How to get built-in controls under particular tabs in excel VSTO c#?

Question

I am working in excel VSTO add-in.

In excel, having built-in tabs, groups, and controls in the ribbon. I need to get the list of built-in controls under the View tab in c#. From that list, I need to set the value of visible/enable property for the controls.

Is there any way to achieve this?

Answer 1

You can't manage built-in controls on the ribbon. The best what you could do is to repurpose built-in controls or build the ribbon from scratch. Read more about repurposing built-in controls in the Temporarily Repurpose Commands on the Office Fluent Ribbon article.

The Fluent UI (aka Ribbon UI) is described in depth 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)

See Office 2016 Help Files: Office Fluent User Interface Control Identifiers for ribbon controls IDs.