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Can an Office Add-in be displayed in multiple Office tabs?

Hieu Doan 20 Reputation points
2023-11-25T03:48:13.46+00:00

I want to display my add-in in multiple Office tabs. Link to Microsoft Docs

Is it possible to do that?

For example, display the add-in in TabDesign and TabHome

<ExtensionPoint xsi:type="PrimaryCommandSurface">
     <OfficeTab id="TabDesign">
     ...
      </OfficeTab>
      <OfficeTab id="TabHome">
       ...
      </OfficeTab>
</ExtensionPoint>
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  1. Vahid Ghafarpour 23,300 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2023-11-25T04:00:33.8766667+00:00

    Thanks for posting your question in the Microsoft Q&A forum.

    However, the OfficeTab element is not directly used within the PrimaryCommandSurface. Instead, you can use the Group element to define different command groups for each tab.

    <OfficeApp xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/appforoffice/1.1" ...>
  <AddIn ...>
    ...
    <Extensions>
      <ExtensionPoint xsi:type="PrimaryCommandSurface">
        <!-- Command Groups for TabHome -->
        <OfficeTab id="TabHome">
          <Group id="MyGroupHome">
            <Label resid="MyGroup.Home.Label" />
            <Icon>
              <bt:Image size="16" resid="MyGroup.Home.Icon" />
              <bt:Image size="32" resid="MyGroup.Home.Icon" />
              <bt:Image size="80" resid="MyGroup.Home.Icon" />
            </Icon>
            <Control xsi:type="Button" id="MyButtonHome">
              ...
            </Control>
          </Group>
        </OfficeTab>

        <!-- Command Groups for TabDesign -->
        <OfficeTab id="TabDesign">
          <Group id="MyGroupDesign">
            <Label resid="MyGroup.Design.Label" />
            <Icon>
              <bt:Image size="16" resid="MyGroup.Design.Icon" />
              <bt:Image size="32" resid="MyGroup.Design.Icon" />
              <bt:Image size="80" resid="MyGroup.Design.Icon" />
            </Icon>
            <Control xsi:type="Button" id="MyButtonDesign">
              ...
            </Control>
          </Group>
        </OfficeTab>
      </ExtensionPoint>
    </Extensions>
  </AddIn>
</OfficeApp>

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  1. Hieu Doan 20 Reputation points
    2023-11-25T04:19:14.09+00:00

    @Vahid Ghafarpour : It does not working for me, It's passing the validation but does not show up in side loading

