Visual Studio 2015 for SharePoint 2016: Create Custom Action Group
Introduction:
In this post, we will discuss how we can create a custom action group using visual studio 2015 in SharePoint 2016. We will create inside the Site Settings page.
Steps:
Follow the below steps:
Open Visual Studio 2015 -> New Project. Then Choose SharePoint 2016 – Empty Project.
Then in the next dialog box, give an URL and choose farm solution.
Now add one Empty element to the project.
Right click on Project -> Add New Item and then choose Empty Element like below:
By default it will be an empty element. Add the below code here:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Elements xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/">
<!-- Add a Custom Group "Master Page Look And Feel" under Site Actions -->
<CustomActionGroup Description="Custom Group"
Id="CustomgroupAction"
Location="Microsoft.SharePoint.SiteSettings"
Sequence="100"
Title="Custom Action Group">
</CustomActionGroup>
<!-- Add a Link under the Group "Master Page Look And Feel" in Site Actions -->
<CustomAction GroupId="CustomgroupAction"
Id="UserInterfaceCustomActions.SiteSettings"
Location="Microsoft.SharePoint.SiteSettings"
Sequence="20"
Title="Go to EnjoySharePoint.com">
<UrlAction Url="http://www.enjoysharepoint.com" />
</CustomAction>
</Elements>
Now right click and deploy. Once it is deployed successfully. Go to the Site Settings page and you can see a section must be added like below:
References:
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Conclusion:
Here we saw how we can create custom action group using visual studio 2015 in SharePoint 2016.