Create a drop-down menu for the command

Custom ribbon buttons can be created with drop-down menus that enable you to group several tools under one button, allowing better organization of customized tools and minimizing ribbon clutter.

To create a drop-down menu:

1.       Set the <Submenu> child element under the <Ribbon> element.

2.       For each of the drop-down menu options, create an <Item> child element under the <Submenu> element:

a.       Uniquely identifies the command that is being added to the drop-down menu by setting the <Item> element’s id attribute.

b.      Define the path to the HTML page opened by the option by setting the <Item> element’s Path attribute.

c.       Set the name of the option as it should be displayed in the drop-down menu by setting the <Item> element’s Caption attribute. 

3.       If you want to create a sub-command icon and tooltip, set the <ToolTip> and <Icon> child elements under the <Item> element. 

<Tool caption="Data Analysis" id="ACO009" Path="MyToolFolder\MyTool.html" >

  <Icon path="MyAddon.ico"/>

  <Ribbon Show="1" Toggle="0">

    <Category id="MyTabId" caption="My Tab"/>

    <Panel id="MyGroupId" caption="My Group" />

    <ToolTip title="My Tooltip" description="Tool for demonstrating add-on use"/>

    <Submenu>

      <Item caption="My SubmenuOption" id="MySubId" Path="MySubmenuToolFolder\MySubmenuTool.html">

        <ToolTip title="My Tooltip" description="Tool for demonstrating submenu use"/>

        <Icon path="MySubmenuOption.ico"/>

      </Item>

    </Submenu>

  </Ribbon>

</Tool>