Enable binding keyboard shortcuts to a button in Office Add-in or a function in JavaScript
I have implemented an Excel Add-in, where there are buttons. Clicking on a button will trigger a JavaScript function.
It will be much convenient to allow users to bind shortcut to a button / function. Users will be able to trigger them more quickly when they need.
There may be several possibilities as solutions: 1) provide a mean in JavaScript API to bind a shortcut to a button / function; so it will be the job of the add-in developer to bind a shortcut 2) provide a mean to allow users to bind a shortcut to a button in an add-in.
Note that, in Excel users can bind a shortcut to a VBA macro. That proves that binding shortcuts is a real need.
This request is also valid for Word Add-in (there is a suggestion: https://officespdev.uservoice.com/forums/224641-general/suggestions/6572900-add-keyboard-shortcut), PowerPoint Add-in...
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Thank you for the feedback! We’ve added this to our backlog and we’ll keep you posted with status updates.
Thanks!
Office Extensibility Team
4 comments
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Richard van Laak
commented
Having a Office JS API to register keyboard shortcuts would be a great way of closing the functionality gap with VBA.
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Anonymous
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Any update?
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Viktor
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Any updates on this?
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Nick Lechnowskyj
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Hello, any updates on this?