RSMUS.comOur client recently went through an upgrade from Microsoft Dyanmics CRM 2011 Online to Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 Online and I noticed some issues regarding custom ribbon buttons. Since the ribbon is now retired on most forms in Dynamics CRM, the Command Bar has taken its place to try and simplify the interface and user experience.
While the upgrade went fairly smoothly we noticed that there were many of the custom ribbon buttons that were not being displayed on the form.
Since the Command Bar will only display five buttons before it pushes everything into the over flow area, we expected to see our custom buttons after the Relationship button but they were not there.
So the question is how do we fix this……
There is a new Display Rule available for the Command Bar controls called the “CommandClientTypeRule” , this rule controls the visibility of certain buttons.
Here are the three parameters it accepts:
| Modern | The control is visible in the Tablet client |
| Refresh | The control is visible in the Command Bar |
| Legacy | The control is visible on ribbons of non-refresh entities or in list views presented in Microsoft Outlook. |
If you are using a tool like Ribbon Workbench to add this rule in you need to:
1. Expand the Display Rules within your solution
2. Right Click the Appropriate Display Rule and Click Edit Rules
3. Click Add to add a New Rule
4. Now you can select Command Client Type Rule
5. Select what option you need for the rule (Modern, Refresh, Legacy) then publish your changes back to CRM
Now you should be able to see your custom button if it was hidden during the upgrade process, alternatively this can also be used for system buttons that Microsoft intentionally hid to try and clean up the new UI.
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By: John Annunziato – Pennsylvania Microsoft Dynamics CRM partner
