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Konrad Viltersten
Konrad Viltersten

Reputation: 39068

How to set keytip on a ribbon?

I set the value of my keytip attribute for a split button to be "CKS" but when I execute the add-on in Outlook 2010, I get the hint that it's accessible using "Y7". I'm guessing it's some default throw-in and an arbitrary number.

How do I force my choice of character combination to be the valid one on the ribbon?

Upvotes: 6

Views: 7098

Answers (2)

Jiwoo Park
Jiwoo Park

Reputation: 11

I had this issue yesterday because there was another button with the same keytip. After changing the keytip, I could see my custom keytip properly

Upvotes: 0

Olle Sjögren
Olle Sjögren

Reputation: 5385

You should be able to use your own shortcuts by using the keytip attribute in the customUI XML for the ribbon, but sometimes the Office programs decide to change it to Y1, Y2 etc., possibly because of a conflict with keytips for the built-in controls.

I don't have Outlook, but I tried the "CKS" keytip in Excel 2010, both on a tab and on a button, and it worked. Below is the XML used for the Excel ribbon:

<customUI onLoad="RibbonLoad" 
          xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2009/07/customui">
  <ribbon>
    <tabs>
      <tab id="tabTest" 
           label="Test" 
           keytip="CKS" >
        <group id="grpTest" 
               label="Group #1" >
          <button id="btn1" 
                  label="Button #1" 
                  size="large" 
                  keytip="CKS" />
        </group>
      </tab>
    </tabs>
  </ribbon>
</customUI>

Upvotes: 13

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