Custom actions enables expanding or extending the standard behavior of SharePoint 2010 core components.
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Show custom action in ribbon for only one list
Does anyone knows how to show a custom action in the ribbon for only one list?
At this moment I've got multiple custom lists, but my button is added on all of them. I only want to show it on one ...
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How do I show a loading div when opening a modal dialog from a CustomAction?
I have created a new CustomAction which is a new item (link) in Site Actions menu.
When you click it, it opens a modal page (aspx). Everything works fine, but it takes about 3 seconds to open the ...
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Get current web url in a SPRibbon Custom Action Command
I've a SPRibbon custom action with the purpose of open an custom app page in a modal dialog,
but I'm getting troubles for getting the current web URL, as well, set a reference for a .js with the right ...
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Need help specifying the location of a Custom Action
Spawned from this question.
I have been able to add a new link to my Central admin page under the Monitoring->Timer Jobs section. My problem is that I have been unable to figure out how to add it ...
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How to make custom workflow activity parameter optional
I'm developing a custom Sharepoint 2010 workflow activity and I need some of it's parameters to be optional. For example, I need a user, using Sharepoint Designer, to be able to specify document path, ...
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Is it possible to add custom actions to a version?
I need to add a custom action to versions of a file. Optimally, I want it on the Version History page:
A second best would be the version display form (the result of clicking View on the previous ...
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Unable to hide LoginAsDifferentUser menu in SP2010
I need to hide the "Sign In as Different User" option on the "Welcome" menu for all users. This is for SharePoint 2010. I have tried adding a customaction feature using the xml below, which didn't ...
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Custom activity created and appearing in Actions list in SPD, but cannot select it
I've been following several examples regarding custom actions. I've been trying to deploy my own one, but although I can see the action inside SPD, when selected it doesn't appear in the workflow ...
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How do you create a Ribbon Button custom action that will appear on all kinds of lists
I want to create a ribbon button that will work with all kinds of lists. I mean, the same custom action should work against lists, document libraries, Announcement lists, etc..
Also. It should work ...
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Hide start workflow menu
I want to hide "start workflow" menu with hidecustomaction
This example is from a sharepoint book.
<HideCustomAction Id="RemoveRibbonButton"
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Where do “My site” and “My profiles” links come from?
Under the personal action menu, there are two links :
My site
My profile
I'm trying to understand how they are generated and by which component/feature. However the highest container in the ...
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How do I create a Custom Action for a Workflow?
I need to create a Custom Action that's displayed in the Action list for a Workflow.
How would I go about this?
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Custom Action Safe Control 2007
In extension to this question of mine, If I put location of custom action as
"Location="Microsoft.SharePoint.StandardMenu"
it gives me error
Failed to create a control from assembly '', class ...
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Creating custom Actions within an Retention Policy
Does anyone know, either via the object model or through xml, if you can create custom actions for a retention policy, which is defined as part of an Information Management Policy?
I know that you ...
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Accessing the propery bag from an elements.xml file
I want to access some configuration data stored in the property bag. I want to access this information from a elements.xml file. This elements.xml file contains a Ribbon with Tabs and Buttons. Is ...
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How to add Two java script file in element .xml
I am using 2 button in custom tab and each button has a .js file to load . Could you please say me how to use 2 .js file in the same element .xml and here is my code for element xml
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Information needed to get specific list / user group
I am working on a Custom Action that I want to add to all list instances as well as all user groups. The purpose is to export the list / group as a document to allow the user to export it when Client ...
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list item menu's custom action on content type (only SPD2010)
Is it possible to have a custom action List Item Menu in a document library on a specific content type, created in SPD 2010? In code I know is possible, but I'd rather try it out in SP Designer. Also, ...
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Javascript call to NewItem2 error “TypeError: Cannot read property 'tagName' of undefined”
Overview
I have a CustomAction for a button on the ribbon that calls a command in a javascript file. The command fails in the inplview.debug.js file on the following lines (1745 - 1748) in the ...
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Caml defined Custom Action, UrlAction and the multi language interface
When defining a custom action via the CAML schema definition, the UrlAction parameter specifies the "site or site collection relative URL of the page, for example, ~site/_layouts/sampleurl.aspx or ...
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Ribbon Button Not Working In Home Page (Home.aspx) And Any Site Pages
I've created a "Hello World" ribbon button as per MSDN code sample: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff630938.aspx
The "Hello World" ribbon button is working only in AllItems.aspx (i.e. In the ...
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How to add a custom link to Central Admin quick launch?
I'm attempting add a page for my collection of apps to the Central Admin quick launch in SharePoint 2010:
Following SharePoint's out-of-the-box behaviour, a custom action group like this should be ...
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Central Admin Custom Action menu not appearing?
I am trying to add a custom Menu item under "Site Collections" in central admin. Following is my elements.xml file.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Elements ...
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Is it possible to add a CustomAction in a SharePoint 2013 Survey Settings menu?
We have an application deployed on SharePoint 2013. Part of the application adds custom items to the ribbons of lists and libraries and the edit control block of list and library items.
This is the ...
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Load List Item Ribbon tab on page load when using Page in Pages Library
My question is a little bit different than the other missing / loading ribbon questions and I'll explain why.
In order to properly style my application, I've created a page in the Pages Library and ...
