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Show message boxes and prompts in VS extensions.

Software Engineering#notifications#extensibility#extensions#prompt#visual-studio#message-box#info-bar
Authormadskristensen
Version1.0.0
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What problem does it solve?

Visual Studio extensions require consistent, safely parented user notifications (prompts, info bars, and status messages) that respect the IDE's theming and threading.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • VisualStudio.Extensibility (out-of-process) prompts via ShowPromptAsync for blocking and non-blocking interactions.
  • VSIX Community Toolkit / VSSDK in-process approaches for message boxes, info bars, and status indicators.
  • Guidance on selecting the appropriate mechanism (dialog, info bar, or status update) based on urgency and required user action.

Quick Start

Ask the AI to display a confirmation prompt in a Visual Studio extension using ShowPromptAsync.

Dependency Matrix

Required Modules

None required

Components

Standard package

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Name: showing-message-boxes
Download link: https://github.com/madskristensen/vs-agent-plugins/archive/main.zip#showing-message-boxes

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