A ribbon is an interface where a set of toolbars that are placed on tabs in a tab bar.
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How do I hide the “Datasheet view” option in a list?
How do I hide the "Datasheet view" option (under "View Format") in a list's ribbon menu?
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Enable “Change Item Order” button on ribbon
I have a page that I'm provisioning in Visual Studio 2010 through a module. In my elements.xml I have a <File> element with a <View> element underneath like this:
<File ...
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SharePoint RTE: How to attach to mousedown events (like bold, italic does)
When clicking on bold text in the RTE (rich text editor), magically the ribbon button for bold: get's activated.
The same happens for the other format option buttons you can see on the screenshot. I ...
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Could not load type 'xxx
I get this error in the log.
Its a custom ribbon button that opens a dialog with a custom application page.
I checked the 14 hive and the aspx is there.
So, i dont know what else to check
Medium ...
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Problem creating a Custom Ribbon Action to Order Lists
I attempted to create my first Custom Ribbon action to allow users to sort list items. But I failed miserably. the Action wont show in my ribbon at all and I am having trouble finding out what is ...
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Explorer view workaround for users without office 2010/ Ribbon customization
We have too many users without office 2010.
According to what I read in these 2 blogs, Explorer view will not work in these machines
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Best way to initialize an Contextual Tab?
I've a custom contextual ribbon tab element and I'm initializing it throw the following code on a webcontrol hosted on the masterpage:
protected override void OnPreRender(EventArgs e)
{
...
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Customize a Delegate Control in SharePoint 2010
I created a simple project to Customize a Delegate Control in SharePoint 2010 such as in msdn article (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms470880.aspx).
Source code:
Class:
using System;
using ...
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how do i place custom action in custom group on displayform?
By following the examples in the SP 2010 C# Hands On Lab (SPCHOL308), I've gotten a CustomAction button to show up under the View tab in the Manage group on the DisplayForm.
I want to place this ...
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custom actions are not visible
I have a custom action for the menu, but I can not see it.
1. I am site collection admin
2. I checked the feature and its there
3. I checked the package and is there
4. I checked the 14 hive and ...
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Buttons not appearing in custom ribbon group
I'm trying to add a new group to the list form display ribbon that contains a few buttons. The group is created but it's blank. Here's the Elements.xml that defines the CustomAction:
<?xml ...
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Show standard Sharepoint Ribbon in a custom list form
I developed in VS 2010 a custom list form and I want to use the "standard" Sharepoint Ribbon, ie, the same Ribbon used in all list forms withe the same buttons.
It's possible do this?
Any help will ...
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1answer
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How do I trigger off of the ribbonbar being shown/hidden?
When the ribbon bar is visible (i.e., not in Browse mode), I want certain things to happen on my page (mostly involving changing styles of some items). How do I determine if it's visible or not or ...
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Enable style button on ribbon in SP 2010 edit list form
I am trying to add custom styles to a wysiwyg editor field in a SharePoint list.
I have tried adding in the prefix .ms-rteStyle-xxxxx (xxxxx being the style name). This still doesnt seem to get ...
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1answer
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SharePoint Ribbon Loading endlessly
i'm a beginner of SharePoint.I'm using 2010version. Here i'm facing a problem that the ribbon of my root site is loading endlessly. I could not use the options like page, Edit,site action etc.. but ...
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Same custom button on 2 totaly different lists
Is it possible to have just the same custom button, show on 2 totaly different lits?
Because when i use the same type for the lists TemplateType="10777" then the list have the same fields.
So i need ...
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Tricky error in dialogbox styling
This question is related to this:
Customize Sharepoint 2010 Ribbon in Dialog ONLY
I did what suggested there and it works fine, but with a small problem shown on the screenshot below.
My Ribbon html ...
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Dropdown in ribbon is not visible - TemplateAlias problem?
I have the following code, the button is shown but the dropdownlist is not visible. I think the problem is with templatealias, but I dont understand very well how this thing works
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Show Ribbon in modal dialogs
In the current project, they applied some branding, and for some reason the ribbon is hidden in modal dialogs like when creating a discussion board, task or any list item.
I cant find how they hide ...
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3answers
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Expected ; on javascript
I got the following code in my elements.xml, but I cant find the error.
My ribbon is broken, the error says, expected;.
But I see no error, yet, maybe fresh eyes can see it.
See the EnabledScript ...
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1answer
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populate dropdown in ribbon with folders from a specific site pages library only
I already have created a dropdownlist in the ribbon, however I need to fill it with the folders inside the Site pages library for example.
I tried, but I didnt find any article or blog about it.
...
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Custom Ribbon Button doesn't show on subsites
I've successfully added a custom ribbon button to my site and everything shows up as expected. However, when I go to a sub site, my custom ribbon button doesn't show up. How can I get my button to ...
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Create/Extend new Ribbon with the client OM
I want to integrate an existing LOB application into SharePoint using JavaScript.
To give the user a single user-experience, I would like to add an application specific ribbon to the current page. ...
