Colors in Visual Studio Extension
Yes, binding to static VS resources is the best approach. It is supported in VS 2012+ and looks like this: <ResourceDictionary xmlns=”http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation” xmlns:x=”http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml” xmlns:vs_shell=”clr-namespace:Microsoft.VisualStudio.PlatformUI;assembly=Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.11.0″> <Style TargetType=”Label”> <Setter Property=”Foreground” Value=”{DynamicResource {x:Static vs_shell:EnvironmentColors.ToolWindowTextBrushKey}}”/> </Style> <Style TargetType=”TextBox”> <Setter Property=”Foreground” Value=”{DynamicResource {x:Static vs_shell:EnvironmentColors.ToolWindowTextBrushKey}}”/> <Setter Property=”Background” Value=”{DynamicResource {x:Static vs_shell:EnvironmentColors.ToolWindowBackgroundBrushKey}}”/> </Style> </ResourceDictionary> See EnvironmentColors Class for all avilable colors.