ShowNameOnTiles

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Describes whether Windows overlays the app’s name on top of the tile images that are shown on the Start screen.

Element hierarchy

<VisualElements>
<DefaultTile>
<ShowNameOnTiles>

Syntax

<ShowNameOnTiles>

  <!-- Child elements -->
  ShowOn{1,3}

</ShowNameOnTiles>

Key

{}   specific range of occurrences

Attributes and Elements

Attributes

None.

Child Elements

Child Element Description
ShowOn

Describes whether Windows overlays the app’s name on top of the tile image that is shown on the Start screen.

 

Parent Elements

Parent Element Description
DefaultTile

The default tile that represents the app on the Start screen. This tile is displayed when the app is first installed, before it has received any update notifications. When a tile has no notifications to show, the tile reverts to this default.

 

Remarks

This example shows how to use ShowNameOnTiles:

          <m2:ShowNameOnTiles>
            <m2:ShowOn Tile="square150x150Logo"/> // Show app name on 150x150 logo
            <m2:ShowOn Tile="wide310x150Logo"/> // Show app name on 310x150 Logo
          </m2:ShowNameOnTiles>

Requirements

Value
Namespace http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/2013/manifest