adding-quickinfo-tooltips
CommunityEnable rich Quick Info tooltips in VS extensions.
Software Engineering#extension-development#visual-studio#mef#quick-info#hover-tooltips#iasyncquickinfosource#rich-tooltip
Authormadskristensen
Version1.0.0
Installs0
System Documentation
What problem does it solve?
Provide contextual hover tooltips for editor text in Visual Studio extensions. This section explains how Quick Info helps developers see contextual information as they hover over symbols, across different extension models.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Support for Quick Info tooltips via MEF-based in-process/out-of-process sources across Visual Studio extension models.
- Rich tooltip content using ContainerElement, ClassifiedTextElement, and images for iconography and formatting.
- Guidance on MEF asset type declaration in the .vsixmanifest and safe, async tooltip provisioning via IAsyncQuickInfoSourceProvider.
Quick Start
Open a Visual Studio extension project, implement a Quick Info provider, and hover in the editor to view the custom tooltip.
Dependency Matrix
Required Modules
None requiredComponents
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Please help me install this Skill: Name: adding-quickinfo-tooltips Download link: https://github.com/madskristensen/vs-agent-plugins/archive/main.zip#adding-quickinfo-tooltips Please download this .zip file, extract it, and install it in the .claude/skills/ directory.
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