Extensibility Template Pack 2022

A template pack for Visual Studio extension authors.

Project templates

Two new project templates replaces the existing VSIX Project and Empty VSIX Project templates that ships with Visual Studio.

The two project templates are:

1. VSIX Project (updated)

This template generates a clean VSIX project with a AsyncPackage class, an extension icon, and NuGet references to the VSSDK.

2. Empty VSIX Project (updated)

This template generates an empty VSIX project with only an extension icon and NuGet references to the VSSDK.

Find both templates in the New Project Dialog.

They are both cleaned up and simplified versions of the built in templates.

Item templates

The first three item templates are cleanup and simplified versions of the built in templates.

• Async Package (updated)
• Command (updated)
• Async Tool Window (updated)

In addition, there are seveal other templates available.

• Editor Command Binding
• Editor Command Handler
• WPF TextView Creation Listener
• Code Snippets

License

Apache 2.0