Change built-in groups in the Ribbon
Hi all
It is not possible to add to or remove controls from built-in groups in the Ribbon. For example, the
Format Painter button from the Home tab’s Clipboard group cannot be removed from this group.
But there is a way around this restriction.
We can hide a built-in group and then duplicate it with RibbonX.
And then we can modify our duplicate group anyway we want.
You can find all the information you need on this new page on my site.
http://www.rondebruin.nl/xmlribbongroups.htm
Let me know if you have problems or have suggestions.
Ron de Bruin
http://www.rondebruin.nl/tips.htm
Good stuff Ron!
This is such a rockin idea Ron. Fantastic work!
Hi Ron,
Nice Article,
What is the addins Tab called
Sam
Hi Sam
I will add this name also to the page this weekend
Example to add a group in this tab with a custom button from my QAT add-in
Oops
I see I can’t add RibbonX to this comment
The name is TabAddIns
Just PLEASE nobody consider doing that in an addin and releasing it! We’d end up with lots of copies of the group, all with just a single button different.
I agree with you about add-ins Stephen.
For Add-ins add a custom group in a built-in tab or on a new tab.
But for workbooks it can be useful
I agree with Stephen 100% here. I would even be cautious with a visible workbook. I think that a workbook that has RibbonX associated with it should probably have its own tab.
Adding a new group to a tab would be my next choice, but replacing a group with your own could be trouble for other add-ins expecting a standard setup. (The add-in could no longer hook its functionality to built-in controls which have been hidden and then replaced with clones.)
I think that this is fine to get around the customization restrictions for one’s own use (I do a lot of this for my own Ribbon setup), but I would never do this for an add-in that I made for others.