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As the title says, is the ribbon custom action template gone with VS 2017?

I have installed Office/Sharepoint development components and tried it with a farm solution as well with an add-in and couldnt find the ribbon custom action template when adding a new item to my project.

I have the professional edition installed.

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In Vs 2013/2015/2017, There is no such template called a ribbon custom action, and to can create a ribbon custom action via VS 2017 you should add a Module or Empty Element as the following:

  • Create a new SharePoint Solution.
  • Then add New Item.
  • Add Module or Empty Element as shown below.

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To continue creating a custom action as Module check Create a Custom Action for a specific list via Visual Studio in SharePoint 2013

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    It is better to use "Empty Element", because you do not have to delete the .txt file and have also a cleaner xml file. But thanks for your answer as I understand that they removed it.
    – Florian Leitgeb
    Mar 23, 2017 at 12:40
  • you are right for that reason :) meanwhile, the empty element template and module template has the same behavio
    – Mohamed El-Qassas MVP ♦
    Mar 23, 2017 at 12:58
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    I do like the "Empty Element" approach much more than the "Module" one. I edit it and mark it as an answer.
    – Florian Leitgeb
    Mar 23, 2017 at 13:04

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