adding-editor-margins

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Add customizable editor margins in VS extensions

Authormadskristensen
Version1.0.0
Installs0

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What problem does it solve?

Add custom margins to the Visual Studio text editor (gutter icons, side panels, bottom bars). Use when the user asks how to add a gutter, editor margin, side panel, bottom bar, line number gutter, custom glyph margin, or editor chrome. Covers VisualStudio.Extensibility (out-of-process), VSIX Community Toolkit (in-process), and legacy VSSDK (in-process) approaches.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Define an editor margin with Remote UI for out-of-process margins (VisualStudio.Extensibility).
  • Support in-process margins via VSIX Community Toolkit and VSSDK, including left glyph margins.
  • Ensure MEF asset declarations and proper margin provider registration for all three models.

Quick Start

Follow the approach you choose to implement and register a margin provider so it becomes visible with the editor.

Dependency Matrix

Required Modules

None required

Components

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