uap:ShowNameOnTiles (Windows 10)

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10/30/2023

Describes whether Windows overlays the app’s name on top of the tile images that are shown on the Start screen.

Element hierarchy

<uap:VisualElements>

<uap:DefaultTitle>

<uap:ShowNameOnTiles>

Syntax

<uap:ShowNameOnTiles>

  <!-- Child elements -->
  uap:ShowOn{1,4}

</uap:ShowNameOnTiles>

Key

{} specific range of occurrences

Attributes and elements

Attributes

None.

Child elements

Child element	Description
uap:ShowOn	Describes whether Windows overlays the app’s name on top of the tile image that is shown on the Start screen.

Parent elements

Parent element	Description
uap:DefaultTile	The default tile that represents the app on the Start screen. This tile is displayed when the app is first installed, before it has received any update notifications. When a tile has no notifications to show, the tile reverts to this default.

Examples

This example shows how to use the ShowNameOnTiles and ShowOn elements:

<uap:ShowNameOnTiles>
    <uap:ShowOn
      Tile="square150x150Logo"/> <!-- Show app name on the 150x150 tile -->
    <uap:ShowOn
      Tile="wide310x150Logo"/> <!-- …and also on the 310x150 tile -->
</uap:ShowNameOnTiles>

Requirements

Item	Value
Namespace	`http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/manifest/uap/windows10`
Minimum OS Version	Windows 10 version 1511 (Build 10586)

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