adding-options-settings

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Simplify VS extension settings and options.

Authormadskristensen
Version1.0.0
Installs0

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What problem does it solve?

Developers often struggle to implement and manage user settings across Visual Studio extension models, including out-of-process, in-process Toolkit, and legacy VSSDK, leading to UI inconsistencies and fragmented persistence.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Guidance for creating Tools > Options pages across VisualStudio.Extensibility, VSIX Community Toolkit, and VSSDK.
  • Patterns for persisting settings, reading/writing values, and reacting to changes, with roaming and profiles.
  • Real-world scenario: adding a settings page to a VS extension and wiring up change notifications to update UI.

Quick Start

Create a settings page for a Visual Studio extension using the three approaches (Extensibility, Toolkit, and VSSDK) and wire up reading/writing and change notifications.

Dependency Matrix

Required Modules

None required

Components

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Name: adding-options-settings
Download link: https://github.com/madskristensen/vs-agent-plugins/archive/main.zip#adding-options-settings

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