Optimizing Menu and Toolbar Commands

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

• Best Practices for Implementing Menu and Toolbar Commands
  Provides general guidelines for minimizing crowding of the Visual Studio UI when you add VSPackages.

• Guidelines for Small Command Sets
  Provides specific guidelines for implementing a VSPackage with just a few commands.

• Guidelines for Large Command Sets
  Provides specific guidelines for implementing a VSPackage with many commands.

Related Sections

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