GUIDs and IDs of Visual Studio Menus

This topic enumerates the GUID and ID values of the menus and groups on the Visual Studio menu bar. 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.

For more information about how to work with integrated development environment (IDE) objects that are defined in .vsct files, see Common Tasks with Commands, Menus, and Toolbars.

The menus and groups on the Visual Studio menu bar use the GUID guidSHLMainMenu. The menu bar itself has an ID of IDM_VS_TOOL_MAINMENU.

Groups on the Visual Studio Menu Bar

To add a menu to the menu bar, set one of these groups as its parent.

Group	ID
File/Edit/View	IDG_VS_MM_FILEEDITVIEW
Refactoring	IDG_VS_MM_REFACTORING:
Project	IDG_VS_MM_PROJECT
Build	IDG_VS_MM_BUILDDEBUGRUN
Format/Tools	IDG_VS_MM_TOOLSADDINS
Window/Help/Community	IDG_VS_MM_WINDOWHELP
Addins	IDG_VS_MM_MACROS
FullScreenBar	IDG_VS_MM_FULLSCREENBAR

Menus on the Visual Studio Menu Bar

To add a group to an existing Visual Studio menu, set one of the following menus as its parent. Submenus are not included in this list.

Menu	ID
File	IDM_VS_MENU_FILE
Edit	IDM_VS_MENU_EDIT
View	IDM_VS_MENU_VIEW
Refactor	IDM_VS_MENU_REFACTORING
Project	IDM_VS_MENU_PROJECT
Build	IDM_VS_MENU_BUILD
Format	IDM_VS_MENU_FORMAT
Tools	IDM_VS_MENU_TOOLS
Window	IDM_VS_MENU_WINDOW
Addins	IDM_VS_MENU_ADDINS
Community	IDM_VS_MENU_COMMUNITY
Help	IDM_VS_MENU_HELP

Groups on Visual Studio Menus

The following lists show the groups that descend directly from menus on the Visual Studio menu bar. The quickest way to add a command to a Visual Studio menu is to set one of these groups as the parent. Groups that descend from submenus do not appear in this section.

File Menu Groups

Group	ID
New/Open	IDG_VS_FILE_FILE
Add	IDG_VS_FILE_ADD
Solution	IDG_VS_FILE_SOLUTION
Misc	IDG_VS_FILE_MISC
Save	IDG_VS_FILE_SAVE
Rename	IDG_VS_FILE_RENAME
Browser	IDG_VS_FILE_BROWSER
Print	IDG_VS_FILE_PRINT
Most Recently Used	IDG_VS_FILE_MRU
Move	IDG_VS_FILE_MOVE
Exit	IDG_VS_FILE_EXIT

Edit Menu Groups

Group	ID
Undo/Redo	IDG_VS_EDIT_UNDOREDO
Cut/Copy/Paste	IDG_VS_EDIT_CUTCOPY
Select	IDG_VS_EDIT_SELECT
GoTo	IDG_VS_EDIT_GOTO
Find	IDG_VS_EDIT_FIND
Objects	IDG_VS_EDIT_OBJECTS
OLE Verbs	IDG_VS_EDIT_OLEVERBS
Command Well	IDG_VS_EDIT_COMMANDWELL

Refactor Menu Groups

Group	ID
Common	IDG_REFACTORING_COMMON
Advanced	IDG_REFACTORING_ADVANCED

View Menu Groups

Group	ID
Form Code	IDG_VS_VIEW_FORMCODE
Browser	IDG_VS_VIEW_BROWSER
Define Views	IDG_VS_VIEW_DEFINEVIEWS
Windows	IDG_VS_VIEW_WINDOWS
Architect Windows	IDG_VS_VIEW_ARCH_WINDOWS
Organization Windows	IDG_VS_VIEW_ORG_WINDOWS
Code Browser	IDG_VS_VIEW_CODEBROWSENAV_WINDOWS
Dev Windows	IDG_VS_VIEW_DEV_WINDOWS
Toolbars	IDG_VS_VIEW_TOOLBARS
Symbols	IDG_VS_VIEW_SYMBOLNAVIGATE
Navigate	IDG_VS_VIEW_NAVIGATE
Small Navigate	IDG_VS_VIEW_SMALLNAVIGATE
Object Browser	IDG_VS_VIEW_OBJBRWSR
Command Well	IDG_VS_VIEW_COMMANDWELL
Property Pages	IDG_VS_VIEW_PROPPAGES
Refresh	IDG_VS_VIEW_REFRESH

Project Menu Groups

Group	ID
Miscellaneous Add	IDG_VS_PROJ_MISCADD
Add	IDG_VS_PROJ_ADD
Folder	IDG_VS_PROJ_FOLDER
Unload/Reload	IDG_VS_PROJ_UNLOADRELOAD
Reference	IDG_VS_PROJ_REFERENCE
Options	IDG_VS_PROJ_OPTIONS
Settings	IDG_VS_PROJ_SETTINGS

