supertip for this control.
tag Specifies an arbitrary string that can be used to hold data or identify the control.
visible Specifies whether the control is visible or not.

Attribute Referance