Daniel Eugen
Daniel Eugen

Reputation: 2780

What is the GUI engine used to create Visual Studio itself?

It really bugs me not knowing what is the GUI engine used to create Microsoft Visual Studio ? is it Winforms (which i doubt) or WPF or what ? also most recent apps like FL Studio which offers a pretty fluid user interface with without any glitches or FPS drops what engine did they use to provide us with such smooth experience.

Upvotes: -1

Views: 206

Answers (1)

SLaks
SLaks

Reputation: 887767

It's a mix of WinForms, WPF, and legacy C++.

In newer versions, more of the UI was ported to WPF.

For more details, see my blog or your favorite decompiler.

Upvotes: 2

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