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Creating Server Ribbon Custom Actions 93
Creating Server Ribbon Custom Actions
In the previous section, you used the New button in the Custom Actions workspace area
to create a list menu item custom action. To create server ribbon custom actions on
views and forms you must use the Custom Action command on the ribbon in the New
group. When you create a server ribbon custom action for a view, that custom action appears
on the ribbon for all view pages you create.
When you add server ribbon custom actions to list views and forms, you can optionally
provide two images: 16×16 and 32×32 pixels. The smaller image is used when the browser
size is reduced and the amount of space for the custom action is limited.
In this exercise, you create a server ribbon custom action for a list form.
SET UP Using SharePoint Designer, display the list settings page for the
Announcements list you used in the previous exercise, if it is not already open.
Custom Action
1. On the Custom Actions tab, click Custom Action in the New group, and then
click Display Form Ribbon.
2. In the Name box type Add Announcement. In the Navigate to form list, select
the NewForm.aspx page for the list.
3. In the Button Image URL (16x16) box, click Browse, and then select the image
you want to use, such as b_NewAnn16x16. Click OK. In the Button Image
URL (32x32) box, click Browse and select the image you want to use, such as
b_NewAnn32x32. Click OK.
4. Click OK.
The Create Custom Action dialog box closes. In the Custom Actions area, the
Add Announcement, Display Form Ribbon action, with a sequence number of 0,
appears.