Visual Studio: Internal tool to view, edit & export microsoft svg resources
08:39 01 Sep 2026

It was set up previously so I know it exists, but can't quite remember how it was achieved, so hoping the description rings a bell for someone.

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When the tool was opened within VS2022, the entire collection of Microsoft svg icons were displayed in a grid format, these are the same icons you see being used in the VS application itself.

The tool matched the VS theme and appeared integrated, unlike for eg ImageLibraryViewer

Once a svg is selected, it's then displayed in a separate pixel level image editor.

The selected svg is also displayed as a vector so the image elements in various sizes/resolutions can be viewed/edited.

The image can be exported as a svg file to be used externally.

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Yes, I know these svg can be found in other ways but thats not what im looking for, I need the tool described above.

I'm pretty sure something had to be done to make the tool available. It could be an extension but leaning towards an additional package via the the installer, I really don't remember.

Does anyone know what im talking about?

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