How to reuse Visual Studio WPF styles for controls in VSIX MEF extension?

Question

How to reuse Visual Studio WPF styles for controls in VSIX MEF extension?

I have found some information about general using of themes in other applications here, but probably there is other way to do it in extension inside Visual Studio?

I am writing extension with support of VS2010 and VS2012 and it would be great if it possible to use appropriate VS theme.

Actually my question is kind of duplicate to this, still without answer.

Eulogia

Answer 1

I found an answer, but you have to create a VSPackage to use this kind of features, although I don't remember if MEF ever made you able to display GUI elements instead of editor extension features.

User Interfaces: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb165108(v=vs.110).aspx

Internal settings query: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb164716(v=vs.110).aspx

Second link could help you to use WPF settings on your GUI extensions.

You can also query font and color setting, but I think your question is about the GUI.

At the link you provided contains the solution, I don't thik whether there is more access for settings.

Debase

The Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.VsBrushes class mentioned in the second link is the key – Fencing