Editor Features

The Visual Studio SDK provides a set of features to enable editor implementations that take advantage of the functionality in the Visual Studio 2008 core editor.

In This Section

• Code Development Aids
  Describes code development aides, such as automatic formatting, parameter information tootips, and statement completion.

• Designer Initialization and Metadata Configuration
  Describes how a VSPackage can control a designer's initialization and its .NET Framework-based metadata.

• Supplying Undo Support to Designers
  Describes how to support undo operations in your VSPackages.

• Editor Controls and Menus
  Describes the menus and controls that can be displayed in an editor.

• How to: Implement the Find and Replace Mechanism
  Details two different mechanisms for find/replace functionality.

• Text Layers
  Describes text layers, a representation of text that might correspond to a real text buffer.

• Syntax Coloring in Editors
  Details the core editor's IVsColorizer interface for syntax coloring.

• Text Markers in the Editor
  Describes text markers and their implementation.

• Editor Undo Management
  Provides instructions for implementing undo management.

• IntelliSense Hosting
  Describes IntelliSense hosting and implementation in Visual Studio 2008.

• Contained Languages
  Provides instructions for hosting a contained language or a secondary language.

Related Sections

• Editors
  Introduces the different types of editors Visual Studio 2008 provides and explains how you can create custom editors.