GUIDs and IDs of Visual Studio toolbars
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Visual Studio 
Visual Studio for Mac
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This topic enumerates the GUID and ID values of the toolbars that are included in the Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE), and of the groups they contain. These values are defined in .vsct files that are installed as part of the Visual Studio SDK. For more information, see IDE-defined commands, menus, and groups.
Note
Many of the toolbars available to Visual Studio are not defined by Visual Studio, and their GUID and ID values are not public. This topic lists only toolbars that are defined in Visual Studio SDK .vsct files.
For more information about how to work with IDE objects that are defined in .vsct files, see Extend menus and commands.
The default toolbars provided by the Visual Studio IDE use the GUID guidSHLMainMenu, except where otherwise specified by using GUID:ID syntax.
IDE toolbars
The following toolbars are provided by the Visual Studio IDE. Toolbars can be displayed by selecting them on the Toolbars submenu of the Tools menu. Toolbars in tool windows are not included in this section.
Only groups can descend directly from toolbars. To add a group, set its parent to the GUID and ID of the toolbar. To add a button to a toolbar, set its parent to a group on the toolbar.
| Toolbar | ID |
|---|---|
| Standard | IDM_VS_TOOL_STANDARD |
| Build | IDM_VS_TOOL_BUILD |
| Text editor | IDM_VS_TOOL_TEXTEDITOR |
| Debug | guidVSDebugGroup:IDM_DEBUG_TOOLBAR |
| Debug location | guidVSDebugGroup:IDM_DEBUG_CONTEXT_TOOLBAR |
Special toolbars
These toolbars are defined by the Visual Studio IDE, but they serve specialized functions and do not host command groups.
| Toolbar | ID |
|---|---|
| Add command | IDM_VS_TOOL_ADDCOMMAND |
| Undefined | IDM_VS_TOOL_UNDEFINED |
| XML schema | IDM_VS_TOOL_SCHEMA |
| XML data | IDM_VS_TOOL_DATA |
Groups on the IDE toolbars
To add a button to a standard toolbar, set one of the following groups as its parent. The groups are sorted by parent toolbar.
Standard toolbar groups
| Name | ID |
|---|---|
| Save/Open | IDG_VS_TOOLSB_SAVEOPEN |
| Cut/Copy | IDG_VS_TOOLSB_CUTCOPY |
| Undo/Redo | IDG_VS_TOOLSB_UNDOREDO |
| Run/Build | IDG_VS_TOOLSB_RUNBUILD |
| Search | IDG_VS_TOOLSB_SEARCH |
| Windows | IDG_VS_TOOLSB_WINDOWS |
| New windows | IDG_VS_TOOLSB_NEWWINDOWS |
| Load/Save | IDG_VS_WINDOWUI_LOADSAVE |
| Gauge | IDG_VS_TOOLSB_GAUGE |
Build toolbar groups
| Name | ID |
|---|---|
| Build bar | IDG_VS_BUILDBAR |
| Cancel | IDG_VS_BUILD_CANCEL |
Text editor toolbar groups
| Name | ID |
|---|---|
| Completion | IDM_VS_TOOL_TEXTEDITOR |
| Indent | IDG_VS_EDITTOOLBAR_INDENT |
| Comment | IDG_VS_EDITTOOLBAR_COMMENT |
| Bookmarks | IDG_VS_EDITTOOLBAR_TEMPBOOKMARKS |
Debug toolbar groups
| Name | ID |
|---|---|
| Execution | IDM_DEBUG_TOOLBAR |
| Stepping | IDG_DEBUG_TOOLBAR_STEPPING |
| Watch | IDG_DEBUG_TOOLBAR_WATCH |
| Windows | IDG_DEBUG_TOOLBAR_WINDOWS |
Debug location toolbar groups
| Name | ID |
|---|---|
| Debug location | IDG_DEBUG_CONTEXT_TOOLBAR |
Tool window toolbars
Toolbars can appear directly in the IDE or in tool windows such as Solution Explorer. Because tool windows are not defined in .vsct files, tool window toolbars do not have defined parents. Instead, they are placed in code. The following table shows the toolbars that appear on tool windows in the IDE, and the command groups they contain.
