Element Types

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Element types differ according to their functionality. The following table describes element types for Features and shows their possible settings for scope.

Element	Scope	Description
Content Type	Site	Contains a schema definition you can reuse and apply to multiple list definitions.
Content Type Binding	Site	Content type binding enables you to provision a content type on a list defined in the Onet.xml schema. Lists defined in the Onet.xml schema cannot be modified directly.
Control	Farm, WebApplication, Site, Web	A delegate control contains a registration for a well-known control installed on a Web page. This lets you replace existing controls, such as the Windows SharePoint Services search control, with another control.
Custom Action	Farm, WebApplication, Site, Web	You can define the following kinds of custom actions: Content type links for the content type settings page Drop-down menu actions for the drop-down menu that appears for an item Form toolbar buttons for New, Edit, or Display form toolbars. Site Settings link for the Site Settings page.
Custom Action Group	Farm, WebApplication, Site, Web	Defines a group of custom actions.
Document Converter	WebApplication	Contains the definition of a document converter. A document converter is a custom executable file that takes a document of one file type, and generates a copy of that file in another file type.
Feature/Site Template Association	Farm, WebApplication, Site	Binds a Feature to a site definition configuration so that created sites are provisioned with the Feature.
Field	Site	Contains a field definition that can be reused among multiple lists.
Hide Custom Action	Farm, WebApplication, Site, Web	Hides a custom action that has been added through another custom action.
List Instance	Site, Web	Provisions a SharePoint site with a specific list of data.
List Template	Site, Web	Contains a list definition or template, which defines a list that can be provisioned in a SharePoint site.
Module	Site, Web	Contains a set of files with which to provision sites.
Receiver	Web	Contains an item event receiver registration.
Workflow	Site	Contains the definition for a workflow in a list.

Farm: farm scope

WebApplication: Web application scope

Site: site collection scope

Web: Web site scope