How to add custom button to "Change Picture" menu in PowerPoint Ribbon?

Question

Hi,

I'm trying to add a button in the Change Picture-menu (Picture Tools/Adjust/Change Picture). However I can't seem to be able to target anything below GroupPictureTools, there must be some elements that I can't find in the documentation (boxes or something). I have tried to target the controls under TabPictureToolsFormat and set them to visible=false to see if I have the correct structure and setting GroupPictureTools to visible=false hides the whole group, but the following XML does not hide the controls in the group.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<customUI xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2009/07/customui" onLoad="Ribbon_Load">
	<ribbon>
		<contextualTabs>
			<tabSet idMso="TabSetPictureTools">
				<tab idMso="TabPictureToolsFormat">
					<group idMso="GroupPictureTools">
						<toggleButton idMso="PictureBackgroundRemoval" visible="false" />
						<menu idMso="PictureCorrectionsMenu" visible="false" />
						<menu idMso="PictureColorMenu" visible="false" />
						<gallery idMso="PictureArtisticEffectsGallery" visible="false" />
						<gallery idMso="PictureTransparencyGallery" visible="false" />
						<button idMso="PicturesCompress" visible="false" />
						<menu idMso="MyPictureChangeMenu" visible="false" />
						<splitButton idMso="PictureResetSplitButton" visible="false" />
					</group>
				</tab>
			</tabSet>
		</contextualTabs>
	</ribbon>
</customUI>

Does anyone know the structure under GroupPictureTools and all the idMso's?

And is there a complete example of the original ribbon structure somewhere? Is it possible to get the structure from some object in C#?

Answer 1

You can't modify a built-in group. Instead, hide the group, then reconstruct it from iDMso commands, including your custom button. Here's some sample XML that show how to replace a group:

<contextualTabs>
     <tabSet idMso="TabSetChartTools">
         <tab idMso="TabChartToolsDesignNew">
             <group idMso="GroupChartType" visible="false"/>
             <!-- Add new Chart Type group -->
             <group id="ReplaceChartType" label="Type" insertAfterMso="GroupChartData">
                  <button
                     id="ChartChangeCustom"
                     size="large"
                     imageMso="ChartInsert"
                     label="Change Chart Type"
                     supertip="Change to a different type of chart."
                     showImage="true"
                     showLabel="true"
                     onAction="ChartChange"/>
                <button
                     id="ChartImproveLegend"
                     tag="LegendButton"
                     getEnabled="GetEnabledMacro"
                     size="large"
                     imageMso="ChartPrimaryHorizontalAxisTitle"
                     label="Improve Legend"
                     supertip="Improve legend on some chart types."
                     showImage="true"
                     showLabel="true"
                     onAction="ImprovedLegend"/>
             </group>
          </tab>
     </tabSet>
</contextualTabs> 

Answer 2

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