    <ExtensionPoint xsi:type="PrimaryCommandSurface">
                        <OfficeTab id="TabDesign">
                            <Group id="Designer">
                                <Label resid="ow365.Main.Label" />
                                <Icon>
                                    <bt:Image size="16" resid="Designer.Icon16" />
                                    <bt:Image size="32" resid="Designer.Icon32" />
                                    <bt:Image size="80" resid="Designer.Icon80" />
                                </Icon>
                                <Control xsi:type="Button" id="DesignTemplate">
                                    <Label resid="ow365.Main.Design.String" />
                                    <Supertip>
                                        <Title resid="ow365.Main.Design.String" />
                                        <Description resid="ow365.Desc" />
                                    </Supertip>
                                    <Icon>
                                        <bt:Image size="16" resid="Designer.Icon16" />
                                        <bt:Image size="20" resid="Designer.Icon20" />
                                        <bt:Image size="24" resid="Designer.Icon24" />
                                        <bt:Image size="32" resid="Designer.Icon32" />
                                        <bt:Image size="40" resid="Designer.Icon40" />
                                        <bt:Image size="48" resid="Designer.Icon48" />
                                        <bt:Image size="64" resid="Designer.Icon64" />
                                        <bt:Image size="80" resid="Designer.Icon80" />
                                    </Icon>
                                    <Action xsi:type="ShowTaskpane">
                                        <TaskpaneId>Office.AutoShowTaskpaneWithDocument</TaskpaneId>
                                        <SourceLocation resid="DesignerIndex.Url" />
                                    </Action>
                                </Control>
                                <Control xsi:type="Button" id="PreviewDocument">
                                    <Label resid="ow365.Main.Preview.String" />
                                    <Supertip>
                                        <Title resid="ow365.Main.Preview.String" />
                                        <Description resid="ow365.Desc" />
                                    </Supertip>
                                    <Icon>
                                        <bt:Image size="16" resid="Preview.Icon16" />
                                        <bt:Image size="20" resid="Preview.Icon20" />
                                        <bt:Image size="24" resid="Preview.Icon24" />
                                        <bt:Image size="32" resid="Preview.Icon32" />
                                        <bt:Image size="40" resid="Preview.Icon40" />
                                        <bt:Image size="48" resid="Preview.Icon48" />
                                        <bt:Image size="64" resid="Preview.Icon64" />
                                        <bt:Image size="80" resid="Preview.Icon80" />
                                    </Icon>
                                    <Action xsi:type="ShowTaskpane">
                                        <TaskpaneId>TP2</TaskpaneId>
                                        <SourceLocation resid="WizardIndex.Url" />
                                    </Action>
                                </Control>
                            </Group>
                        </OfficeTab>
                        <OfficeTab id="TabSlideMaster">
                            <Group id="DesignerSlideMaster">
                                <Label resid="ow365.Main.Label" />
                                <Icon>
                                    <bt:Image size="16" resid="Designer.Icon16" />
                                    <bt:Image size="32" resid="Designer.Icon32" />
                                    <bt:Image size="80" resid="Designer.Icon80" />
                                </Icon>
                                <Control xsi:type="Button" id="DesignTemplate">
                                    <Label resid="ow365.Main.Design.String" />
                                    <Supertip>
                                        <Title resid="ow365.Main.Design.String" />
                                        <Description resid="ow365.Desc" />
                                    </Supertip>
                                    <Icon>
                                        <bt:Image size="16" resid="Designer.Icon16" />
                                        <bt:Image size="20" resid="Designer.Icon20" />
                                        <bt:Image size="24" resid="Designer.Icon24" />
                                        <bt:Image size="32" resid="Designer.Icon32" />
                                        <bt:Image size="40" resid="Designer.Icon40" />
                                        <bt:Image size="48" resid="Designer.Icon48" />
                                        <bt:Image size="64" resid="Designer.Icon64" />
                                        <bt:Image size="80" resid="Designer.Icon80" />
                                    </Icon>
                                    <Action xsi:type="ShowTaskpane">
                                        <TaskpaneId>Office.AutoShowTaskpaneWithDocument</TaskpaneId>
                                        <SourceLocation resid="DesignerIndex.Url" />
                                    </Action>
                                </Control>
                                <Control xsi:type="Button" id="PreviewDocument">
                                    <Label resid="ow365.Main.Preview.String" />
                                    <Supertip>
                                        <Title resid="ow365.Main.Preview.String" />
                                        <Description resid="ow365.Desc" />
                                    </Supertip>
                                    <Icon>
                                        <bt:Image size="16" resid="Preview.Icon16" />
                                        <bt:Image size="20" resid="Preview.Icon20" />
                                        <bt:Image size="24" resid="Preview.Icon24" />
                                        <bt:Image size="32" resid="Preview.Icon32" />
                                        <bt:Image size="40" resid="Preview.Icon40" />
                                        <bt:Image size="48" resid="Preview.Icon48" />
                                        <bt:Image size="64" resid="Preview.Icon64" />
                                        <bt:Image size="80" resid="Preview.Icon80" />
                                    </Icon>
                                    <Action xsi:type="ShowTaskpane">
                                        <TaskpaneId>TP2</TaskpaneId>
                                        <SourceLocation resid="WizardIndex.Url" />
                                    </Action>
                                </Control>
                            </Group>
                        </OfficeTab>
                    </ExtensionPoint>

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