Customize word right click menu - vba

Question

I have the following code to customize the right click menu:
Sub CreateMenuItem()
Dim MenuButton As CommandBarButton
With CommandBars("Text") 'Text, Lists and Tables
Set MenuButton = .Controls.Add(msoControlButton)
With MenuButton
.Caption = "Correct"
.Style = msoButtonCaption
.OnAction = "InsertCorrect"
End With
End With
End Sub
It works fine with text and lists, but only partially with tables:
With CommandBars("Tables")
I must select the whole table or a column then it works but not inside a cell. What is the name for the context menu inside a cell or for text inside a table cell?

Answer 1

I made this routine to see al the names of the CommandBars in Word:
Sub ListYourCommandBars()
For Each c In CommandBars
Debug.Print c.Name
Next
End Sub
Good news they are already sorted alphabetically. I found one called Table Cells. I tried it:
With CommandBars("Table Cells")
and it worked. Only thing, a cell or a number of cells must be "wholly selected". That is, the menu-item doesnt show up if you just enter inside the cell, you must select the cell "as a whole" (dunno how to say it better). Hope this helps.

Answer 2

I got it to work inside a table cell by adding the MenuButton to the following Built-In CommandBars: "Text", "Linked Text", "Table Text", "Font Paragraph", "Linked Headings", "Linked Table", "Linked Text", "Lists", "Table Cells", "Table Lists", "Tables", "Tables and Borders", and "Text Box".
I’m not sure which one actually did the trick. Here’s my code:
Private DisableEvents As Boolean
Private Sub UpdateRightClickMenus()
Dim MenuButton As CommandBarButton
Dim CommandBarTypes(100) As String
Dim i As Long
Dim PRChecklistIsSelected As Boolean
Dim CheckListTypeFound As Boolean
PRChecklist = True
ResetRightClickMenus
CommandBarTypes(0) = "Text"
CommandBarTypes(1) = "Linked Text"
CommandBarTypes(2) = "Table Text"
CommandBarTypes(3) = "Font Paragraph"
CommandBarTypes(4) = "Linked Headings"
CommandBarTypes(5) = "Linked Table"
CommandBarTypes(6) = "Linked Text"
CommandBarTypes(7) = "Lists"
CommandBarTypes(8) = "Table Cells"
CommandBarTypes(9) = "Table Lists"
CommandBarTypes(10) = "Tables"
CommandBarTypes(11) = "Tables and Borders"
CommandBarTypes(12) = "Text Box"
Dim cc As ContentControl
Set cc = FindContentControlByTag("ListBox_PR_TR")
If IsNull(cc) Then
DisableEvents = False
Exit Sub
End If
'Find Selected
For i = 1 To cc.DropdownListEntries.Count
If cc.Range.Text = "Product Review" Then
PRChecklistIsSelected = True
CheckListTypeFound = True
Exit For
End If
If cc.Range.Text = "Technical Review" Then
PRChecklistIsSelected = False
CheckListTypeFound = True
Exit For
End If
Next i
If CheckListTypeFound = False Then Exit Sub
For i = 0 To 12
With Application
If PRChecklistIsSelected Then
'Add right-click menu option to set as a Product Review comment
With .CommandBars(CommandBarTypes(i))
Set MenuButton = .Controls.Add(msoControlButton)
With MenuButton
.Caption = "Set as Product Review Comment"
.Style = msoButtonCaption
.OnAction = "Set_as_Product_Review_Comment"
End With
End With
Else
'Add right-click menu option to set as a Tech Review comment
With .CommandBars(CommandBarTypes(i))
Set MenuButton = .Controls.Add(msoControlButton)
With MenuButton
.Caption = "Set as Tech Review Comment"
.Style = msoButtonCaption
.OnAction = "Set_as_Tech_Review_Comment"
End With
End With
End If
End With
Next i
RightClickMenuItemsAdded = True
End Sub
Private Sub Document_ContentControlOnExit(ByVal ContentControl As ContentControl, Cancel As Boolean)
If DisableEvents = True Then Exit Sub
Set cc = FindContentControlByTag("ListBox_PR_TR")
If IsNull(cc) Then
ResetRightClickMenus
DisableEvents = False
Exit Sub
End If
If cc.Range.Text = "Technical Review" Then
Find_PR_Style_ReplaceWith_TR_Style
End If
UpdateRightClickMenus
DisableEvents = False
End Sub
Private Sub Find_PR_Style_ReplaceWith_TR_Style()
Set StylePR = ThisDocument.Styles("Product Review Style")
Set StyleTR = ThisDocument.Styles("Technical Review Style")
With ThisDocument.Content.Find
.ClearFormatting
.Style = StylePR
With .Replacement
.ClearFormatting
.Style = StyleTR
End With
.Execute Forward:=True, Replace:=wdReplaceAll, FindText:="", ReplaceWith:=""
End With
End Sub
Private Sub Set_as_Tech_Review_Comment()
Set StyleTR = ThisDocument.Styles("Technical Review Style")
With ThisDocument
Selection.Style = StyleTR
SetCanContinuePreviousList
End With
End Sub
Private Sub Set_as_Product_Review_Comment()
Set StylePR = ThisDocument.Styles("Product Review Style")
With ThisDocument
Selection.Style = StylePR
SetCanContinuePreviousList
End With
End Sub
Private Sub SetCanContinuePreviousList()
Dim lfTemp As ListFormat
Dim intContinue As Integer
Dim oldListNumber As Single
Set lfTemp = Selection.Range.ListFormat
oldListNumber = lfTemp.ListValue
If Not (lfTemp.ListTemplate Is Nothing) Then
intContinue = lfTemp.CanContinuePreviousList( _
ListTemplate:=lfTemp.ListTemplate)
lfTemp.ApplyListTemplate _
ListTemplate:=lfTemp.ListTemplate, _
ContinuePreviousList:=False, _
ApplyTo:=wdListApplyToWholeList
If lfTemp.ListValue = oldListNumber Then
lfTemp.ApplyListTemplate _
ListTemplate:=lfTemp.ListTemplate, _
ContinuePreviousList:=True, _
ApplyTo:=wdListApplyToWholeList
End If
End If
Set lfTemp = Nothing
End Sub
Private Function FindContentControlByTag(Tag As String) As ContentControl
For Each cc In ThisDocument.ContentControls
If cc.Tag = Tag Then
Set FindContentControlByTag = cc
Exit Function
End If
Next
End Function
Private Sub ResetRightClickMenus()
Dim CommandBarTypes(100) As String
Dim i As Long
CommandBarTypes(0) = "Text"
CommandBarTypes(1) = "Linked Text"
CommandBarTypes(2) = "Table Text"
CommandBarTypes(3) = "Font Paragraph"
CommandBarTypes(4) = "Linked Headings"
CommandBarTypes(5) = "Linked Table"
CommandBarTypes(6) = "Linked Text"
CommandBarTypes(7) = "Lists"
CommandBarTypes(8) = "Table Cells"
CommandBarTypes(9) = "Table Lists"
CommandBarTypes(10) = "Tables"
CommandBarTypes(11) = "Tables and Borders"
CommandBarTypes(12) = "Text Box"
For i = 0 To 12
Application.CommandBars(CommandBarTypes(i)).Reset
Next i
RightClickMenuItemsAdded = False
End Sub
Private Sub Document_Open()
UpdateRightClickMenus
End Sub
Private Sub Document_Close()
ResetRightClickMenus
End Sub