A ribbon is an interface where a set of toolbars that are placed on tabs in a tab bar.
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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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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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Hiding buttons of the Ribbon Bar
Is it possible to hide specific buttons of the SharePoint 2010 Ribbon Bar based on the user's permission on publishing pages? For example, we need to hide the font dropdown and under the Insert tab, ...
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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 do I make a custom publish botton for a page and make it do the same as the ribbon publish botton?
How do I make a custom publish botton for a page and make it do the same as the ribbon publish botton? We have a request from the customer to make a simple page that should have a custom publish ...
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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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Multiple values of RegistrationId attribute in CustomAction tag
I wonder is there any ability to set not only one but multiple values of RegistrationId in CustomAction tag.
I have an elements.xml entry like this:
<CustomAction
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On default.aspx, how can I properly control the Ribbon with OOB webparts?
In a team site, I have put two DataFormWebPart (in new mode) that allow users to directly push data to two SP lists.
The two webpart are saving data as expected, but the ribbon is weird when having ...
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How do I enable a greyed out datasheet button?
On my list the datasheet button is greyed out. How do I go about enabling it?
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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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Strange issue with SharePoint 2010 'Ribbon' Tabs
I am running SharePoint Server 2010 Beta on Windows Server 2008 R2 as a standalone installation. I have a wierd problem that only seems to occur on the team site template, sites based on other ...
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Ribbon gets hidden by default. How to fix that?
I have the following problem: the ribbon bar gets hidden by default for the users of a site collection, so they must enable it manually by using the "Show Ribbon" link on the site action menu.
This ...
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Location of Ribbon XML for List View
I'm looking for the location of SharePoint ribbon XML for List Views. I'm just curious to see how Microsoft has coded it. However, I don't know the location of the xml file. Could someone put me in ...
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How to disable a ribbon button when a folder is selected
I have added a new button to the SharePoint ribbon for document libraries. This all works well and the button is enabled / disabled depending on the number of items selected... fine!
I want to ...
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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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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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Custom Action for Web Part Tools ribbon
I would like to add a button into the Web Part Tools ribbon section.
I have looked in CMDUI.XML to find the other buttons which are in this section and it appears they should be under ...
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Is there any alternative UI for sharepoint Ribbon Control to minimise height?
Sharepoint Ribbon bar is occupying more height space in our application and the business users want this to be avoided somehow. Can anyone suggest any other alternative UI to minimise the Ribbon ...
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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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Attach a Javascript function to an OOTB ribbon button
I want to attach a custom javascript function to the out of the box "Download a copy" ribbon button. This is to provide analytics for file downloads done through the ribbon button.
I tried this ...
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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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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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Adding a ribbon button using the object model
I'm trying to register a custom action on a site collection that adds a button to the SharePoint ribbon. I want to do this using the object model and not declaratively in XML. Does anyone know of this ...
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Button not appearing on custom tab
I'm attempting to add a tab to the Library contextual group. So far that works inside a Document Library. I can also see my Group on the new tab, but I don't see my button (will have more than one ...
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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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Selected value in ribbon DropDown/ComboBox is not displayed
When I select one of the values in my DropDown (or ComboBox, tried both), the event gets triggered correctly, but the selected item is not shown when the DropDown is closed (the box stays empty). I ...
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Custom ribbon tab on all pages
I want to create my own Ribbon Tab that will appear on all kinds of pages. What should I do to register this CustomAction? There is not a location setting for this.
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Problems with customizing Ribbon for webparts with “Summary Toolbar”
I have a problem with customizing Ribbon for webparts with "Summary Toolbar". I add the button through CAML code. (Generated by SPSF, but shouldn't matter)
My buttons shows up when viewing the list ...
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Show Ribbon Button on all types of Lists
I want my custom ribbon button to show in all list views. I found this example: How do you create a Ribbon Button custom action that will appear on all kinds of lists
However, this also shows the ...
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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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Ribbon menu icon statistics
Is it possible to measure somehow how often users hit concrete icon in ribbon menu? Or which one is most used and which one the least?
I have strange task, I must defend some particular icons in ...
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Select the ListView Web Part Automatically on AllItems.aspx
In SharePoint 2010, if you have more than one web part on a web part page, the ribbon disappears because SharePoint doesn't know which web part to display the ribbon for (this is by design because if ...
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Blog - how to avoid List Tools in ribbon when clicking on text
I have created a custom blog with the publishing feature enabled.
When I am logged on with a normal user (with no admin rights) and click on a text or an image, "List Tools" appeares in the ribbon, ...
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Is it possible to launch local application (exe) from Ribbon control?
I would like to launch an exe from the users local system (assuming the exe exists locally) from a SharePoint ribbon control. Is this something that is possible to do? If it is, how do I do this. If I ...
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In SharePoint how to display custom ribbon button to particular lists only?
I am having four external list "List1", "List2", "List3", "List4". I have added a custom ribbon button Like:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Elements ...
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Ribbon buttons are greyed out when using a custom form template
So I've created a custom form template based on the default ListForm (haven't changed much there, basically just the title), I've set up a custom content type and I've added that to a Tasks list. When ...
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Setting the ribbon to default Browse instead of Edit
How do I set the ribbon to default Browse mode instead of default to Edit mode?
It is annoying to see the item details in view mode all the time and then click Browse to remove it...
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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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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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Sharepoint 2010: Custom “New Item” form - showing ribbon and binding events to ribbon buttons
We've created a custom New Item page for our list on our site in Sharepoint 2010 with this code:
<asp:Content ID="Main" ContentPlaceHolderID="PlaceHolderMain" runat="server">
<table ...
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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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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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Implementing Sharepoint Without the Ribbon
Today when I walked into the office I was greeted with a request to position the ribbon at the top of the page in our Sharepoint Intranet branding in such a way that it:-
A. Does not obscure the ...
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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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Show Ribbon always to Visitors
Is there any way to show Ribbon for visitors, in all pages, by default?
Normal Page View for Visitors: (No Ribbon)
Normal Page for Editors:
I am looking for a solution to display the ribbon for ...
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Infopath Button missing in Ribbon for List
I am trying to follow some tutorials for customizing a list with InfoPath 2010. However, when I click on a list it appears I am missing the InfoPath button. I do have Infopath 2010 installed and can ...
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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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How to partial disabling 'Open to Explorer' Ribbon Action
I'm disabling, for all user Rights, the 'Open with Explorer' button in the SPRibbon with the following code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Elements ...
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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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Show ribbon for a single default webpart on page with multiple webparts
I have a webpart page with two webparts. One is a calendar and the other is a hidden content query webpart that references a file that is used to style (apply color coding) to the calendar entries.
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