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mft25
mft25

Reputation: 427

How to change the group position of an Add-in inserted into a default office tab?

I have created an Office Add-In for Word, and the icon is placed into the Insert tab, but by default it is in the very last position on the ribbon. I want my group to be placed in the first position of the tab, before Pages (this appears to be the first group by default). Is there something I can add into the manifest XML file to place the group at the start of the tab?

My manifest file currently looks something like this:

...
<ExtensionPoint xsi:type="PrimaryCommandSurface">
  <OfficeTab id="TabInsert">
    <Group id="MyCompany.MainGroup">
      <Label resid="MyCompany.MainGroup.Label" />
      <Icon>
        ...
      </Icon>
      <Control xsi:type="Button" id="MyCompany.ActionButton">
        <Label resid="MyCompany.ActionButton.Label" />
        ...
      </Control>
    </Group>
  </OfficeTab>
</ExtensionPoint>
...

I would imagine that if this is possible, there should be something I can add underneath the Group element, but I don't see anything relevant in the documentation. On the other hand, absence from the documentation doesn't mean it doesn't exist, since the Icon element is not listed there either, and without it my Add-In doesn't load.

The other element I can imagine a suitable option would exist is on the ExtensionPoint (documentation), but I don't see anything suitable there either.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 549

Answers (1)

Mavi Domates
Mavi Domates

Reputation: 4521

This is not possible. The add-in buttons would always come after the default office ribbon controls. The only way where you can insert them at the beginning of the line would be to create a custom tab.

Upvotes: 2

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