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SP2010 Ribbon add confirm logic on publishing a page
I need to display a confirm popup when page is published to warn about unpopulated publishing page fields. User might contiune in which case page will be published, or user might cancel publishing.
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How to add a custom action in Ribbon.EditingTools.CPEditTab.Markup with SharePoint Designer or PowerShell?
I'm trying to add a custom action in the Ribbon.EditingTools.CPEditTab.Markup group. My goal is to add a button that fires a custom javascript that inject som html content in the rich editor control ...
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How can the deployment of a feature (or element) be made dependent on the SharePoint version (2010/2013)?
I have a solution (deployed in the Sandbox) that declaratively creates CustomActions (menu items).
It works fine in SharePoint 2010 and 2013, but we don't like the look in 2013 so I'd like to exclude ...
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How get item in CommandUIHandler EnabledScript use javascript
can anyone help me with the problem:
I have a list external items from my system and i add a custom button on a ribbon. My item has a state and depending on the state my button should be available or ...
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Customizing social tags and notes buttons on the ribbon
I want to change social tags and notes buttons in the ribbon, but I don't know how and even if it is possible.
So we have 2 social buttons in the ribbon, I like it and Tags & notes. I want to ...
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Adding button to ribbon in CommandUI.Ribbon
I'm trying to add a button to the ribbon, in the same place the default "I Like It" and "Tags & Notes" buttons are located. I the elements.xml file for this feature (SocialRibbonControl) and tried ...
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Remove button from Ribbon in a specific toolbar
I need to remove 'Upload Document' button from the Ribbon on a Document Set library, with the toolbar set to "None".
I can successfully remove it from the Full Toolbar (which is the default one) ...
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Reference a javascript script in a ribbon custom action xml
Reference a .js file on a spribbon custom action elements.xml
on my javascriptmethods.js file:
function test(){
alert('test message.');}
on my custom action elements.xml:
<CustomAction
...
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CustomAction : Put JavaScript code in a dedicated file
I have a custom action that look like this :
<Elements xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/">
<CustomAction Id="MyCustomAction" Location="CommandUI.Ribbon">
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hide ribbon menu for workflow
I want to hide the workflow button: Ribbon.List.Settings.ManageWorkflows
Which scope should the feature have (web or site)?
Now I try:
<HideCustomAction Id="RemoveRibbonButton"
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Hide “New Site” on Site Actions menu?
Using SharePoint 2010, how do I remove "New Site" from the Site Actions menu. I believe I can do this through permissions but would like to remove for all users (and replace with a custom action ...
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I'm looking for a way to detect the ribbon load event
I'm looking for a way to hide a button from the ribbon using javascript, but to do this I need to wait until the elements of the ribbon are loaded.
Is there a way to detect such event?
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LinkButton with click method doesn't work
I have an issue with LinkButton in my toolbar, basically i deployed a custom action which adds a link button to the menu, this link button on click should do some task like adding an item, but this ...
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Minimizing the loadtime
I work with a sandboxed solution which is deployed in a .wsp file. The solution mostly contains our webparts. The pages that contains these webparts, are slow at startup, but it seems that there is ...
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(Sandbox solution) Ensure my javascript file is loaded after core.js
Using a CustomAction in the location of a scriptlink, I'm inserting a javascript code, however I need this code to run after core.js runs. Does anyone know how I can achieve this?
My CustomAction ...
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perform action on incoming mail
I need to perform simple decoding of .eml files and adding some contents from it to a list. I have already written the .eml decoding part and adding stuff from it to list, but i need to tell ...
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Adding custom button to ribbon - Button doesn't get displayed
I'm trying to add a custom button to a SP2010 ribbon in the DisplayFormToolbar for a list item. The list is external, although I don't think that matters but still...
This is my custom action ...
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How to control Display Order in Custom Site Actions
There is a way to control the display order for custom actions added to Site Action menu? Always, new added custom actions are added to the end of the OOTB list.
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How do I programmatically disable (i.e. “grey out”) a custom action menu item?
Obviously, this is something I need to do just in certain circumstances (determined by the current contents of a list).
The reason I want to keep the action visible is to set its description to say ...
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Custom action doesn't navigate to another site
I have an issue with custom action.
Here is the definition of my custom action:
<CustomAction
Id="GoToDefi"
Title="Go To"
Description="Go To"
...
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obtain actions from ecb
is there a way how to obtain the default list of custom actions in ECB ? I tried list.UserCustomActions but it returns only custom actions added by user. In my case it returned 0. I would like to ...
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Custom action or a specific list in SP 2007
I have a question regarding the custom action, basically I would like to create a custom action in ribbon for only ONE SharePoint list, this list already exist and i cannot and i dont want to modify ...
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Customactions not binding to content type
Facing a strange and frustrating issue just before Christmas :-(
Heres the scenario:
I've got a custom content type, list schema , the whole works all exported from another site using the Sharepoint ...
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Can not find web.Config of Empty SharePoint Project to Create an authorized type entry
I'm trying to write a custom workflow action and after searching I find this article and some other that referred to it.
I follow the instructions step by step, but at the last step, author said:
...
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How to add a button at Page tab ribbon when add webpart?
I have a webpart with custom setting.
I add 2 property to webpart setting. I want add button to Page tab ribbon when webpart added to page and value set for the property.
It is possible that add a ...