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Disable ribbon button if one folder is selected
This script works but only for one selected item
EnabledScript="javascript:
var items = SP.ListOperation.Selection.getSelectedItems();
(items.length == 1 ...
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Make a group in tab without title
Is it possible to make a group in ribbon without title?
When I added a group with setting "Title" attribute to empty (""), the space usually display group title has disappeared.
Hope someone helps ...
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the property or field has not been initialized. It has not been requested or the request has not been executed. It may need to be explicitly requested
The below question was based on this article:
http://www.learningsharepoint.com/2011/09/10/get-all-folders-using-ecmascriptjavascript-client-object-model-sharepoint-2010/
I think the author there ...
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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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Customize Sharepoint 2010 Ribbon in Dialog ONLY
In the screenshoot below I pasted the Dialog of the NEW ITEM on top of our website.
The ribbon bar selected in red, we want to change it, but it should be different to the ribbon bar in the normal ...
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Hide List and only shows is to the creator
I like to be able to hide my list and the list should only be visible to the person who created it. I've created a custom action -> ribbon to perform that action. Right now when the ribbon button is ...
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1answer
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Make dropdownlist on ribbon visible only on wikipages library
I am following this tutorial.
http://www.wictorwilen.se/Post/Creating-a-SharePoint-2010-Ribbon-extension-part-1.aspx
However I need that the dropdownlist can only be seen in wiki pages library. I ...
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1answer
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Item Display Form showing View + Page tab in Ribbon while other pages have only View
I have a list with a display form for which I have specified a different rendering WebPart: DataFormWebPart as opposed to the default ListFormWebPart.
This caused some issues with the Ribbon. I ...
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1answer
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Sharepoint Ribbon for view item form going full option
I have a view item form which contains a custom WebPart for displaying that item. I have no issue with that but the ribbon for the display form looks weird: It contains lots of options that don't ...
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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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2answers
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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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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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Customizing richtextbox from formfield
This applies to SharePoint 2010.
I have a requirement where users can only use a very specific set of "styles" when creating their content for SharePoint lists. As the "styles" ribbon button does not ...
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Custom ribbon action (office 365)
I've created a custom list and added on that list a custom action in the ribbon.
Before I created a calendar view on this list, I could see the button in the ribbon, now I can't. Does anyone know what ...
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Trouble adding a button to the ListItem Ribbon
I'm very new to to sharepoint and found a tutorial to allow me to create a custom action in order to place a button on the ribbon. I'm trying to use that to add a button to a list view but It isn't ...
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Overriding controls behavior in the Ribbon
Is there any way to override the standard behavior (javascript) of Ribbon controls?
For example, I need the Color selector populate not all the colors available, but a restricted subset of them.
In ...
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How To: Ribbon Options Language & their ToolTip Text Language = Same Site's Language?
I have SPS 2010 Intranet site for a global company where each country has its own site. Of course, Each country's site has its own language (All SharePoint 2010 Language Packs are installed). ...
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What function is called when the Check in button is clicked
Which function is called when you click on the "Check In" button of a page? I am referring to the button that opens the following modal dialog window.
It does not reference a page (already checked ...
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Trouble enabling custom ribbon with delegate control
I have a project with a number of custom ribbons: a couple are bound to contenttypes, some are activated through webparts and some are (sub)site-wide and are supposed to be activated by a delegate ...
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1answer
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Ribbon fails: Ribbon <Tab> node must have a <Scaling> subnode
I am in big trouble. I have created two ribbons and both doesn't work. I allways get the following failure message:
System.ArgumentException: Ribbon <Tab> node must have a <Scaling> ...
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Change Current View Without Extra Click to Ribbon List Tab (Sharepoint 2010)
In sharepoint 2007, when you were looking at a list there was already a default drop down box to change the list view.
Now that we have upgraded to Sharepoint 2010, we have noticed that this drop ...
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2answers
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Add image to Ribbon Button in Sandbox
I've created a simple SharePoint ribbon tab with a button on it; the button XML looks like this:
<Button
Id="Ribbon.MyTab.MainGroup.HelloButton"
...
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Field types error when ribbon is shown
We upgraded our MOSS 2007 to SharePoint 2010 yesterday. Everything seemed fine until I chose Show Ribbon from the site menu.
Now I get an error like this: "One or more field types are not installed ...
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Not able to edit sharepoint page
I have been given the task to place a link on a sharepoint page that has been develped by someone else. I have full control permission in the site.When I try to edit the page all options are grayed ...
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Reducing space above the Ribbon
Does anyone know how to reduce the space above the ribbon in the standard SharePoint 2010 masterpage (see image below)
There are a bunch of assorted classes and divs all over the place, but none seem ...
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Disable or hide delete button on condition
I have a list called Tenders. I need to make sure that when Tender status field is set to "open" no one can delete it. Ideally would be if I won't see options in ecb and ribbon. It is not connected to ...
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How to check if current folder in document library has child items via JavaScript client object model?
I have a custom button on ribbon, which performs some action with current folder (download folder content as zip package). I want to disable this button in case if current folder doesn't contain any ...

