Search

What is Excel Ribbon Contextual Tab, Excel Ribbon Tool Tab

Excel Ribbon Contextual Tabs (also known as Tool Tabs) appear and disappear depending on what object you are working curently. Excel Ribbon Contextual tabs will appear only when its corresponding object get focus (by clicking on the object). Excel Ribbon Contextual tabs will disappear when the object has lost focus. Excel Ribbon Contextual tabs contain options related to the object in focus only.

For example, if you select a picture inside Excel Worksheet, you can see a Tab "Picture Tools" in the Ribbon.

Refer below image. Here in this image, the object (in this case, a picture of mangos inside Excel Worksheet) is not in focus. The Tab lists appear normal now.

Exce Ribbon Contextual Tabs when Object not in focus

Here in below image, the above picture object is selected by a mouse click and it has now got focus. You can see that a new Tab labelled "Format" "Picture Tools" appeared (marked in below image). Newly appeared contextual tab contains options related to the "Picture" object only.

The contextual tab will disappear when the object lost its focus.

Excel Ribbon Contextual Tabs When in focus

 

 

 

Related Tutorials
• Excel Ribbon explained in detail
• Responsive Nature of Excel Ribbon
• Different types of Buttons in Excel Ribbon
• How to collapse Excel Ribbon
• How to Customize Excel Ribbon
• How to create and add a Custom Tab in Excel Ribbon
• How to create and add Custom Group in Excel Ribbon's Tab
• How to add a Command button to Excel Ribbon's Group
• How to reset Excel Ribbon customizations
• How to Import/Export Excel Ribbon Customizations
• How to add a Macro to Excel Ribbon
• How to change default Macro button icon in Excel Ribbon
• How to change the position of Tab on Excel Ribbon
• How to change the position of Group on Excel Ribbon's Tab
• How to change the position of Command button in Excel Ribbon's Group
• Excel Formula Bar explained in detail
• Excel Status Bar in brief
• Excel Status Bar explained in detail
• Excel Quick Access Toolbar (QAT)
• Excel Backstage View
• Excel Options Dialog Box Window