I'm new to google sheets and scripts and have been trying some of the tutorial on extending sheets. I've noticed that the tutorial demo Sheets have a Script Manager selection under the Tools menu. When I create my own Sheets and related scripts and function, however, I do not get a Manage Scripts selection in the Tools menu.
Why is this? How do I get the Manage Scripts selection in the Tools menu?
Thanks in advance.
This menu item was in the old version of spreadsheets, it disappeared in the new version you are using.
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I am working on University project that would benefit from google forms automatization. I am struggling to find any information how to code that side dialog (marked in blue circle) in Google Forms editor. I would be thankful for linking with any documentation/tutorial how to model that side dialog.
The dialog is created using Google Apps Script to extend Google Forms. You can read about G-Suite Add-ons here and specifically about Forms Add-ons here. I believe the specific Add-on in your screenshot is this.
I am trying to create a branching scenario using google slides, the idea is that someone viewing the presentation can click on the buttons and see the outcome of their selections.
The first few slides it's easy, it's a 1 to 1 so I can just use the "link" feature in slides.
The tricky part is once you progress to slide 3. I want the slide they are directed to by clicking on the "course of action" options to be based on all the currently selected options.
So here is where I'm stuck - I need to figure out how to have an interaction (click) with the slide in presentation mode trigger a script.
Any suggestions on how to accomplish this in Google Slides?
At this time the Slides Service for Google Apps Script and the Google Slides REST API don't include a way to call a script on a click of an element. This feature is only included on Google Sheets (Clickable images and drawings in Google Sheets)
NOTE: The Google's official documentation very rarely includes a page about missing features. It could be possible that someone already submitted a feature request through the official Issue Tracker. If so, you could star that issue to get notifications about changes on it. Another place to monitor is the G Suite Developers Blog and the Google Apps Script release notes.
As a part of project requirement I need to add a custom menu (context menu) to the google drive right click options.
As per my research google app script can help for creating a custom menu for google docs, google form and google sheet. However I haven't yet come across a way to add a custom menus for google drive.
I cannot use chrome extension as I need it to be all browser compatible.
Any ideas if it's even supported and possible.
Any help is appreciated!
Eventually I had to integrate an app with "Open With" option in Google Drive.
Apparently, context menus are not supported in Google Drive.
You cannot add custom context menus in Google Drive. The custom menus you read about in Docs, Sheets, etc are added in the menubar at the top of the editor, not into the right-click menu.
I am trying to write a simple add-on for Google Docs. It basically a list of items I want to have visible on the side when I am using Docs. I followed this simple tutorial.
I don't want to publish such a simple add-on unnecessarily. Is there a way that I could use it just within my Google Docs without publishing it ?
If you've just copied the sample code into your document's script, it already works there. To activate the script you have to reopen the document, then in the menus at the top click Custom Menu -> Show sidebar.
You only have to publish a script if you want to share your add-on with other users.
If you still have problems, take a look at Add-on Quickstart. It describes add-on creation process in details.
I followed the tutorial at google developer web site to create a spreadsheet. And as expected when I reloaded the spreadsheet, a menu called "Bracket Maker" is now available on the menu bar.
But if I share this document to my friends, they can open this document, see all the content in the document. But they just don't have the "Bracket Maker" menu bar. How should I do to make sure they also get the script capability?
The menu is created when the onOpen is triggered.
How are you creating the menu - using the onOpen function or an installed trigger ?
If you created it using an installable trigger, then your friends have to set up the trigger manually.