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Outlook VSTO - moving my group next to "New Mail" group

I have made an addin (New Flux Ad Mail) for Outlook and would like to move it's position next to the "New" group - see picture.

OutlookAddin

Currently, I have this in my xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<customUI xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2009/07/customui" onLoad="Ribbon_Load">
  <ribbon startFromScratch="false">
    <tabs>
      <tab idMso="TabMail">
          <group id="fluxAdMail" label="Flux Ad Mail">
              <button id="btnNewFluxMail" label="New Flux Ad Mail" onAction="click" size="large" imageMso="NewMail"/>
          </group>
      </tab>
    </tabs>
  </ribbon>
</customUI>

I noticed that there's something in the <group> section called insertAfterMso and I'm wondering if that's what I need to use set the position of my group. However, I have a hard time finding any information regarding this or what the different name/id is for the controls

Any help would be appreciated

Solution

  • You are on the right avenue - the insertAfterMso attribute specifies the identifier for the built-in control after which to position this control. You can can find the list of built-in control IDs at https://github.com/OfficeDev/office-fluent-ui-command-identifiers . Use the GroupMailNew idMso value for the insertAfterMso attribute in case of Explorer windows.

    If you only need to find control names, you can discover them within Office applications by hovering over commands in the Customize Ribbon tab of the Options dialog and looking at the tooltip:

    customize ribbon dialog