As we already know, almost every Visual Studio component has unique identifier (GUID). This post will try to summarize the list of most commonly used guids and the classes where they are defined, so we don’t end up hardcoding guids in our code.
Menus
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.VsMenus, Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.9.0, Version=2.0.0.0
Commands
Microsoft.VisualStudio.VSConstants.VSStd2KCmdID, Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.9.0, Version=2.0.0.0
Microsoft.VisualStudio.VSConstants.VSStd97CmdID, Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.9.0, Version=2.0.0.0
Project kinds
VSLangProj.PrjKind, VSLangProj, Version=7.0.3300.0
VSLangProj2.PrjKind2, VSLangProj2, Version=7.0.5000.0
Project item kinds
EnvDTE.Constants.vsProjectItemKindMisc, EnvDTE, Version=8.0.0.0
EnvDTE.Constants.vsProjectItemKindPhysicalFile, EnvDTE, Version=8.0.0.0
EnvDTE.Constants.vsProjectItemKindPhysicalFolder, EnvDTE, Version=8.0.0.0
EnvDTE.Constants.vsProjectItemKindSolutionItems, EnvDTE, Version=8.0.0.0
EnvDTE.Constants.vsProjectItemKindSubProject, EnvDTE, Version=8.0.0.0
EnvDTE.Constants.vsProjectItemKindVirtualFolder, EnvDTE, Version=8.0.0.0
Logical views
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.LogicalViewID, Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.8.0, Version=8.0.0.0
Output window panes
Microsoft.VisualStudio.VSConstants.GUID_BuildOutputWindowPane, Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.9.0, Version=2.0.0.0
Microsoft.VisualStudio.VSConstants.GUID_OutWindowDebugPane, Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.9.0, Version=2.0.0.0
Microsoft.VisualStudio.VSConstants.GUID_OutWindowGeneralPane, Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.9.0, Version=2.0.0.0
Toolwindows
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.ToolWindowGuids, Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.8.0, Version=8.0.0.0
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.ToolWindowGuids80, Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.8.0, Version=8.0.0.0
Contexts
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.UIContextGuids, Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.8.0, Version=8.0.0.0
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.UIContextGuids80, Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.8.0, Version=8.0.0.0
VSLangProj80.vsContextGuids, VSLangProj80, Version=8.0.0.0
PS:
I will continue updating this post when I remember new ones. I will use this post to list every useful guid that I know. Also if you have other ones please send me a comment.
Hope this helps,
Pablo
