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Is there a ribbon for https://outlook.office.com/owa/
Am I missing something?
I want to develop a web add-in for Outlook. I would like to launch it from a button on the ribbon, but it seems that https://outlook.office.com/owa/ doesn't have a ribbon?!
Am I missing something? I want to develop an add-in which runs both in the desktop version and online - how can I do that with no ribbon online?
(and, as an aside, I can't see a "Store" button on my 2016 pro client, so how can I sideload my app on the desktop?)
- There is no ribbon for outlook web. Your add-in appears in ribbon for outlook desktop, while in outlook web, it shows either as pinning button or as an item in context menu. Please checkout https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/add-ins/quick-start?tabs=visual-studio for details.If there is no "Store" button, please try to see if you can find the "Get Add-ins" button which has similar function. If it is still not there, please check if you are in compose mode. The button doesn't show up if you are in compose.
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- There is no ribbon for outlook web. Your add-in appears in ribbon for outlook desktop, while in outlook web, it shows either as pinning button or as an item in context menu. Please checkout https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/add-ins/quick-start?tabs=visual-studio for details.If there is no "Store" button, please try to see if you can find the "Get Add-ins" button which has similar function. If it is still not there, please check if you are in compose mode. The button doesn't show up if you are in compose.
I am revising this, after quite a while.
I played around with a simple demo - https://github.com/OfficeDev/outlook-add-in-command-demo - which is easy enough to follow.
On the desktop version, I see the icons on the ribbon (which is what I want), while in https://outlook.office.com I see it on both the read pane and the compose pane. That doesn't really fit in with the functionality or the add-in. Is there no way to launch it when neither reading nor composing?
Also the following article provides more details on the add-ins experience in the old vs new outlook.com experience.
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/using-add-ins-in-outlook-com-a5672109-e4f3-4119-abea-72323e9653cf
