GUIDs and IDs of Visual Studio menus

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This article 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 Extend menus and commands.

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

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
Extensions IDM_VS_MENU_EXTENSIONS
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

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 Add a submenu to a menu.

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

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