Toolbar

Plugins can be placed on the toolbar: create their own tabs and fill them, add buttons to the standard tabs.

AddToolbarMenuItem

Type: method

Adds an item to the toolbar menu.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
items	Array.<ToolbarMenuMainItem>	An array containing the main toolbar menu items.

Returns

This method doesn't return any data.

Example:

Asc.plugin.executeMethod("AddToolbarMenuItem", [{
  guid: Asc.plugin.guid,
  tabs: [
    {
      id: "my_tab",
      text: "MYTAB",
      items: [
        {
          id: "idButton1",
          type: "big-button",
          text: "Test item",
          hint: "test hint",
          data: "test_data",
          lockInViewMode: false,
          icons: "resources/%theme-type%(light|dark)/icon%state%(normal)%scale%(default|*).%extension%(png|svg)",
          items: [],
        },
      ],
    },
  ],
}]);

ToolbarMenuMainItem

Type: object

The main toolbar menu item.

Properties

Name	Type	Description
guid	string	The plugin guid.
tabs	Array.<ToolbarMenuTab>	An array containing the toolbar menu tabs for the current item.

Example:

const oToolbarMenuMainItem = {
  guid: "asc.{9DC93CDB-B576-4F0C-B55E-FCC9C48DD007}",
  tabs: [oToolbarMenuTab],
};

ToolbarMenuTab

Type: object

The toolbar menu tab.

Properties

Name	Type	Description
id	string	The tab ID. The list of standard toolbar IDs is provided below.
text	string	The tab text.
items	Array.<ToolbarMenuItem>	An array containing the toolbar menu items for the current tab.

Example:

const oToolbarMenuTab = {
  id: "ChatGPT",
  text: "AI Assistant",
  items: [oToolbarMenuItem],
};

ToolbarMenuItem

Type: object

The toolbar menu item.

Properties

Name	Type	Description
id	string	The item ID.
type	ToolbarMenuItemType	The item type.
text	string	The item caption. If this field is "", the toolbar button is displayed only with an icon, without a caption.
hint	string	The item hint.
icons	string / object	The item icons (see the plugins config documentation).
disabled	boolean	Specifies whether the current item is locked.
enableToggle	boolean	Specifies whether the toolbar menu item (when "split == false") or its top part (when "split == true") can be toggled.
lockInViewMode	boolean	Specifies whether the toolbar menu item is automatically locked in the view modes (when previewing, viewing forms, disconnecting, etc.).
separator	boolean	Specifies whether a separator is used between the toolbar menu items.
split	boolean	Specifies whether the toolbar menu item is split into two parts and includes the drop-down menu.
items	Array.<ToolbarMenuItem>	An array containing the context menu items for the current item.

Example:

const oToolbarMenuItem = {
  id: "MeaningItem",
  type: "button",
  text: "Meaning",
  hint: "Meaning",
  icons: "resources/%theme-name%(classic|dark)/%theme-type%(light|dark)/icon%state%(normal|hover)%scale%(default|*).%extension%(png|svg)",
  disabled: false,
  enableToggle: false,
  lockInViewMode: false,
  separator: true,
  split: true,
  items: [
    {
      id: "onMeaningT",
      text: "Explain text in comment",
    },
    {
      id: "onFixSpelling",
      text: "Fix spelling & grammar",
    },
    {
      id: "onMakeLonger",
      text: "Make longer",
    },
    {
      id: "onMakeShorter",
      text: "Make shorter",
    },
  ],
};

ToolbarMenuItemType

Type: "button" | "big-button"

The toolbar menu item type. The button and big-button values are the same and can be equally used to specify the toolbar button.

Standard toolbar tab IDs

Document editor

Tab ID	Tab name
home	Home
ins	Insert
draw	Draw
layout	Layout
links	References
forms	Forms (only for pdf forms)
review	Collaboration
protect	Protection
view	View
plugins	Plugins

Spreadsheet editor

Tab ID	Tab name
home	Home
ins	Insert
draw	Draw
layout	Layout
formula	Formula
data	Data
pivot	Pivot Table (when a cursor is in the pivot table)
review	Collaboration
protect	Protection
view	View
plugins	Plugins

Presentation editor

Tab ID	Tab name
home	Home
ins	Insert
draw	Draw
transit	Transitions
review	Collaboration
view	View
plugins	Plugins

PDF editor

Tab ID	Tab name
home	Home
ins	Insert
comment	Comment
view	View
plugins	Plugins

Toolbar button samples

Sample 1

A regular button.

{
  "text": "caption",
  "split": false,
  "enableToggle": false
}

Sample 2

A button that is split into two parts: the top part of the button can be toggled separately from the bottom part, that includes a drop-down menu.

{
  "text": "caption",
  "split": true,
  "enableToggle": true,
  "items": []
}

Sample 3

A button that is split into two parts, each part can be clicked separately, the bottom part of the item includes a drop-down menu.

{
  "text": "caption",
  "split": true,
  "enableToggle": true,
  "items": []
}

Sample 4

A button with a drop-down menu which opens when the button is clicked.

{
  "text": "caption",
  "split": false,
  "enableToggle": false,
  "items": []
}

Sample 5

A button that can be toggled.

{
  "text": "caption",
  "split": false,
  "enableToggle": true
}

onToolbarMenuClick

Type: event

The event called when the toolbar menu button has been clicked. Subscribe to this event to handle toolbar button clicks.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
id	string	The item ID.

Example:

window.Asc.plugin.event_onToolbarMenuClick = (id) => {
  console.log("Toolbar menu item clicked: " + id);
};

UpdateToolbarMenuItem

Type: method

Updates the toolbar menu item.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
items	Array.<ToolbarMenuMainItem>	An array containing the main toolbar menu items.

Returns

This method doesn't return any data.

Example:

Asc.Buttons.updateToolbarMenu = function(id, name, buttons)
  {
    let buttonMainToolbar = new Asc.ButtonToolbar(null, id);
    buttonMainToolbar.text = name;

    let items = {
      guid : window.Asc.plugin.guid,
      tabs : []
    };

    buttonMainToolbar.childs = buttons;
    for (let i = 0, len = buttons.length; i < len; i++)
      buttons[i].parent = buttonMainToolbar;

    buttonMainToolbar.toToolbar(items);

    if (items.tabs.length > 0)
      window.Asc.plugin.executeMethod("UpdateToolbarMenuItem", [items]);
  };

attachToolbarMenuClickEvent

Type: method

Adds an event listener, a function that will be called whenever the specified button is clicked in the toolbar menu and triggers an event. For each toolbar menu button, you can specify a separate event listener by its ID.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
id	string	The event name.
action	function	The event listener.

Returns

This method doesn't return any data.

Example:

plugin.attachToolbarMenuClickEvent("my_tab", (data) => {
  console.log(data);
});