What is Extension Suppport ?
Extension Support allows users to add extensions in NotebookBar. There is an extension tab in all the NotebookBar interfaces where the added extension will be available.Add extension: Tool -> Extension Manager.
Schema for Extension Developer
There are two ways of adding an extension.
1. To add an extension under Extension Tab:
<node oor:name="OfficeNotebookBar">
<node oor:name="*.OfficeNotebookBar" oor:op="replace">
<node oor:name="m001" oor:op="replace">
<prop oor:name="URL" oor:type="xs:string">
<value> </value>
</prop>
<prop oor:name="Title" oor:type="xs:string">
<value> </value>
</prop>
<prop oor:name="ImageIdentifier" oor:type="xs:string">
<value> </value>
</prop>
<prop oor:name="Target" oor:type="xs:string">
<value> </value>
</prop>
<prop oor:name="Context" oor:type="xs:string">
<value> </value>
</prop>
<prop oor:name="ControlType" oor:type="xs:string">
<value> </value>
</prop>
<prop oor:name="Width" oor:type="xs:string">
<value> </value>
</prop>
<prop oor:name="Style" oor:type="xs:string">
<value> </value>
</prop>
</node>
</node>
</node>Developers should add the following code in the addons.xcu to make an extension compatible for Notebookbar.For more reading
2. To add extension anywhere in the Notebookbar.
The Schema is available here but the backend is still under progress.
What is done ?
The task to add extension under the extension tab is almost finished. There are some open patches and expected to be finished soon.
Future Work
- The task to add extension anywhere in the NotebookBar
- Checking the compatibility with other Notebookbar interfaces(other than Tabbed) and refine the existing work.
Notebookbar extension patches Gerrit.
Extensions compatible with Notebookbar : Download