How to select parent content type in SharePoint?

How to select parent content type in SharePoint?

In the Select parent content type list, select the parent content type that you want to base your content type on. The list of parent content types differs depending on the Site Content Type group that you selected from the Select parent content type from list.

How are content types defined on a website?

Site content types — Content types are first defined for a site in the Site Content Type Gallery. Content types that are defined at the site level are called site content types. Site content types are available for use in any subsite for which they have been defined.

When is a site content type added to a library?

When a site content type is added to a list or library, it is called a list content type. List content types are children of the site content types from which they are created.

How to create site content types in SharePoint?

To create site content types for the top-level site in a site collection, you must be a site collection administrator. To create a new site content type, open your site in SharePoint Designer 2010 and perform the following steps.

How to create a new content type in SharePoint?

In the Parent content type section, from the Category and Content type dropdowns, select the content type that you want to base this content type on. In the Category section, you are provided two choices: To put the new content type in an existing category, select Use an existing category, and from the Category dropdown, select a category.

How are content types inherited in SharePoint Stack Exchange?

I want to create a new parent content type and inherit it for other types. In SharePoint, all content types inherit from “Item”. You can create any number of new Content Types, that inherit any number of times from each other (singularly, no multiple inheritance here), but they must ultimately inherit from Item. There is no getting around this.

Is it possible to change the parent content type?

Also note that it’s impossible to change the parent content type for an existing content type. You must create re-create a content type and inherit from the desired one if you wish to ‘change’ the parent content type. Unfortunately for child content types, this also means re-creating them.