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How do I change a tooltip at runtime?

The tooltip of a ribbon button is set in the manifest.xml file, which is a static file, but is it somehow possible to change the text in the tooltip of a command button in the ribbon at runtime?

Solution

  • Nope. The Office JavaScript API doesn't provide anything for that. There is no callback provided for the Supertip element, you need to specify them in the manifest. For example:

    <Supertip>
    <Title resid="funcReadSuperTipTitle" />
    <Description resid="funcReadSuperTipDescription" />
</Supertip>

    The resid attribute can be no more than 32 characters and must be set to the value of the id attribute of a <String> element in the <LongStrings> element in the Resources element.

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