Introduction:
In this article you will see how to get the content type group for the
specified content type in SharePoint 2010 using ECMAScript. I have a
content type named
“Custom Content Type†that belongs to
“Custom Content Typesâ€Â
group (Navigate to the site, click on Site Actions. Click on Site
Settings. In the Galleries section, click on Site Content Types).
Steps Involved:
1. Navigate to the SharePoint site (I have a site page created in my
site where I am going to add the content editor web part).
2. Go to
Site Actions, click on
Edit Page.
3. Click on
Insert tab in the ribbon interface and then click on
Web Part button.
4. Select
Media and Content in the
Categories section and then click on
Content Editor.
5. Click on
Add.
6.
Content editor web part will be added to the site page.
7. Click on down arrow and then click on
Edit Web Part.
8. Click on
“Click here to add new contentâ€Â. 
9. Click
on Format Text tab in the ribbon interface and then click on
HTML drop down.
10. Click on
Edit HTML source.
11.
HTML source window will pop up.
12. Copy and paste the following script.
<script language="ecmascript" type="text/ecmascript">
var contentTypeCollection;
var contentType;
function getContentTypeGroup() {
var clientContext = new SP.ClientContext.get_current();
if (clientContext != undefined && clientContext != null) {
var web = clientContext.get_web();
this.contentTypeCollection = web.get_contentTypes();
this.contentType = contentTypeCollection.getById("0x0100FFC434A461E47E4EB81D3FD76D42BFBF");
clientContext.load(this.contentType);
clientContext.executeQueryAsync(Function.createDelegate(this, this.onQuerySucceeded), Function.createDelegate(this, this.onQueryFailed));
}
}
function onQuerySucceeded() {
alert(this.contentType.get_group())
}
function onQueryFailed(sender, args) {
alert('Request failed. ' + args.get_message() + '\n' + args.get_stackTrace());
}</script>
<input id="btnGetContentTypeGroup" onclick="getContentTypeGroup()" type="button"
value="Get the content type group" />
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13. Click on Ok.
14. In the ribbon interface click on
Save & Close button.
15. In the content editor web part you could find a button named
“Get content type group for the specified content typeâ€Â, click on that button.
16. Alert will pop up displaying the content type group as shown in the following
Reference: SP.ContentTypeCollection.group Property - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee547095.aspx
Summary:
Thus in this article you have seen how to get the content type group
for the specified content type in SharePoint 2010 using ECMAScrip