How do I get the button label to appear beside the add-in icon for the web version of outlook? - outlook-web-addins

Screenshot of ribbon of web outlook without add-in label, just icon :
On the web version of outlook, the add-in icon shows without it's label. I would like to have the label appear beside the add-in icon. The desktop version of outlook works fine. The tooltip on for the add-in icon (web version) shows the DisplayName - Description, but again I need help setting up the manifest to show the label beside the icon for the web version of outlook. Thanks!!!
and here is part(s) of the manifest (patterned after the manifest on https://github.com/OfficeDev/Office-Addin-TaskPane/blob/master/manifest.xml
<DisplayName DefaultValue="Event Details" />
<Control xsi:type="Button" id="appointmentOpenPaneButton">
<Label resid="paneAppointmentButtonLabel" />
<Supertip>
<Title resid="paneAppointmentSuperTipTitle" />
<Description resid="paneAppointmentSuperTipDesc" />
</Supertip>
<Icon>
<bt:Image size="16" resid="icon16" />
<bt:Image size="32" resid="icon32" />
<bt:Image size="80" resid="icon80" />
</Icon>
<Action xsi:type="ShowTaskpane">
<SourceLocation resid="appointmentEditTaskPaneUrl" />
</Action>
</Control>
<bt:ShortStrings>
<bt:String id="groupLabel" DefaultValue="Temp Group Name" />
<bt:String id="paneAppointmentButtonLabel" DefaultValue="Temp Button Label" />
<bt:String id="paneAppointmentSuperTipTitle" DefaultValue="Set Event details" />
</bt:ShortStrings>

Unfortunately, there's no way to show the button label beside the icon, this is by design. If this is a design requirement for you, please reach out on our Tech Community page: aka.ms/M365dev-suggestions

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I am working on office addin where I have added a control on a custom tab. but the control does not show the Icon image specified instead it shows default icon.
So how can we show the icon specified for each control in ribbon ?
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Following is the ribbon image showing default icon :
Manifest.xml file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<OfficeApp xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/appforoffice/1.1" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:bt="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/officeappbasictypes/1.0" xmlns:ov="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/taskpaneappversionoverrides" xsi:type="TaskPaneApp">
<Id>81d7e91a-c8e6-454f-806a-9b84cf3e7dd5</Id>
<Version>1.0.0.0</Version>
<ProviderName>Contoso</ProviderName>
<DefaultLocale>en-US</DefaultLocale>
<DisplayName DefaultValue="Add-in"/>
<Description DefaultValue="A template to get started."/>
<IconUrl DefaultValue="https://localhost:3000/assets/icon-32.png"/>
<HighResolutionIconUrl DefaultValue="https://localhost:3000/assets/icon-64.png"/>
<SupportUrl DefaultValue="https://www.contoso.com/help"/>
<AppDomains>
<AppDomain>https://www.contoso.com</AppDomain>
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<Hosts>
<Host Name="Workbook"/>
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<DefaultSettings>
<SourceLocation DefaultValue="https://localhost:3000/taskpane.html"/>
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<Permissions>ReadWriteDocument</Permissions>
<VersionOverrides xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/taskpaneappversionoverrides" xsi:type="VersionOverridesV1_0">
<Hosts>
<Host xsi:type="Workbook">
<DesktopFormFactor>
<FunctionFile resid="Commands.Url"/>
<ExtensionPoint xsi:type="PrimaryCommandSurface">
<CustomTab id="CustomTab">
<Label resid="ribbonNameLabel" />
<Group id="AuthGroup">
<Label resid="AuthGroupNameLabel" />
<Icon>
<bt:Image size="16" resid="Group1LoginIcon16" />
<bt:Image size="32" resid="Group1LoginIcon32" />
<bt:Image size="80" resid="Group1LoginIcon80" />
</Icon>
<Control xsi:type="Button" id="LoginControl">
<Label resid="LoginButtonLabel" />
<Supertip>
<Title resid="LoginButtonToolTipTitle" />
<Description resid="LoginButtonToolTipDescription" />
</Supertip>
<Icon>
<bt:Image size="16" resid="Group1LoginIcon16" />
<bt:Image size="32" resid="Group1LoginIcon32" />
<bt:Image size="80" resid="Group1LoginIcon80" />
</Icon>
<Action xsi:type="ShowTaskpane">
<TaskpaneId>LoginPanelId</TaskpaneId>
<Title resid="LoginTaskPaneTitle" />
<SourceLocation resid="LoginTaskPaneUrl" />
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</Control>
</Group>
</CustomTab>
</ExtensionPoint>
</DesktopFormFactor>
</Host>
</Hosts>
<Resources>
<bt:Images>
<bt:Image id="Group1LoginIcon16" DefaultValue="https://localhost:3000/assets/icon-16.png"/>
<bt:Image id="Group1LoginIcon32" DefaultValue="https://localhost:3000/assets/icon-32.png"/>
<bt:Image id="Group1LoginIcon80" DefaultValue="https://localhost:3000/assets/icon-64.png"/>
</bt:Images>
<bt:Urls>
<bt:Url id="Commands.Url" DefaultValue="https://localhost:3000/commands.html"/>
<bt:Url id="LoginTaskPaneUrl" DefaultValue="https://localhost:3000/taskpane.html"/>
</bt:Urls>
<bt:ShortStrings>
<bt:String id="ribbonNameLabel" DefaultValue="Add-in"/>
<bt:String id="AuthGroupNameLabel" DefaultValue="Auth"/>
<bt:String id="LoginButtonLabel" DefaultValue="Login" />
<bt:String id="LoginTaskPaneTitle" DefaultValue="Login" />
<bt:String id="LoginButtonToolTipTitle" DefaultValue="Tooltip Title" />
</bt:ShortStrings>
<bt:LongStrings>
<bt:String id="LoginButtonToolTipDescription" DefaultValue="Tooltip Description" />
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</Resources>
</VersionOverrides>
</OfficeApp>
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Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks
First of all, make sure that all icons are accessible by navigating to the URL specified in the manifest. If you don't see the icon then make it accessible.
Second, make sure no ribbon UI errors are shown in Excel. By default, if an add-in attempts to manipulate the Microsoft Office user interface (UI) and fails, no error message is displayed. However, you can configure Microsoft Office applications to display messages for errors that relate to the UI. You can use these messages to help determine why a custom ribbon does not appear, or why a ribbon appears but no controls appear.
Start the application.
Click the File tab.
Click Options.
In the categories pane, click Advanced.
In the details pane, select Show VSTO Add-in user interface errors, and then click OK.
Third, try to Clear the Office cache if your new images are not displayed.

