I have created a Scrum Board by creating shapes that represent cards. I want to be able to right click a shape, and have a menu pop up. I already have custom context menus if the worksheet is right clicked, but I haven't figured out how to pop up a context menu if the user right clicks a shape.
Any ideas? Thanks!
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Assuming your context menu customization is via ribbon xml then try these alternative mso values.
ContextMenuShape
ContextMenuShapeConnector
ContextMenuShapeFreeform
Hi Andy, not it isn't using the ribbon xml.
I'm using this sort of code:
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And do you use the BeforeRightClick event of the sheet to display the menu?
If so you will not be able to use that approach for shapes.
You might be able to use the old popup menu for shapes via the CommandBar object. But you may also find this is not used and ribbon xml will be the way forward.
You will find a bunch of information on Ron de Bruin's page
https://www.rondebruin.nl/win/s6/win001.htm
Hi Andy, yes I am using the BeforeRightClick event for worksheets, and MouseDown for Forms.
Followup question: if I can't enable my own custom menu for shapes, can I disable context menus for shapes?
I have looked everywhere for an answer, but it seems like it can't be done. I've tried Application.CommandBars("Shapes").Enabled = False which doesn't work.
I have created a scrum board where shapes represent cards, so I don't want the right click Excel menu to spoil the illusion.
Since xl2010 maybe 2013, not all the right click menus are of the CommandBar variety. So whilst the code may not fail items you add do not appear as what you are seeing is not the actual commandbar.
As I said you can use the RibbonXML to add to contextMenus. See attached, right click shape to see new button at end of list.
You will need to use ribbon xml such as this
and the onAction VBA code in a standard code module,< customUI xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2009/07/customui">
< contextMenus>
< contextMenu idMso="ContextMenuShape">
< menuSeparator id="MySeparator" />
< button id="UML_Test" label="Test Me" onAction="UML_Test" />
< /contextMenu>
< /contextMenus>
< /customUI>
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Thank you Andy, I have not used XML ribbon code before, so I have to figure out how to use it. Thanks so much for this. I will report back.
Hi Andy, thanks. I see your code adds a custom menu option in the right click.
The other question I have is: how do I remove all the other menu options and JUST HAVE the custom option? Thanks!!
Last edited by superlative; 10-31-2019 at 11:47 AM.
I see that to disable the menus, I need to use the following code syntax:
and therefore the key is to identify all the idMso for each of the menu options in the shapes context menu. Q: how do I find this list? thanks!Please Login or Register to view this content.
I have found the idMso list, it's here:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/down....aspx?id=36798
I have also updated a modification to your file that makes all the idMso visible = false.
You can see that most of them are hidden now.
however - some of them are still visible. How do I remove the remaining ones? Thanks!!!! (I suspect it has to do with sub menus or something?)
They are not all button controls.
In the workbook which contains the idMso values check what type of control each one is. There are toggles and menus
Hi Andy. I did a lot of research and nailed down a lot of the types, but there are some that don't seem to work. I found out that "Alternative Text" is a button, and yet I can't get rid of it. I can't seem to find the idMso for the ones that are still visible. For example "Link" - none seem to work. See updated file. Thanks!
Also, I found out I need to use ContextMenuObjectsGroup if I want to disable context menu on a group of shapes. However, if you right click on one of the sub-shapes, the Shapes context menu pops up.
What is the syntax for modifying both the ContextMenuObjectsGroup and ContextMenuShape? Attached is a text file with the code, but it doesn't work.
I have tried various combinations, but I can't figure it out. Thanks.
Last edited by superlative; 10-31-2019 at 05:09 PM.
Yeah, that's one of the frustrations of the ribbon xml. The documentation gets worse each version. I have not been able to find a comprehensive list of all of the control ids.
Can anyone help me with my one problem now? What is the syntax to modify TWO context menus?
I can only modify one. When I try to modify two, both stop working. I need to be able to modify both the Shapes Group and the Shapes context menu. See attached code 2 posts earlier. Thanks!
You need to give the second menuseperator control a different name if you want both contextmenus
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