If you have repeating styles across many code elements or links, you might consider applying a category to those code elements or links, and then applying a style to that category.

Groups of code elements and links based on certain conditions You can apply custom styles to the following code elements: In the element, add any of the following attributes to change its style:īackground color Background='ColorNameOrHexadecimalValue'Ĭhange the style of code elements and links To change the style of code elements and links, see Change the style of code elements and links. You can change the background color and border color of the map by editing the map's. In the section, make sure that a element that has the following attributes exist for each relationship between a group code element and its child code elements:Ī Source attribute that specifies the group code elementĪ Target attribute that specifies the child code elementĪ Category attribute that specifies a Contains relationship between the group code element and its child code elementįor more information about the Category attribute, see Assign categories to code elements and links. In the element, add a Group attribute to specify whether the group appears expanded or collapsed. To convert a code element to a group, find the element for that code element. You can add new groups or convert existing nodes into a group. dgml file, any attributes that you added to an element might rearrange themselves in alphabetical order. It also creates code elements automatically when you manually add new links. When you edit a code map in Visual Studio, it cleans up any unused DGML elements and attributes by deleting them when you save the. To create code maps, you must have Visual Studio Enterprise edition.

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