Create split button gallery in RibbonX Editor

Question

I've created a custom Excel Add-In using the iRibbon Editor in combination with VBA to assign and program unique functions.I want to incorporate specific colors in the AddIn. So far I've been doing this with a gallery letting me choose the color. However, this is quite annoying as I mostly use 1-2 colors and I want to have them available in a splitbutton. Is it possible to incorporate a splitbutton plus gallery with the Ribbon Designer? I've seen a function called SplitButtonGallery but it doesn't work.

   <splitButton id="Splitbutton" size="normal">
      <button id="rev" label="Font" getImage="GetButtonImage" />
      <menu id="TJIO">
      <menuSeparator id="separathor" title = "Primary colors"/>
      <button id="gsdfhjkl" label="hgj"/>
      <menuSeparator id="sepkarator" title = "Secondary colors"/>
      <button id="gshjghjkldfhjkl"/>
      </menu>
     </splitButton>

If I include a gallery inside the menu, it acts as a second button to click in order to reach the colors. Any help appreciated.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 16 '23 at 21:42

The Fluent UI (aka Ribbon UI) clearly states what controls can be children to all elements/controls.

Is it possible to incorporate a splitbutton plus gallery with the Ribbon Designer?

No, it is not possible. The children of the split button control can be:

a button or toggleButton (required, only one permitted, and must appear before the menu): The main button for the split button control.
a menu (required, and only one permitted): The menu of a split button control.

Read more about the Fluent UI (aka Ribbon UI) in the following series of articles:

Create split button gallery in RibbonX Editor

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