Column Element (Work Item Type Definition Schema)

Defines columns for the form.

<xs:element name="Column" type="ColumnType" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>

Attributes and Elements

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

Attributes

Attribute	Description
PercentWidth	Optional ColumnType attribute. The width the column should occupy as a percentage of the width in the containing element.
FixedWidth	Optional ColumnType attribute. The column width in pixels.

Child Elements

Element	Description
Group Element (Work Item Type Definition Schema)	Optional element. Defines a group of elements to display together on the form.
Control Element (Work Item Type Definition Schema)	Optional element. Defines a field that is to appear on the form.
TabGroup Element (Work Item Type Definition Schema)	Optional element. Contains one or more Tab elements.
Splitter Element (Work Item Type Definition Schema)	Optional element. Defines a splitter and its orientation on the form between two sibling form elements.

Parent Elements

Element	Description
Group Element (Work Item Type Definition Schema)	Optional element. Defines a group of elements to display together on the form.

Remarks

Column is a required child element of Group.

Example

<Column PercentWidth="width as percent of containing element" FixedWidth="width in pixels">
    <Group>…</Group>
    <Control>…</Control>
    <TabGroup>…</TabGroup>
    <Splitter>…</Splitter>
</Column>

Element Information

Namespace	https://schemas.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/2005/workitemtracking/typedef
Schema Name	Work Item Type Definition
Validation File	WorkItemTypeDefinition.xsd
Element Type	ColumnType Complex Type (Work Item Type Definition Schema)
Can Be Empty	Yes

See Also

Concepts

All Work Item FORM Elements

Other Resources

Defining the Work Item Form