Visual studio Toolbars menu items like menu item in VSIX

Question

Does anyone knows how to implement menu item with toggle icon similar to visual studio Toolbar menu.

Answer 1

You need to create a class to handles the command´s BeforeQueryStatus event and use the checkbox in your side.

The simliar issue has been asked here:

https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/f3acc18c-b176-4f06-a8d1-cccff3d4bf7f/how-to-disable-and-enable-menu-commands-in-vspackage?forum=vsx

How to create command menu item with checkbox?

Answer 2

Thank you Jack for your reply. Solution would be adding two menu items(with and without checkbox icon) and toggle the visibility state of both menu items in BeforeQueryStatus event.