Menu option in Office Ribbon

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Menu option in Office Ribbon

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ishanig11 commented 2 months ago

Hi,

I am looking to add menu for add-in commands. Please refer image below:

Is there anyway to achieve this?

Thanks

Answer 1 · 2024-05-24T02:05:23.000Z

Hi @ishanig11, I found a reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/design/add-in-commands, hope it is helpful. Hi @m-hellesen, do you have any idea to achieve this? Thanks.

Answer 2 · 2024-05-24T02:14:55.000Z

Thank you @shanshanzheng-dev . With above link I can add commands like

I have already implemented this through manifest file. I am looking someway to add commands as dropdown or menu using manifest file.

Answer 3 · 2024-05-24T02:27:13.000Z

Hi @ishanig11, I found a codeSamples https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/samples/officedev/pnp-officeaddins/excel-add-in-commands/, could you try this?

Answer 4 · 2024-05-25T04:20:00.000Z

@shanshanzheng-dev : Thank you for sharing this code sample. I created controls similar as shown above example.
Please refer for control definition.

I am trying this on online office version. Kindly check and let me know what is missing.

Answer 5 · 2024-05-27T03:08:41.000Z

Hi @ishanig11, I think this code is good, maybe you can try this steps to upload manifest:https://github.com/OfficeDev/Office-Add-in-samples/tree/main/Samples/office-add-in-commands/excel#run-the-sample-on-excel-on-the-web

Answer 6 · 2024-05-27T03:10:34.000Z

@shanshanzheng-dev : yes, I have already uploaded manifest file. I did all these steps. I see all my commands in Excel ribbon but no dropdown.

Answer 7 · 2024-05-27T03:22:56.000Z

Hi @ishanig11, I download that manifest from https://github.com/OfficeDev/Office-Add-in-samples/blob/main/Samples/office-add-in-commands/excel/manifest.xml, and upload this manifest from:

And then, I can see the dropdown menu:

Or you can change this simple code to what you want？

Answer 8 · 2024-05-27T03:37:55.000Z

It worked. Thank you.
Is this feature supported for Word, Powerpoint also? Also is it possible to show one command and then remaining commands as part of dropdown. Like

Here if use click directly on Menu, Help gets executed and other command is as part of dropdown.

Answer 9 · 2024-05-27T03:49:18.000Z

Hi @ishanig11 I think it support word and powerpoint also. You can try https://github.com/OfficeDev/Office-Add-in-samples/blob/main/Samples/office-add-in-commands/word/manifest.xml and https://github.com/OfficeDev/Office-Add-in-samples/blob/main/Samples/office-add-in-commands/powerpoint/manifest.xml
But about commands as part of dropdown, I don't think so, I'll check with my team workers. If there're some updates, I'll confirm with you. Thanks.

Answer 10 · 2024-05-27T03:54:50.000Z

Thank you. It worked. Is there anything for

Answer 11 · 2024-05-28T06:29:04.000Z

Hi @ishanig11, Sorry for slow response. About commands as part of dropdown, I think we can't do this, I'll check with my team workers. If there're some updates, I'll confirm with you. Thanks.

Answer 12 · 2024-05-31T19:56:55.000Z

@ishanig11 - can you help me understand the specific question? Are you looking to have an app command in the dropdown or something different?

Thank you. It worked. Is there anything for

Answer 13 · 2024-06-03T06:17:35.000Z

@EsterBergen : Along with Dropdown, I am looking for options to how pre-populated data on commands like textbox as shown in image.

Answer 14 · 2024-06-18T21:01:12.000Z

HI @ishanig11 - This functionality is not currently supported. We track Office Add-in feature requests on our Microsoft 365 Developer Platform Ideas Forum. Please add your request there. Feature requests on are considered when we go through our planning process. Thanks for highlighting this!