Microsoft® SharePoint® Designer 2010 Unleashed

Creating and Configuring Custom List Actions

This section covers the custom action creation and configuration process, using SharePoint Designer, and shows you how to leverage custom actions to navigate to list forms, initiate list workflows and navigate to other URLs. There are several ways to create custom actions in SharePoint Designer, including as part of the custom list form creation process and via the list Settings page. You can also initiate a workflow-based custom action in the list ribbon via the Web interface. Let’s start by reviewing custom action creation as part of creating a custom list form.