Add addin to existing ribbon

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I created an addin that has a tab with a few buttons on it but not enough to fill up the full tab. What i would like to take the panels that have created and  see if it is possible to add it to a tab  that already exists like "CTC Tools" just to simplify access locations for the users in the office. Is it possible to add on to a tab without creating it first? I know that if I don't create a tab the panel will be placed on the Add-ins Tab but for some users that is filled up. And I also know that if I try creating 2 panels with the same name that only the first one it loads will show up.

public Result OnStartup(UIControlledApplication application) 
{
 
 AddDfltWkstRibbon(application);
}
public void AddDfltWkstRibbon(UIControlledApplication application) 
        {

            // create ribbon tab 
            //String TabName = "General";
            //application.CreateRibbonTab(TabName);

            String PanelName = "Worksets";
            RibbonPanel PanelRibbon = application.CreateRibbonPanel(PanelName);
         
            string msg = "Sets the workset and also sets a user prefered workset.";

            PushButtonData wkst = new PushButtonData("DfltWorkset", "Default" + Environment.NewLine + "Workset", ExecutingAssemblyPath, ExecutingAssemblyName + ".CmdSetWorkset")
            {
                ToolTip = msg
            };
            PushButton pb = PanelRibbon.AddItem(wkst) as PushButton;

        } 

Thanks in Advance

[jeremytammik]

Dear William,

Thank you for your query.

Yes, this can be done:

http://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2013/02/adding-a-button-to-existing-ribbon-panel.html

Please always search the Internet and the blog before asking a question.

That said, please be very careful using this.

Note that this approach is not officially supported by the Revit6 API:

http://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/about-the-author.html#4

I heard rumours that adding custom add-in buttons to existing built-in Revit ribbon panels may have caused serious crashes in the past.

As always, test carefully and thoroughly before letting this loose on unsuspecting customers.

I hope this helps.

Best regards,

Jeremy