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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.

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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.

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