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<Description resid="Excely.TaskpaneButton.Tooltip" />
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<Icon>
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<bt:Image size="32" resid="Excely.tpicon_32x32" />
<bt:Image size="80" resid="Excely.tpicon_80x80" />
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Where should I set the image for ribbon?
UPDATE: I found the problem is not from the manifest settings. If I change the web project config from Local IIS to IIS Express the icon is working fine. But when it is set to Local IIS the default icon appears!
The part of the manifest you've provided only shows the resid names that you've created. In the Resources section of the manifest, which you don't show, you need to define these resid values with the URLs of the icon files.
Also, changes to button icons sometimes don't take effect unless you clear the Office cache. See Clear the Office Cache.

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<bt:Image id="MyAddin.Tab1.Group1.RunFunctionButton.Icon.80" DefaultValue="https://i.imgur.com/qDujiX0.png" />
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<bt:Url id="MyAddin.FunctionFile" DefaultValue="https://commandsimple.azurewebsites.net/FunctionFile.html" />
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There seems to be a limit on the length of the id attribute that can be used. Sticking to 32-character strings solved the problem for me.

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<Icon>
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<bt:Image size="32" resid="icon32" />
<bt:Image size="80" resid="icon80" />
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<bt:Image id="icon32" DefaultValue="[URL]App32x32.png"/>
<bt:Image id="icon80" DefaultValue="[URL]App80x80.png"/>
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For your Supertip Title, use a resource string from ShortStrings instead of LongStrings. I tried that on my Outlook client and it works for me.
So I changed this line:
<Title resid="funcComposeSuperTipTitle" />
to:
<Title resid="funcComposeButtonLabel" />
And then I went to my Calendar, clicked on "New Appointment", and your add-in shows up in my ribbon.
Add-in commands currently only work in Outlook 2016 and 2013 (with the March 8, 2016 Security Update). If you are testing with those versions, note that if the user selects an item in the calendar but doesn't open the pop-out, the add-in's ribbon group won't be visible in the ribbon.
See: https://dev.office.com/docs/add-ins/outlook/add-in-commands-for-outlook

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