{"id":249229,"date":"2024-05-29T07:55:51","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T14:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/?p=249229"},"modified":"2024-05-29T07:55:51","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T14:55:51","slug":"visual-studio-extension-manager-17-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/visual-studio-extension-manager-17-10\/","title":{"rendered":"A modern Extension Manager has arrived with Visual Studio 17.10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re bringing our updated Extension Manager to all users! Over the last year, we\u2019ve made our updated Extension Manager available as an optional preview feature and have been asking you to let us know what you think. Based on your incredible feedback, we\u2019re now ready to offer the new Extension Manager as an on-by-default preview feature starting with <strong>Visual Studio 17.10<\/strong>. We\u2019ve streamlined the essential features into a modern UI to help you discover great new extensions and manage your installed extensions. <\/p>\n<p>With this release, we still want to hear from you! As you use the Extension Manager in this last preview phase, please share your thoughts so we can bring you the best possible experience in our upcoming official release.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Meet the new Extension Manager<\/h3>\n<p>Gone are the days of leaving Visual Studio to find additional information on extensions! We created the new Extension Manager to spotlight the most important content when searching for extensions, including a large pane for viewing detailed descriptions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1644\" height=\"1023\" alt=\"A screenshot of the new Extension Manager in Visual Studio opened to the Browse tab.\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/05\/a-screenshot-of-a-computer-description-automatica-1.png\" class=\"wp-image-249230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/05\/a-screenshot-of-a-computer-description-automatica-1.png 1644w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/05\/a-screenshot-of-a-computer-description-automatica-1-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/05\/a-screenshot-of-a-computer-description-automatica-1-1024x637.png 1024w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/05\/a-screenshot-of-a-computer-description-automatica-1-768x478.png 768w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/05\/a-screenshot-of-a-computer-description-automatica-1-1536x956.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1644px) 100vw, 1644px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The left sidebar has lets you choose between primary views:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Browse<\/strong> the Visual Studio Marketplace for new extensions<\/li>\n<li>View and manage your <strong>Installed<\/strong> extensions<\/li>\n<li>Discover and install any available <strong>Updates<\/strong> for your extensions<\/li>\n<li>Install any extensions for which you have <strong>Roaming<\/strong> enabled<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"162\" alt=\"A screenshot of the primary toolbars in the new Extension Manager.\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/05\/a-screenshot-of-a-computer-description-automatica-2.png\" class=\"wp-image-249231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/05\/a-screenshot-of-a-computer-description-automatica-2.png 600w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/05\/a-screenshot-of-a-computer-description-automatica-2-300x81.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Filter your searches<\/h5>\n<p>You can click the filter icon to the right of the search box to show the category and subcategory menus, which you can use to filter the search results. For example, you can search for tools to help with documentation or for ASP.NET controls.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"593\" height=\"123\" alt=\"A screenshot of the category filter dropdown menus in the new Extension Manager.\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/05\/a-screenshot-of-a-computer-description-automatica-3.png\" class=\"wp-image-249232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/05\/a-screenshot-of-a-computer-description-automatica-3.png 593w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/05\/a-screenshot-of-a-computer-description-automatica-3-300x62.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Let us know what you think!<\/h3>\n<p>The new Extension Manager is available to all Visual Studio 17.10 users and is on-by-default.<\/p>\n<p>If for any reason you want to return to the previous Extension Manager, you can disable the preview feature by navigating to <strong>Tools &gt; Manage Preview Features <\/strong>and unchecking the box for the feature called <strong>Extension Manager UI Refresh<\/strong>. To reenable the new Extension Manager, check the box for the preview feature and restart Visual Studio.<\/p>\n<p>As you use the new Extension Manager, please use <a href=\"https:\/\/developercommunity.visualstudio.com\/t\/Modern-Extension-Manager-for-Visual-Stud\/10665461\">this ticket on Developer Community<\/a> to share your thoughts and feedback.  We want to hear from you about anything that might be missing or that could be improved.<\/p>\n<p>If you run into any bugs or issues, please <a href=\"https:\/\/developercommunity.visualstudio.com\/VisualStudio\/report\">report them<\/a> so we can prioritize fixing them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re bringing our updated Extension Manager to all users! Over the last year, we\u2019ve made our updated Extension Manager available as an optional preview feature and have been asking you to let us know what you think. 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