parent-element.md

title	Parent Element
description	The Parent element specifies that an element is a parent of a button, combo box, menu, or group.
ms.date	11/04/2016
ms.topic	reference
helpviewer_keywords	VSCT XML schema elements, Parent Parent element (VSCT XML schema)
author	tinaschrepfer
ms.author	tinali
ms.subservice	extensibility-integration

Parent element

The parent of a button or combo box may only be a group. The parent of a menu or group may be any other menu or group. In a CommandPlacement element, this element is required; in all other instances it is optional. If this element is omitted, the parent of Group_Undefined:0 will be implied.

Syntax

<Parent guid="guidMyCommandSet" id="MyParentGroupOrMenu" />

Attributes and elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

Attribute	Description
guid	Required. GUID of GUID/ID command identifier.
id	Required. ID of GUID/ID command identifier.

Child elements

None

Parent elements

Element	Description
CommandTable element	Defines all the elements that represent commands that a VSPackage provides to the integrated development environment (IDE). For example, menu items, menus, toolbars, and combo boxes.
Buttons element	Groups Button element elements.
Menus element	Defines all the menus that a VSPackage implements.
Groups element	Contains entries that define the command groups of a VSPackage.

See also

• Visual Studio command table (.vsct) files