listening-text-view-events
CommunityReact to editor lifecycle events in VS extensions
Software Engineering#extension-development#visual-studio#mef#text-view#editor-events#live-analysis#per-editor-state
Authormadskristensen
Version1.0.0
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What problem does it solve?
Visual Studio extensions often need to initialize per-editor state and respond to editor lifecycle events such as open, close, and content changes. This skill guides you through implementing text view listeners across the three extensibility models (VisualStudio.Extensibility, VSIX Community Toolkit, and VSSDK), enabling reliable per-editor behavior.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Listen for editor open/close events to initialize or clean up per-document state.
- React to text changes within an editor to trigger live analysis or decorations.
- Support multiple models (out-of-process, in-process Toolkit, and MEF-based VSSDK) with proper cleanup and filtering.
Quick Start
Register a text view listener suitable for your extension model and start handling editor open/close and text-change events.
Dependency Matrix
Required Modules
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