How to create custom button in SharePoint 2010 Ribbon User Interface
In this article we will be seeing how to create a custom button in the SharePoint 2010 Ribbon user interface.
Steps Involved:
Open Visual Studio 2010.
Go to File => New =>Project.
Select Empty SharePoint project template from the installed template SharePoint => 2010.
Enter the Name and click OK.
Check the option "Deploy as a Sandbox solution".
Click Ok.
Right click on the solution and select "Add a new item".
Select Empty Element template, enter the Name and click Ok.
In the Elements.xml replace the code with the following.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Elements xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/"> <CustomAction Id="Demo_CustomButton" RegistrationType="List" RegistrationId="101" Location="CommandUI.Ribbon"> <CommandUIExtension> <CommandUIDefinitions> <CommandUIDefinition Location="Ribbon.Documents.New.Controls._children"> <Button Id="Ribbon.Documents.New.Controls.Demo_CustomButton" Alt="Demo_CustomButton" Sequence="10" Image32by32="/_layouts/images/PPEOPLE.GIF" Command="Demo_CustomButton" LabelText="My Custom Button" TemplateAlias="o2"/> </CommandUIDefinition> </CommandUIDefinitions> <CommandUIHandlers> <CommandUIHandler Command="Demo_CustomButton" CommandAction="javascript:alert('My custom button!');" /> </CommandUIHandlers> </CommandUIExtension> </CustomAction> </Elements>
Go to the SharePoint site where you have deployed your solution.
Go to Shared Documents =>Library Tools => Documents.
You will see My Custom Button in the Ribbon User Interface.
Click on the button and you will see an alert message.