Action pane/Button group in workspace only shows '...' instead of buttons.

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I have a custom workspace with an action pane / button group that, when buttons are added, it only shows the '...' and the help text 'More'.

My buttons are in the list, however, I don't want the '...' showing. Any way to disable that and force the buttons to show?

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Hana Xue Microsoft Employee on at

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Action pane/Button group in workspace only shows '...' instead of buttons.

Hi,
This behavior is the overflow behavior of the action pane.
When the browser is not wide enough to display the entire action pane content, the overflow menu will automatically appear in the action pane, and buttons & tabs that do not fit in the browser's width will be displayed in the overflow menu. Overflow also occurs when the size of the action pane is reduced.

Suggestion：
AOT can specify the position of the button in the button group, you can expand the button node in the AOT, the order of the buttons in the list determines the position of the button.
Or you can expand the size of the action pane to reveal the buttons in the overflow menu.
Also, note that the first button displayed in the overflow menu is the button to the right of the button group, to make the most common button visible, move that button to the top of the button group list.

If you want to know more about action pane buttons, please view the link below:
Action Pane Button Overview | Microsoft Learn

Hope it will be helpful!
Best Regards,
Hana

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GirishS 27,825 Moderator on at

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Action pane/Button group in workspace only shows '...' instead of buttons.

Hi radly,

How you created custom workspace - From visual studio or from using UI?

If you created it using UI it's not possible to change that.

If it's created from visual studio, can you show us the screenshot of how the buttons are added?

Thanks,

Girish S.

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b_radlyjames 3,155 on at

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Action pane/Button group in workspace only shows '...' instead of buttons.

@GirishS,

Here is how my Command Button is created:

@Hana Xue,

Thank you for the information on the Action pane. As you can see from this screen shot, there is plenty of room on the Action Pane so I don't know why it would go into the 'Overflow':

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b_radlyjames 3,155 on at

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Action pane/Button group in workspace only shows '...' instead of buttons.

I figured this out. On the Workspace Form Part control, you need to change the property 'Width Mode' to 'SizeToAvailable'. That fixes it!

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