group-element.md

title	Group Element
description	The Group element defines a VSPackage command group. This article describes attributes, child elements, and parent elements.
ms.date	11/04/2016
ms.topic	reference
helpviewer_keywords	VSCT XML schema elements, Groups Groups element (VSCT XML schema)
author	tinaschrepfer
ms.author	tinali
ms.manager	wiwagn
ms.subservice	extensibility-integration

Group element

Defines a VSPackage command group.

Syntax

<Group guid="guidMyCommandSet" id="MyGroup" priority="0x101">
  <Parent>... </Parent>
</Group>

Attributes and elements

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

Attributes

Attribute	Description
guid	Required. GUID of the GUID/ID command identifier.
id	Required. ID of the GUID/ID command identifier.
priority	Optional. A numeric value that specifies the priority.
Condition	Optional. See Conditional attributes.

Child elements

Element	Description
Parent	Optional. The parent element of the button.
Annotation	Optional comment.

Parent elements

Element	Description
Groups element	Contains entries that define the command groups of a VSPackage.

Example

<Group guid="cmdSetGuidWidgetCommands" id="groupIDFileEdit">
  <Parent guid="guidSHLMainMenu" id="IDM_VS_TOOL_MAINMENU"/>
</Group>

See also

• Visual Studio command table (.vsct) files