Build Menu Groups

Group	ID
Solution	IDG_VS_BUILD_SOLUTION
Selection	IDG_VS_BUILD_SELECTION
Profile Guided Optimization	IDG_VS_PGO_SELECTION
Miscellaneous	IDG_VS_BUILD_MISC
Cancel	IDG_VS_BUILD_CANCEL

Tools Menu Groups

Group	ID
Command Line	IDG_VS_TOOLS_CMDLINE
Snippets	IDG_VS_TOOLS_SNIPPETS
Object Subset	IDG_VS_TOOLS_OBJSUBSET
Options	IDG_VS_TOOLS_OPTIONS
Other 2	IDG_VS_TOOLS_OTHER2
External Tools	IDG_VS_TOOLS_EXT_TOOLS
External Customizations	IDG_VS_TOOLS_EXT_CUST

Window Menu Groups

Group	ID
New	IDG_VS_WINDOW_NEW
Dock/Close	IDG_VS_DOCKCLOSE
Dock/Hide	IDG_VS_DOCKHIDE
Arrange	IDG_VS_WINDOW_ARRANGE
Navigation	IDG_VS_WINDOW_NAVIGATION
List	IDG_VS_WINDOW_LIST

Help Menu Groups

Group	ID
Samples	IDG_VS_HELP_SAMPLES
Support	IDG_VS_HELP_SUPPORT
About	IDG_VS_HELP_ABOUT

Submenus of Visual Studio Menus

The following hierarchy shows the submenus that are associated with the menus on the Visual Studio menu bar. Because only a group can have a menu as its parent, every submenu must descend from a group on a menu, instead of directly from the menu. For more information about the relationship between menus, groups, and submenus, see How to: Create Menus, SubMenus, and Shortcut Menus.

Note

The names of the menus on the Visual Studio menu bar are not separately shown in this hierarchy because they can be inferred from the naming convention for groups in the IDE, as follows: IDG_VS_Menu Name_Group Name.

Parent Group	Submenu	Child Groups
IDG_VS_FILE_FILE	IDM_VS_CSCD_NEW	IDG_VS_FILE_NEW_CASCADE
	IDM_VS_CSCD_OPEN	IDG_VS_FILE_OPENP_CASCADE
		IDG_VS_FILE_OPENF_CASCADE
IDG_VS_FILE_ADD	IDM_VS_CSCD_ADD	IDG_VS_FILE_ADD_PROJECT_NEW
		IDG_VS_FILE_ADD_PROJECT_EXI
IDG_VS_FILE_MRU	IDM_VS_CSCD_FILEMRU	IDG_VS_FILE_FMRU_CASCADE
	IDM_VS_CSCD_PROJMRU	IDG_VS_FILE_PMRU_CASCADE
IDG_VS_FILE_MOVE	IDM_VS_CSCD_MOVETOPRJ	IDG_VS_FILE_MOVE_CASCADE
		IDG_VS_FILE_MOVE_PICKER
IDG_VS_VIEW_DEV_WINDOWS	IDM_VS_CSCD_FINDRESULTS	IDG_VS_WNDO_FINDRESULTS
	IDM_VS_CSCD_WINDOWS	IDG_VS_VIEW_CALLBROWSER
		IDG_VS_WNDO_OTRWNDWS1…6
		IDG_VS_WNDO_WINDOWS2
IDG_VS_VIEW_TOOLBARS	IDM_VS_CSCD_COMMANDBARS
IDG_VS_EDIT_GOTO	IDM_VS_EDITOR_FIND_MENU
IDG_VS_EDIT_OBJECTS	IDM_VS_CSCD_MNUDES	IDG_VS_MNUDES_INSERT
		IDG_VS_MNUDES_EDITNAMES
	IDM_VS_CSCD_OLEVERBS	IDG_VS_EDIT_OLEVERBS
IDG_VS_BUILD_SELECTION	IDM_VS_CSCD_BUILD	IDG_VS_BUILD_CASCADE
		IDG_VS_BUILD_PROJPICKER
	IDM_VS_CSCD_REBUILD	IDG_VS_REBUILD_CASCADE
		IDG_VS_REBUILD_PROJPICKER
	IDM_VS_CSCD_PROJONLY	IDG_VS_PROJONLY_CASCADE
	IDM_VS_CSCD_CLEAN	IDG_VS_CLEAN_CASCADE
		IDG_VS_CLEAN_PROJPICKER
	IDM_VS_CSCD_DEPLOY	IDG_VS_DEPLOY_CASCADE
		IDG_VS_DEPLOY_PROJPICKER
IDG_VS_PGO_SELECTION	IDM_VS_CSCD_PGO_BUILD	IDG_VS_PGO_BUILD_CASCADE_BUILD
		IDG_VS_PGO_BUILD_CASCADE_RUN

See Also

Concepts

GUIDs and IDs of Visual Studio Toolbars

GUIDs and IDs of Visual Studio Commands

Other Resources

Visual Studio Command Table (.Vsct) Files