VSTO Outlook: Create a custom quick access toolbar (QAT) programmatically

Question

I have seen that Outlook has a quick access toolbar (QAT).

You can access it doing below:

And then the QAT appears (see below screenshot, I marked it with a blue rectangle):

So taken into account that a custom task pane (ctp) have some limitations, for example, you cannot remove title bar nor buttons I was thinking about if it is possible to create a QAT programmatically and embed into it an WPF user control.

Is it possible?

Answer 1

No, it is not possible. At least there is no trivial way of getting the job done without Windows API functions involved.

The QAT (Quick Access Toolbar) has a predefined set of controls that can be put inside it. Read more about the Fluent UI (aka Ribbon UI) in the following series of articles:

• Customizing the 2007 Office Fluent Ribbon for Developers (Part 1 of 3)
• Customizing the 2007 Office Fluent Ribbon for Developers (Part 2 of 3)
• Customizing the 2007 Office Fluent Ribbon for Developers (Part 3 of 3)