CommandPlacement Element

The CommandPlacement element enables buttons, groups, and menus to be included in more than one group or menu. By using the CommandPlacement element, you do not have to completely redefine these items in order to modify the look of a user interface.

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

Attribute

Description

guid

Required.

id

Required.

priority

Required

Condition

Optional. See VSCT XML Schema Conditional Attributes.

Child Elements

Element

Description

Parent

Required

Annotation

Optional.

Parent Elements

Element

Description

CommandPlacements Element

Specifies groups of CommandPlacements and CommandPlacement elements.

Example

<CommandPlacements>
  <CommandPlacement guid="guidWidgetPackage" id="cmdidInsertOptions"
    priority="0x0300">
    <Parent guid="cmdGuidWidgetCommands" id="menuIDEditWidget"/>
  </CommandPlacement>
</CommandPlacements>

See Also

Concepts

CommandPlacements Element

Visual Studio Command Table (.Vsct) Files