Released: Mar 13, 2026

Updates in 25.1.2

Features

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  • Added the TrustedCodeService class that manages dynamic loading of types in a secure-by-default manner. This change may be potentially breaking for certain rarely used features, so it's important to review the related documentation for details.

Released: Jun 10, 2025

Updates in 25.1.0

Features

• Added .NET assembly targets for .NET 8.
• Updated .NET assemblies to target .NET 6 instead of .NET Core 3.1.
• Updated BarComboBoxLink dropdown to support a dark mode scrollbar on Windows 11.
• Updated menus to close on Ctrl+Tab key presses.

Fixes

• Fixed an InvalidCastException that might be thrown if UIRendererManager.ColorScheme was configured with WindowsClassic (the default on old versions of Windows) or VisualStudioClassic.

Released: Sep 10, 2024

Updates in 24.1.1

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where dragging a tool window over an outer dock guide that was positioned over a tool window would display the dock guide in the correct location but would actually dock to the tool window instead of the outer edge.

Released: Feb 22, 2024

Updates in 24.1.0

Features

• API documentation is now based on assemblies that target Microsoft .NET 6 (previously .NET Framework).
• The Sample Browser application included with the installer has changed target from .NET Framework 4.7.2 to .NET 6.
• Removed official support for Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 although users should still be able to continue using the IDE for their own applications. Sample Browser requires Visual Studio 2019 or newer.
• Added new Visual Studio Blue color scheme and modern Visual Studio...

Released: Sep 11, 2023

Updates in 23.1.2

Fixes

• Fixed possible cross-thread exception that might be raised when invalidating elements if a UIRenderer property was changed on a different thread than the one that created the control.

Released: Apr 3, 2023

Updates in 23.1.1

Features

• Updated SyntaxEditor-related NuGet packages to properly support cross-platform Microsoft .NET 6.0.

Released: Feb 7, 2023

Updates in 23.1.0

Features

• Validated Microsoft .NET 7 compatibility.
• Added MetroDark color scheme.
• Added MetroScrollBarRenderer which supports MetroLight and MetroDark color schemes.
• Added IWindowsColorScheme interface that will replace most references to WindowsColorScheme.
• Added IWindowsColorScheme.GetKnownColor method which can return a scheme-appropriate color for supported known colors and should be used instead of SystemColors to allow for proper color adaptation on dark schemes.
• Added IUIRenderer...

Released: May 27, 2022

Updates in 22.1.2

Features

• Improved the product installer.
• Changed the product installer to install shortcuts and samples to folders accessible by all users.

Released: Dec 8, 2021

Updates in 22.1.0

Features

• Validated Microsoft .NET 6 compatibility.
• Added Microsoft .NET 5 variations of the product assemblies to the NuGet feeds.
• Added Microsoft .NET Core 3.1 and .NET 5+ designer support for Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 and updated the 'About...' designer action to open product-specific online documentation.

Fixes

• Fixed a bug where programmatically changing focus between links hosted on different tool bars might not properly set focus on the new tool bar.

Released: Jul 12, 2021

Updates in 21.1.0

Features

• Added IBarRenderer.DrawCommandLinkInCustomizeList to support rendering BarCommandLink within a user-drawn ListBox.
• Improved processing of mnemonic key for BarCommandLink and auto-generated tool tip text.
• Improved performance of BarManager rendering related to resolving the IBarControl containing a BarCommandLink.
• Removed BarManager.PopupAnimation which has not been supported since Microsoft Windows XP.
• Validated Microsoft .NET 5 compatibility.
• Added NuGet packages for Microsoft .NET...