Note
Toolbars and groups use the GUID guidSHLMainMenu, except where otherwise specified by using GUID:ID syntax. Where a GUID is specified for a toolbar, it also applies to the groups that descend from that toolbar.
| Tool window | Toolbar | Groups |
|---|---|---|
| Solution Explorer | IDM_VS_TOOL_PROJWIN | IDG_VS_PROJ_TOOLBAR1..5 |
| Server Explorer | guid_SE_MenuGroup:IDM_SE_TOOLBAR_SERVEREXPLORER | IDG_SE_TOOLBAR_REFRESH |
| Properties | IDM_VS_TOOL_PROPERTIES | IDG_VS_PROPERTIES_SORT IDG_VS_PROPERTIES_PAGES |
| Class View | IDM_VS_TOOL_CLASSVIEW | IDG_VS_CLASSVIEW_FOLDERS IDG_VS_CLASSVIEW_SEARCH IDG_VS_CLASSVIEW_SETTINGS |
| Class View | IDM_VS_TOOL_CLASSVIEW_GO | IDG_VS_CLASSVIEW_SEARCH2 |
| Object Browser | IDM_VS_TOOL_OBJBROWSER | IDG_VS_OBJBROWSER_SUBSETS IDG_VS_OBJBROWSER_SEARCH IDG_VS_OBJBROWSER_ADDREFERENCE IDG_VS_OBJBROWSER_BROWSERSETTINGS |
| Object Browser | IDM_VS_TOOL_OBJECT_BROWSER_GO | IDG_VS_OBJBROWSER_SEARCH2 |
| Output | IDM_VS_TOOL_OUTPUTWINDOW | IDG_VS_OUTPUTWINDOW_SELECT IDG_VS_OUTPUTWINDOW_GOTO IDG_VS_OUTPUTWINDOW_NEXTPREV IDG_VS_OUTPUTWINDOW_CLEAR IDG_VS_OUTPUTWINDOW_WORDWRAP |
| Find and Replace | IDM_VS_TOOL_UNIFIEDFIND | IDG_VS_FINDTAB IDG_VS_REPLACETAB |
| Find Results 1 | IDM_VS_TOOL_FINDRESULTS1 | IDG_VS_FINDRESULTS1_GOTO IDG_VS_FINDRESULTS1_NEXTPREV IDG_VS_FINDRESULTS1_CLEAR IDG_VS_FINDRESULTS1_STOPFIND |
| Find Results 2 | IDM_VS_TOOL_FINDRESULTS2 | IDG_VS_FINDRESULTS2_GOTO IDG_VS_FINDRESULTS2_NEXTPREV IDG_VS_FINDRESULTS2_CLEAR IDG_VS_FINDRESULTS2_STOPFIND |
| Snippet | IDM_VS_TOOL_SNIPPETMENUS | IDG_VS_SNIPPET_REPL IDG_VS_SNIPPET_REF IDG_VS_SNIPPET_PROP |
| Bookmarks | IDM_VS_TOOL_BOOKMARKWIND | IDG_VS_BWNEWFOLDER IDG_VS_BWNEXTBM IDG_VS_BWNEXTBMF IDG_VS_BWENABLE IDG_VS_BWDELETE |
| Task List | IDM_VS_TOOL_TASKLIST | IDG_VS_TASKLIST_PROVIDERLIST |
| User Tasks | IDM_VS_TOOL_USERTASKS | IDG_VS_TASKLIST_PROVIDERLIST IDG_VS_USERTASKS_EDIT |
| Error List | IDM_VS_TOOL_ERRORLIST | IDG_VS_ERRORLIST_ERRORGROUP IDG_VS_ERRORLIST_WARNINGGROUP IDG_VS_ERRORLIST_MESSAGEGROUP |
| Call Browser | IDM_VS_TOOL_CALLBROWSER1..16 | IDG_VS_TOOLBAR_CALLBROWSER1_ACTIONS IDG_VS_TOOLBAR_CALLBROWSER1_TYPE IDG_VS_TOOLBAR_CALLBROWSER1_CBSETTINGS |
| Breakpoints | guidVSDebugGroup:IDM_BREAKPOINTS_WINDOW_TOOLBAR | IDG_BREAKPOINTS_WINDOW_NEW IDG_BREAKPOINTS_WINDOW_DELETE IDG_BREAKPOINTS_WINDOW_ALL IDG_BREAKPOINTS_WINDOW_VIEW IDG_BREAKPOINTS_WINDOW_EDIT IDG_BREAKPOINTS_WINDOW_COLUMNS |
| Disassembly | guidVSDebugGroup:IDM_DISASM_WINDOW_TOOLBAR | IDG_DISASM_WINDOW_TOOLBAR |
| Memory 1-4 | guidVSDebugGroup:IDM_MEMORY_WINDOW_TOOLBAR1...4 | IDG_MEMORY_EXPRESSION1..4 IDG_MEMORY_COLUMNS1..4 |
| Processes | guidVSDebugGroup:IDM_ATTACHED_PROCS_TOOLBAR | IDG_ATTACHED_PROCS_EXECCNTRL IDG_ATTACHED_PROCS_STEPPING IDG_ATTACHED_PROCS_EXECCNTRL2 IDG_ATTACHED_PROCS_ATTACH IDG_ATTACHED_PROCS_COLUMNS |