Visual Studio 11 Extension Design Guidelines

Question

Is there a link to the Visual Studio 11 Extension Design Guidelines someone can share?

Answer 1

Hi Jeremy,

You can take a look at this article http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/1xt0ezx9(v=vs.110).aspx, this article provide all the necessary reference related to automation and extensibility in Visual Studio for both shared and language-specific components.extension design, like EnvDTE , Extensibility and VCCodeModel and so on.

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Answer 2

Thanks Lucy,

I appreciate the information. I was thinking more of visual design guidelines - I had come across a document or posting but have lost the link.

Best regards,

Jeremy

Answer 3

Jeremy, what do you mean visual design guidelines, what type project do you want to create, and what do you want to design,

see if the following documents what you want.

Visual Design Guidelines: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms818571.aspx

Visual Studio 11: http://visualbasic.about.com/od/learnvsnet/a/VS11RevGUI_2.htm

Answer 4

Hi,

I just found this document:

Visual Studio User Interface Design Guidelines (VS 2012)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb166159(v=vs.110).aspx

which links to this file:

Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 User Interface Guidelines
http://archive.msdn.microsoft.com/VS2010UX

That file is exactly what I needed.  For example, it provides the names of built-in WPF Brushes that reflect the current Visual Studio theme (see §02.02.04 VSColors Reference Table).  This makes it easy to apply the current theme to custom Visual Studio extensions built using WPF controls.  (Edit: Though I haven't actually tested this yet ;)

- Dave

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