In a VSPackage, you can create a user interface (UI) that resembles the Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE), and you can change how UI elements in the IDE behave.
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Presents best practices for changing the content and appearance of UI elements. |
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Links to best practices for user interface design. |
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Explains how to create a UI that includes menus, toolbars, and command combo boxes. |
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Describes how to create tool windows such as the Task List, Solution Explorer, and Properties window. |
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Provides information about how to create document windows, for example, those that display editors and designers. |
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Explains how to add new controls and other items to the Toolbox and how to use Toolbox functionality. |
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Describes how to access status bar functionality from a VSPackage. |
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Explains how the Properties window works and how to control the display of information in it. |
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Explains how to write to and read from the Output window, and how to create and manage custom panes. |
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Describes how to create and register a task provider, and how to create custom task views. |
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Describes how to program a VSPackage to obtain and preserve user preferences. |
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Shows how VSPackages can query the IDE for colors, cursors, theme brushes, gradient schemes, and palettes that you can use in a UI element. |
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Explains how to use fonts and colors to display text. |
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Explains how to create custom start pages. |
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Introduces the Visual Studio SDK and discusses how to build products that run in Visual Studio and extend it. |