Walkthroughs for User Interface Elements

You can add menus and toolbars to many different user interface (UI) elements of your VSPackage or the Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE). The walkthroughs in this section lead you through the most common scenarios.

In This Section

• Walkthrough: Adding a Menu to the Visual Studio Menu Bar (C#)
  Demonstrates how to add a menu from a VSPackage to the same level as the top level menu items of the IDE (such as File, Edit, Help).

• Walkthrough: Adding a Submenu to a Menu
  Demonstrates how to add a submenu to an existing menu.

• Walkthrough: Adding a Most Recently Used List to a Submenu
  Demonstrates how to support a dynamic menu list in a submenu that is the basis of a Most Recently Used (MRU) menu.

• Walkthrough: Adding a Toolbar to the IDE
  Demonstrates how to add a toolbar to the Visual Studio IDE.

• Walkthrough: Adding a Toolbar to a Tool Window
  Demonstrates how to add a toolbar to a tool window.

• Walkthrough: Adding a Menu Controller to a Toolbar
  Demonstrates how to add a menu controller to a toolbar. A menu controller is a button that contains a default command and an arrow that reveals a drop down menu list where additional commands can be selected.

• Walkthrough: Implementing a Shortcut Menu in a Tool Window
  Demonstrates how to add a context (that is, right-click) menu to a tool window. In this case, a gradient service tool window.

Related Sections

• Visual Studio Command Table (.Vsct) Files
  Describes how to prepare a Visual Studio command table for your project.

• Walkthroughs for Customizing Visual Studio By Using VSPackages
  Introductory walkthroughs for adding UI elements to Visual Studio.

• Commands, Menus, and Toolbars
  Explains how to create a UI that includes menus, toolbars, and command combo boxes.