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Possible to get Visual Studio's IDE Colors in Extension?

Is it possible to obtain the currently used colors (not Theme names) being used in the Visual Studio IDE from within a VS Extension? I have an extension in which I would like to list the exact colors for things like text, background of panels, etc.

Solution

  • Yes, you can.

    The crucial thing is the VSColorTheme:

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    You could use this to get the specific color:

    var backgroundColor = VSColorTheme.GetThemedColor(EnvironmentColors.ToolWindowBackgroundColorKey);

    The above is just a sample. There are various colors defined in the EnvironmentColors definition:

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    You can develop based on the above official SDK documents I shared.

    You can also refer to this official document:

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/extensibility/ux-guidelines/colors-and-styling-for-visual-studio?view=vs-2022#accessing-the-service