CommandPlacements Element

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11/15/2016

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The CommandPlacements element groups CommandPlacement elements and other CommandPlacements groupings.

The CommandPlacements element is optional. If no commands, groups, or menus must be included in a secondary location, you do not have to include this section in your .vsct file.

Syntax

<CommandPlacements>  
  <CommandPlacement>... </CommandPlacement>  
  <CommandPlacement>... </CommandPlacement>  
</CommandPlacements>

Attributes and Elements

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

Attributes

Attribute	Description
Condition	Optional. See Conditional Attributes.

Child Elements

Element	Description
CommandPlacements	Groups CommandPlacement elements and other CommandPlacements groupings.
CommandPlacement Element	Enables buttons, groups, and menus to be included in more than one group or menu.

Parent Elements

Element	Description
CommandTable Element	Defines all the elements that represent commands.

Example

<CommandPlacements>  
  <CommandPlacement guid="guidWidgetPackage" id="cmdidInsertOptions"  
    priority="0x0300">  
    <Parent guid="cmdGuidWidgetCommands" id="menuIDEditWidget"/>  
  </CommandPlacement>  
</CommandPlacements>