pyxll/pyxll-agent-skills
A curated collection of Agent Skills for working with PYXLL, to help AI agents write and understand code using the PyXLL Excel add-in.
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Office CustomUI XML Reference — Index
Schema: http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2009/07/customui (office-customui-2009-07.xsd)
Used in Excel add-ins (including PyXLL) to customize the ribbon toolbar, context menus, Quick Access Toolbar (QAT), and the Backstage (File menu).
Which doc to read
| Task | Read |
|---|---|
| Starting a new customUI XML file | document-structure.md |
| Adding a custom ribbon tab, group, or contextual tab | ribbon.md |
| Adding controls to a group (buttons, dropdowns, etc.) | controls.md |
| Adding items to a right-click context menu | context-menus.md |
| Understanding any attribute (label, image, callbacks, etc.) | attributes.md |
| Customizing the File menu (Backstage) | backstage.md |
| Something not found in the above docs | Read ../resources/office-customui-2009-07.xsd |
Top-level structure
<customUI xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2009/07/customui"
onLoad="OnRibbonLoad">
<commands>...</commands> <!-- optional: override built-in commands -->
<ribbon>...</ribbon> <!-- ribbon tabs, groups, QAT -->
<backstage>...</backstage> <!-- File menu customization -->
<contextMenus>...</contextMenus> <!-- right-click menu customization -->
</customUI>Element quick reference
| Element | Parent | Description |
|---|---|---|
customUI | (root) | Root element |
commands | customUI | Global built-in command overrides |
command | commands | Override onAction/enabled for a built-in by idMso |
ribbon | customUI | Ribbon toolbar |
tabs | ribbon | Collection of custom/modified tabs |
tab | tabs | A ribbon tab |
group | tab | A group within a tab |
contextualTabs | ribbon | Contextual tab sets (appear on selection) |
tabSet | contextualTabs | A contextual tab set identified by idMso |
qat | ribbon | Quick Access Toolbar |
sharedControls | qat | QAT controls for all windows |
documentControls | qat | QAT controls for the current document |
contextMenus | customUI | Collection of context menus |
contextMenu | contextMenus | A specific context menu (identified by idMso) |
backstage | customUI | File menu (Backstage) |
Controls available per location
| Control | Ribbon group | Menu | Context menu | ButtonGroup | QAT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
button | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
toggleButton | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
checkBox | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — | — |
editBox | ✓ | — | — | — | — |
comboBox | ✓ | — | — | — | — |
dropDown | ✓ | — | — | — | — |
gallery | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
menu | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
dynamicMenu | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
splitButton | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
labelControl | ✓ | — | — | — | — |
box | ✓ | — | — | — | — |
buttonGroup | ✓ | — | — | — | — |
control (clone) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
separator | ✓ | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
menuSeparator | — | ✓ | ✓ | — | — |