Share via

TopMenuItem Element

  • Article

The TopMenuItem element is used to define the elements on the default top link bar of the SharePoint team Web site.

Syntax

<TopMenuItem
  DisplayName = "Text"
  Name = "Text"
  Replace = "Text"
  Url = "URL">
</TopMenuItem>

Attributes

Name Description
DisplayName Required Text. Specifies the text displayed on the navigation bar.
Name Required Text. Specifies the internal name for the item.
Replace Optional Text. Specifies a new window for the target item.
Url Required URL. Specifies the path to the target item.
Parent Elements
TopMenuItems

Example

The following excerpt is from the opening of ONET.XML. The user can edit this file to create different links on the top of every page on a SharePoint team Web site.

<TopMenuItems>
  <TopMenuItem Name="Home" DisplayName="Home" Url="_layouts/default.htm"></TopMenuItem>
  <TopMenuItem Name="Documents" DisplayName="Documents" Url="_layouts/AllLibs.htm">
  </TopMenuItem>
  <TopMenuItem Name="Discussions" DisplayName="Discussion Boards" Url="_layouts/discusns.htm"></TopMenuItem>
  <TopMenuItem Name="Lists" DisplayName="Lists" Url="_layouts/viewlsts.htm"></TopMenuItem>
  <TopMenuItem Name="Create" DisplayName="Create" Url="_layouts/create.htm"></TopMenuItem>
  <TopMenuItem Name="SiteSettings" DisplayName="Site Settings" Url="_layouts/settings.htm"></TopMenuItem>
  <TopMenuItem Name="Help" DisplayName="Help" Url="javascript:HelpWindow" Replace="javascript:HelpWindow">
  </TopMenuItem>
</TopMenuItems>