Question

I have created a VS addin.
I’d like to interact with the user by adding a dropbox above the Solution Explorer.
I can’t figure out how to do that.

Thanks!

Answer 1

See a code example of “VSSDK IDE Sample: Combo Box“, it covers:

• Adding a Drop Down Combo to Visual Studio and handling it
• Adding an
• Index Combo to Visual Studio and handling it Adding a MRU Combo to
• Visual Studio and handling it Adding a Dynamic Combo to Visual
• Studio and handling it Controling the programmatic name of the
  combo box commands by placing the commands within a menu (“Tools”
  in our case) of the main menu bar.

I believe you should start investigating VSIP (Visual Studio Integration SDK and Package information:

• Visual Studio Integration SDK