Editor Features

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

In This Section

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

The Visual Studio 2008 Editor: Introduces the different types of editors and explains how you can create custom editors.