Customize --- "Welcome UserName" control in SharePoint

This article describes how we can customize --- "Welcome UserName" control in SharePoint.



To edit the existing Welcome control in sharePoint, first you have to open the following file (preferably in Visual Studio IDE):

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\TEMPLATE\CONTROLTEMPLATES\Welcome.ascx

<%@ Register Tagprefix="SharePoint" Namespace="Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls" Assembly="Microsoft.SharePoint, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c" %> 
<%@ Register Tagprefix="Utilities" Namespace="Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities" Assembly="Microsoft.SharePoint, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c" %> 
<%@ Import Namespace="Microsoft.SharePoint" %>
<%@ Control Language="C#" Inherits="Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls.Welcome,Microsoft.SharePoint,Version=12.0.0.0,Culture=neutral,PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c"   AutoEventWireup="false" compilationMode="Always" %>
  <SharePoint:PersonalActions AccessKey="<%$Resources:wss,personalactions_menu_ak%>" ToolTip="<%$Resources:wss,open_menu%>" runat="server" id="ExplicitLogout" Visible="false">
      <CustomTemplate>
       <SharePoint:FeatureMenuTemplate runat="server"
             FeatureScope="Site"
             Location="Microsoft.SharePoint.StandardMenu"
             GroupId="PersonalActions"
             id="ID_PersonalActionMenu"
             UseShortId="true" Visible="true" 
             >
             <SharePoint:MenuItemTemplate runat="server" id="ID_PersonalInformation"
                         Text="1 <%$Resources:wss,personalactions_personalinformation%>"
                         Description="<%$Resources:wss,personalactions_personalinformationdescription%>"
                         MenuGroupId="100"
                         Sequence="100"
                         ImageUrl="/_layouts/images/menuprofile.gif"
                         UseShortId="true" Visible="false"
                         />
             <SharePoint:MenuItemTemplate runat="server" id="ID_LoginAsDifferentUser"
                         Text="2 <%$Resources:wss,personalactions_loginasdifferentuser%>"
                         Description="<%$Resources:wss,personalactions_loginasdifferentuserdescription%>"
                         MenuGroupId="200"
                         Sequence="100"
                         UseShortId="true"
                         />
             <SharePoint:MenuItemTemplate runat="server" id="ID_RequestAccess"
                         Text="3 <%$Resources:wss,personalactions_requestaccess%>"
                         Description="<%$Resources:wss,personalactions_requestaccessdescription%>"
                         MenuGroupId="200"
                         UseShortId="true"
                         Sequence="200"
                         />
             <SharePoint:MenuItemTemplate runat="server" id="ID_Logout"
                         Text="4 <%$Resources:wss,personalactions_logout%>"
                         Description="<%$Resources:wss,personalactions_logoutdescription%>"
                         MenuGroupId="200"
                         Sequence="300"
                         UseShortId="true" Visible="false"
                         />
             <SharePoint:MenuItemTemplate runat="server" id="ID_PersonalizePage"
                         Text="5 <%$Resources:wss,personalactions_personalizepage%>"
                         Description="<%$Resources:wss,personalactions_personalizepagedescription%>"
                         ImageUrl="/_layouts/images/menupersonalize.gif"
                         ClientOnClickScript="javascript:MSOLayout_ChangeLayoutMode(true);"
                         PermissionsString="AddDelPrivateWebParts,UpdatePersonalWebParts"
                         PermissionMode="Any"
                         MenuGroupId="300"
                         Sequence="100"
                         UseShortId="true"
                         /> 
             <SharePoint:MenuItemTemplate runat="server" id="ID_SwitchView"
                         MenuGroupId="300"
                         Sequence="200"
                         UseShortId="true"
                         />
             <SharePoint:MenuItemTemplate runat="server" id="MSOMenu_RestoreDefaults"
                         Text="6 <%$Resources:wss,personalactions_restorepagedefaults%>"
                         Description="<%$Resources:wss,personalactions_restorepagedefaultsdescription%>"
                         ClientOnClickNavigateUrl="javascript:MSOWebPartPage_RestorePageDefault()"
                         MenuGroupId="300"
                         Sequence="300"
                         UseShortId="true"
                         />
       </SharePoint:FeatureMenuTemplate>
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      </CustomTemplate>
</SharePoint:PersonalActions>
<SharePoint:ApplicationPageLink runat="server" id="ExplicitLogin"
      ApplicationPageFileName="Authenticate.aspx" AppendCurrentPageUrl=true
      Text="<%$Resources:wss,login_pagetitle%>" style="display:none" Visible="true" />

Note : The above code is modified one... so don't copy-paste it exactly. Also keep the back-up of your original file :)

To hide a particular menuitem, either you can delete its code from the file or set its Visible property to false (as specified in above code for menuitem 1 & 4).

Following will be the result of above code:




To add a new menuitem, you can refer following article:
Custom-action-locations-and-groupid (to add extra menu in drop down)