commandbarcontrol-descriptiontext-property-office.md

title	ms.prod	api_name	ms.assetid	ms.date
CommandBarControl.DescriptionText Property (Office)	office	Office.CommandBarControl.DescriptionText	4f7b8e0d-1f3a-f751-86a7-3378f21ecf3d	06/08/2017

CommandBarControl.DescriptionText Property (Office)

Gets or sets the description for a command bar control. Read/write.

Note The use of CommandBars in some Microsoft Office applications has been superseded by the new ribbon component of the Microsoft Office Fluent user interface. For more information, search Help for the keyword "ribbon."

Syntax

expression. DescriptionText

expression A variable that represents a CommandBarControl object.

Return Value

String

Remarks

The description is not displayed to the user, but it can be useful for documenting the behavior of the control for other developers.

Example

This example adds a control to a custom command bar, including a description of the control's behavior.

Set myBar = CommandBars.Add("Custom", msoBarTop, , True) 
myBar.Visible = True  
Set myControl = myBar.Controls _ 
    .Add(Type:=msoControlButton, ID:= _ 
    CommandBars("Standard").Controls("Paste").ID) 
With myControl 
    .DescriptionText = "Pastes the contents of the Clipboard" 
    .Caption = "Paste" 
End With

See also

Concepts

CommandBarControl Object

Other resources

CommandBarControl Object Members