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Create domain-specific editors in Visual Studio.

Software Engineering#designer#visual-studio#custom-editor#languagebase#editor-factory#vssdk
Authormadskristensen
Version1.0.0
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What problem does it solve?

Visual Studio extensions often require custom editors to provide domain-specific file handling beyond the standard text editor. This Skill guides how to implement and register editors using both LanguageBase (VSIX Community Toolkit) for text-based editors and the VSSDK approach (IVsEditorFactory + WindowPane) for fully custom designers.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • LanguageBase-based editors for domain-specific languages with automatic packaging as a code window.
  • VSSDK-based custom designer editors for complex UI workflows (forms, hex viewers, etc.).
  • Guidance on when to choose LanguageBase vs VSSDK and how to wire editor factories to file extensions.

Quick Start

Create a sample custom editor with LanguageBase for a domain-specific file extension and run the project to see the editor open in Visual Studio.

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Required Modules

None required

Components

Standard package

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Name: creating-custom-editors
Download link: https://github.com/madskristensen/vs-agent-plugins/archive/main.zip#creating-custom-editors

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