GUIDs and IDs of Visual Studio Toolbars

Visual Studio 2015

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This topic enumerates the GUID and ID values of the toolbars that are included in the Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE), and of the groups they contain. These values are defined in .vsct files that are installed as part of the Visual Studio SDK. For more information, see IDE-Defined Commands, Menus, and Groups.

Note
Many of the toolbars available to Visual Studio are not defined by Visual Studio, and their GUID and ID values are not public. This topic lists only toolbars that are defined in Visual Studio SDK .vsct files.

For more information about how to work with IDE objects that are defined in .vsct files, see Extending Menus and Commands.

The default toolbars provided by the Visual Studio IDE use the GUID guidSHLMainMenu, except where otherwise specified by using GUID:ID syntax.

IDE Toolbars

The following toolbars are provided by the Visual Studio IDE. Toolbars can be displayed by selecting them on the Toolbars submenu of the Tools menu. Toolbars in tool windows are not included in this section.

Only groups can descend directly from toolbars. To add a group, set its parent to the GUID and ID of the toolbar. To add a button to a toolbar, set its parent to a group on the toolbar.

Toolbar	ID
Standard	IDM_VS_TOOL_STANDARD
Build	IDM_VS_TOOL_BUILD
Text Editor	IDM_VS_TOOL_TEXTEDITOR
Debug	guidVSDebugGroup:IDM_DEBUG_TOOLBAR
Debug Location	guidVSDebugGroup:IDM_DEBUG_CONTEXT_TOOLBAR

Special Toolbars

These toolbars are defined by the Visual Studio IDE, but they serve specialized functions and do not host command groups.

Toolbar	ID
Add Command	IDM_VS_TOOL_ADDCOMMAND
Undefined	IDM_VS_TOOL_UNDEFINED
XML Schema	IDM_VS_TOOL_SCHEMA
XML Data	IDM_VS_TOOL_DATA

Groups on the IDE Toolbars

To add a button to a standard toolbar, set one of the following groups as its parent. The groups are sorted by parent toolbar.

Standard Toolbar Groups

Name	ID
Save/Open	IDG_VS_TOOLSB_SAVEOPEN
Cut/Copy	IDG_VS_TOOLSB_CUTCOPY
Undo/Redo	IDG_VS_TOOLSB_UNDOREDO
Run/Build	IDG_VS_TOOLSB_RUNBUILD
Search	IDG_VS_TOOLSB_SEARCH
Windows	IDG_VS_TOOLSB_WINDOWS
New Windows	IDG_VS_TOOLSB_NEWWINDOWS
Load/Save	IDG_VS_WINDOWUI_LOADSAVE
Gauge	IDG_VS_TOOLSB_GAUGE

Build Toolbar Groups

Name	ID
Build bar	IDG_VS_BUILDBAR
Cancel	IDG_VS_BUILD_CANCEL

Text Editor Toolbar Groups

Name	ID
Completion	IDM_VS_TOOL_TEXTEDITOR
Indent	IDG_VS_EDITTOOLBAR_INDENT
Comment	IDG_VS_EDITTOOLBAR_COMMENT
Bookmarks	IDG_VS_EDITTOOLBAR_TEMPBOOKMARKS

Debug Toolbar Groups

Name	ID
Execution	IDM_DEBUG_TOOLBAR
Stepping	IDG_DEBUG_TOOLBAR_STEPPING
Watch	IDG_DEBUG_TOOLBAR_WATCH
Windows	IDG_DEBUG_TOOLBAR_WINDOWS

Debug Location Toolbar Groups

Name	ID
Debug location	IDG_DEBUG_CONTEXT_TOOLBAR

Tool Window Toolbars

Toolbars can appear directly in the IDE or in tool windows such as Solution Explorer. Because tool windows are not defined in .vsct files, tool window toolbars do not have defined parents. Instead, they are placed in code. The following table shows the toolbars that appear on tool windows in the IDE, and the command groups they contain.

Note
Toolbars and groups use the GUID `guidSHLMainMenu`, except where otherwise specified by using GUID:ID syntax. Where a GUID is specified for a toolbar, it also applies to the groups that descend from that toolbar.

