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Microsoft Office JavaScript API Reference
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Help in Manifest.xml #1927

Closed CodeCube0 closed 1 month ago

CodeCube0 commented 1 month ago

Ribbon

How could I replicate this ribbon with the manifest.xml?

AlexJerabek commented 1 month ago

Hi @CodeCube0,

Thanks for reaching out. Have you attempted do to this with an Office Add-in yet? Are there specific issues you're encountering?

The article Add-in commands should help you get started.

CodeCube0 commented 1 month ago

I should do the add-in for outlook.

I can't make this Ribbon. Because the manifest.xml doesn't allow me to add more than 6 buttons per group and if I add 5 it shows me three large ones and two small ones. I would also like some actions to integrate into the contextual menus that open with a right click on an email in Outlook but from the documentation I see that there is no way to do it.

AlexJerabek commented 1 month ago

Sorry I missed the button count issue. It is true that web add-ins have far less control over the UI than COM add-ins. Part of this is to ensure the ribbon works in desktop, web, and Mac. If you want a more customized UI, you'll need to use a task pane instead of the ribbon.

To request the features needed to support your vision, please go to the M365 Developer Platform Tech Community site. I'll also tag @exextoc for awareness.

EsterBergen commented 1 month ago

@CodeCube0 - Thanks for submitting this. Unfortunately you can't control the button layout for any application in Office (Word, Excel, Power point, or Outlook). There is a set heuristic for certain numbers of buttons. Three buttons are big, and then if you have 4 there is another layout, and then 5 or 6 has a different layout, and 6+ has small controls.

As Alex mentioned, this is a great thing to support as a feature request along with the request for contextual right click menus in M365 Developer Platform Tech Community site. Hope that helps!

AlexJerabek commented 1 month ago

I'll close this issue, since there's nothing actionable to be done in the docs.