Button Element

Defines an element that the user can interact with. There are four kinds of Buttons, as follows: Button, MenuButton, SplitDropDown, and Swatch.

Attributes and Elements

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

Attributes

Attribute	Description
guid	Required. GUID of the GUID/ID command identifier.
id	Required. ID of the GUID/ID command identifier.
priority	Optional. A numeric value that specifies the priority.
type	Optional. An enumerated value that specifies the kind of button. If not given, uses Button. Button A standard command that appears on toolbars (typically as an iconic button), menus, and context menus. MenuButton A menu item that does not execute a command, but produces another menu. SplitDropDown Controls, such as the Undo and Redo buttons on the standard toolbar in Microsoft Word. Swatch Controls that display color choices, such as those in a font color dialog box. Requires the implementation of some underlying interfaces.
Condition	Optional. See VSCT XML Schema Conditional Attributes.

Child Elements

Element	Description
Parent	Optional. The parent element of the button.
Icon	Optional. The icon associated with the button.
CommandFlag	Required. See Command Flag Element. The valid CommandFlag values for a Button are as follows. AllowParams CommandWellOnly DefaultDisabled DefaultInvisible DontCache DynamicItemStart DynamicVisibility FixMenuController IconAndText NoButtonCustomize NoCustomize NoKeyCustomize NoShowOnMenuController Pict PostExec ProfferedCmd RouteToDocs TextCascadeUseBtn TextMenuUseButton TextChanges TextChangesButton TextContextUseButton TextMenuCtrlUseMenu TextMenuUseButton TextOnly
Strings	Required. See Strings Element. The child ButtonText element must be defined.
Annotation	Optional comment.

Parent Elements

Element	Description
Buttons Element	Groups Button elements.

Example

<Button guid="cmdSetGuidMyProductCommands" id="cmdidAddWidget"
  priority="0x0040" type="Button">
  <Parent guid="cmdSetGuidWidgetCommands" id="groupIDFileEdit">
  <Icon guid="guidWidgetIcons" id="2"/>
  <CommandFlag>DefaultInvisible</CommandFlag>
  <CommandFlag>DynamicVisibility</CommandFlag>
  <Strings>
    <ButtonText>&amp;Add Widgit</ButtonText>
  </Strings>
</Button>

See Also

Other Resources

Visual Studio Command Table (.Vsct) Files