Optimizing Menu and Toolbar Commands

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The addition of VSPackages and their corresponding commands to Visual Studio may cause a crowded UI. Visual Studio provides ways to help minimize UI command confusion.

In This Section

Making Commands Available
Provides general guidelines for minimizing crowding of the Visual Studio UI when you add VSPackages.

Placement Guidelines
Provides specific guidelines for implementing a VSPackage according to the size of the command set.

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