OfficeTab element

Defines the built-in Office ribbon tab on which your add-in command appears. If you want the add-in command to appear on a custom tab of your own, use the CustomTab element.

Add-in type: Task pane, Mail

Valid only in these VersionOverrides schemas:

• Taskpane 1.0
• Mail 1.0
• Mail 1.1

For more information, see Version overrides in the add-in only manifest.

Associated with these requirement sets:

• AddinCommands 1.1 when the parent <VersionOverrides> is type Taskpane 1.0.
• Mailbox 1.3 when the parent <VersionOverrides> is type Mail 1.0.
• Mailbox 1.5 when the parent <VersionOverrides> is type Mail 1.1.

Attributes

Attribute	Required	Description
id	Yes	The ID of a built-in Office tab.

id

This attribute specifies the ID of the built-in Office tab. A list of valid id values is at Find the IDs of built-in Office ribbon tabs.

Child elements

Element	Required	Description
Group	Yes	Defines a group of controls.

Group

A group of controls in a tab. A group can have up to six controls. You can add only one group per add-in to the default tab. See Group element.

OfficeTab example

<ExtensionPoint xsi:type="MessageReadCommandSurface">
  <OfficeTab id="TabDefault">
    <Group id="Contoso.msgreadTabMessage.group1">
        <!-- Group Definition -->
    </Group>
  </OfficeTab>
</ExtensionPoint>