New icons and styles
New icons and styles were added in Visual Studio 2022. Although this is a simple feature, it helps us to navigate easily in an application, using visual elements and identifying actions and tools properly. For instance, in Figure 3.2, you can see the broom icon (row one, column five) has better contrast, with a new vibrant yellow color (specifically for a dark theme) and a modern design. It also implies that a code cleanup will be executed. The broom icon is used to execute code cleanup to fix code formatting:
Figure 3.2 – Icons in Visual Studio 2022 versus 2019
Important Note
An interesting fact about the new icons in Visual Studio 2022 is that the Visual Studio development team worked with the developer community to fulfill three purposes – consistency, readability, and familiarity. This resulted in a series of icons with the same meaning but with consistent colors, sharp contrast, and a recognizable silhouette.
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