Tool Window	Toolbar	Groups
Solution Explorer	IDM_VS_TOOL_PROJWIN	IDG_VS_PROJ_TOOLBAR1..5
Server Explorer	guid_SE_MenuGroup:IDM_SE_TOOLBAR_SERVEREXPLORER	IDG_SE_TOOLBAR_REFRESH
Properties	IDM_VS_TOOL_PROPERTIES	IDG_VS_PROPERTIES_SORT IDG_VS_PROPERTIES_PAGES
Class View	IDM_VS_TOOL_CLASSVIEW	IDG_VS_CLASSVIEW_FOLDERS IDG_VS_CLASSVIEW_SEARCH IDG_VS_CLASSVIEW_SETTINGS
Class View	IDM_VS_TOOL_CLASSVIEW_GO	IDG_VS_CLASSVIEW_SEARCH2
Object Browser	IDM_VS_TOOL_OBJBROWSER	IDG_VS_OBJBROWSER_SUBSETS IDG_VS_OBJBROWSER_SEARCH IDG_VS_OBJBROWSER_ADDREFERENCE IDG_VS_OBJBROWSER_BROWSERSETTINGS
Object Browser	IDM_VS_TOOL_OBJECT_BROWSER_GO	IDG_VS_OBJBROWSER_SEARCH2
Output	IDM_VS_TOOL_OUTPUTWINDOW	IDG_VS_OUTPUTWINDOW_SELECT IDG_VS_OUTPUTWINDOW_GOTO IDG_VS_OUTPUTWINDOW_NEXTPREV IDG_VS_OUTPUTWINDOW_CLEAR IDG_VS_OUTPUTWINDOW_WORDWRAP
Find and Replace	IDM_VS_TOOL_UNIFIEDFIND	IDG_VS_FINDTAB IDG_VS_REPLACETAB
Find Results 1	IDM_VS_TOOL_FINDRESULTS1	IDG_VS_FINDRESULTS1_GOTO IDG_VS_FINDRESULTS1_NEXTPREV IDG_VS_FINDRESULTS1_CLEAR IDG_VS_FINDRESULTS1_STOPFIND
Find Results 2	IDM_VS_TOOL_FINDRESULTS2	IDG_VS_FINDRESULTS2_GOTO IDG_VS_FINDRESULTS2_NEXTPREV IDG_VS_FINDRESULTS2_CLEAR IDG_VS_FINDRESULTS2_STOPFIND
Snippet	IDM_VS_TOOL_SNIPPETMENUS	IDG_VS_SNIPPET_REPL IDG_VS_SNIPPET_REF IDG_VS_SNIPPET_PROP
Bookmarks	IDM_VS_TOOL_BOOKMARKWIND	IDG_VS_BWNEWFOLDER IDG_VS_BWNEXTBM IDG_VS_BWNEXTBMF IDG_VS_BWENABLE IDG_VS_BWDELETE
Task List	IDM_VS_TOOL_TASKLIST	IDG_VS_TASKLIST_PROVIDERLIST
User Tasks	IDM_VS_TOOL_USERTASKS	IDG_VS_TASKLIST_PROVIDERLIST IDG_VS_USERTASKS_EDIT
Error List	IDM_VS_TOOL_ERRORLIST	IDG_VS_ERRORLIST_ERRORGROUP IDG_VS_ERRORLIST_WARNINGGROUP IDG_VS_ERRORLIST_MESSAGEGROUP
Call Browser	IDM_VS_TOOL_CALLBROWSER1..16	IDG_VS_TOOLBAR_CALLBROWSER1_ACTIONS IDG_VS_TOOLBAR_CALLBROWSER1_TYPE IDG_VS_TOOLBAR_CALLBROWSER1_CBSETTINGS
Breakpoints	guidVSDebugGroup:IDM_BREAKPOINTS_WINDOW_TOOLBAR	IDG_BREAKPOINTS_WINDOW_NEW IDG_BREAKPOINTS_WINDOW_DELETE IDG_BREAKPOINTS_WINDOW_ALL IDG_BREAKPOINTS_WINDOW_VIEW IDG_BREAKPOINTS_WINDOW_EDIT IDG_BREAKPOINTS_WINDOW_COLUMNS
Disassembly	guidVSDebugGroup:IDM_DISASM_WINDOW_TOOLBAR	IDG_DISASM_WINDOW_TOOLBAR
Memory 1-4	guidVSDebugGroup:IDM_MEMORY_WINDOW_TOOLBAR1…4	IDG_MEMORY_EXPRESSION1..4 IDG_MEMORY_COLUMNS1..4
Processes	guidVSDebugGroup:IDM_ATTACHED_PROCS_TOOLBAR	IDG_ATTACHED_PROCS_EXECCNTRL IDG_ATTACHED_PROCS_STEPPING IDG_ATTACHED_PROCS_EXECCNTRL2 IDG_ATTACHED_PROCS_ATTACH IDG_ATTACHED_PROCS_COLUMNS