TemplateGroupID Element (Visual Studio Templates)
Applies to: 
Visual Studio 
Visual Studio for Mac
Note
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Specifies what kind of project an item templates will show up in. This element is significant when ShowByDefault (Visual Studio Templates) is set to false. When ShowByDefault (Visual Studio Templates) is set to true, then an item template is available in all project types.
<VSTemplate> <TemplateData> <TemplateGroupID>
Syntax
<TemplateGroupID> ... </TemplateGroupID>
Attributes and Elements
The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.
Attributes
None.
Child Elements
None.
Parent Elements
| Element | Description |
|---|---|
| TemplateData | Categorizes the template and defines how it displays in either the New Project or the Add New Item dialog box. |
Text Value
A text value is required.
The text specifies an identifier for a category of item templates.
Remarks
TemplateGroupID is an element.
The value of the TemplateGroupID element is used along with project system registration (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\<version number>\Projects\) to filter templates that appear in the Add New Item dialog box.
| Visual C++ Value | Meaning |
|---|---|
| VC-Native | Used for native projects. Also the default if a project type can't be determined. |
| VC-Managed | Used for managed (/clr) projects |
| VC-Windows | Used for all projects that target the windows platform (native/managed/store) |
| WinRT-Native-UAP | Used for Windows 10 store projects |
| CodeSharing-Native | Used for Shared item projects |
| WinRT-Native-6.3 | Used for Windows 8.1 Store projects |
| WinRT-Native-Phone-6.3 | Used for Windows Phone 8.1 projects |
| WinRT-Native | Used for Windows 8.0 Store projects |
| VC-Android | Used for Android projects |