Customizing toolbar items in VS2010

Question

Has the menu & toolbar customization functionality in VS2010 been reduced?

I can't seem to be able to select an icon for an added command, nor set it to be icon-only. Previous versions of Visual Studio supported this functionality and even allowed the creation/editing of custom icons.

Is this something that has suffered as a result of the move to the WPF-authored UI or am I missing something?

Answer 1

Seems like this functionality was cut from Visual Studio 2010. This post has some info in the comments: Customizing Visual Studio 2010

Specifically - "Unfortunately assigning or editing icons to commands through Customize dialog is not possible in VS2010. It is one of the features got cut for lack of time. This is however something we'll consider adding back in next version."

The reply also has a longer explanation of a workaround.

Answer 2

As noted in the link mentioned in the answer from @Gordon Mackie JoanMiro, the REASON for the reduced functionality is that the VS Shell team migrated the entire UI (shell and command system) from Win32 to one based solely on WPF. This was a gargantuan task, I would imagine. However, a couple workarounds are now available:

1. You can export previously saved settings from VS 2008 and import them into VS 2010. That includes command bar customizations (as noted by @Don)
2. A more recent blog-post contains detailed instructions for using a new extension to VS2010 (available on Visual Studio Gallery) that allows users to change the images on the command UI. (Note that the old drag&drop customization interface is still not supported in this new extension.)