Microsoft Visual Studio Image Library

Use Instructions:
Some of these images are offered in various sizes and color schemes although only preview image is displayed in the table below. The same usage restrictions apply to all
variations of a given image. As part of a visual language, the following images (or any part of the images) must be used in a manner consistent with the image name or concept
description indicated below.
*Image files are sorted by concept folders. Keep the pdf file in the same directory with 2015_VSIcon folder so that you can click on hyperlinks to browse image files.
Icon Name

Icon

Concept Description

Folder
Accessibility

Accessibility

Action

TheActionicon can also be used as an annotation to indicate that

the base action will be performed using automatic settings

Action

Activity

Activity

Actor

Actor

Add

Add

Address

Address

Alert

Alert

Alpha channel

AlphaChannel

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Icon

Concept Keywords

Folder

Animation

Application

Animation

Also used for Project

Application

Area

AreaChart

Arrange

Arrange

Assign

Assign

Association

AssociationLine

Asymmetric

TheAsymmetricconcept is represented by the juxtaposition of

opposite imagery (for example, light/dark or left/right)

Attach

Attribute

AsymmetricKey

Attach

Also used for Variable, parameter

Attribute

Audio

Audio

Audio recording

AudioRecording

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Icon Name

Icon

Concept Keywords

Folder

Autosum

Autosum

Bidirectional

Bidirectional

Binary

Binary

Bookmark

Bookmark

Branch

Branch

Brightness

Brightness

Browse

Browse

Bug

Bug

Build

BuildSolution

Builder

Builder

Business

Business

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Icon Name

Icon

Concept Keywords

Folder

Button

Button

Cache

Cache

Calendar

Calendar

Call

Call

Cancel

Also used for Clear, Delete

Cancel

Capture

Camera

CD

CD

Certificate

Certificate

Changeset

Changeset

Choice toggle

Checkbox

Class

Class

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Icon

Concept Keywords

Folder

Clear

Also used for Cancel, Delete

Cancel

Close

Also used for Terminate

Close

Cloud

Cloud

Code

Code

Collapse

Collapse

Collection

Collection

Column

Column

Comment

Also used for Feedback, Annotation

Comment

Comment (code)

CommentCode

Compare

Compare

Component

Component

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Icon Name

Icon

Concept Keywords

Folder

Connect

Connect

Console

Console

Contract

TheContract (noun)icon is used to indicate an agreement between the application and the operating system

Contract

Contract

Thecontract/expandicons are used in layout situations to indicate

that space between two elements will be condensed

ContractArrow

Expand

Thecontract/expandicons are used in layout situations to indicate

that space between two elements will be increased

ExpandArrow

Contrast

Contrast

Control

Control

Convert

Convert

Copy

Stacking multiple objects on top of each other represents the concept ofgroupingor the action of Copying

Copy

Counter

Counter

Create

Create

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Icon

Concept Keywords

Folder

Cursor

Also used for Pointer

Cursor

Custom expression

Also used for Prediction

CustomExpression

Cut

Cut

Dark theme

DarkTheme

Data

Database

Data mining

DataMining

Delegate

Delegate

Delete

Also used for Cancel, Clear

Cancel

Dependency

DependencyArrow

Deploy

Deploy

Diagram

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Also used for Workflow

Diagram

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Icon Name

Icon

Concept Keywords

Folder

Dialog

Dialog

Dictionary

Dictionary

Dimension

Also used for Plan

Dimension

Display

Also used for Monitor

Monitor

Document

Also used for File

Document

Drive

HardDrive

Driver

Driver

Dynamic

Dynamic

Dynamic value

DynamicValue

Edit

TheEditannotation faces left or right depending on what the base

icon looks like Choose the orientation that looks best with your
overall icon design

Edit

Effects

Also used for Expression, Function, Variable (global)

Effects

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Empty

Icon

Concept Keywords

A slash is used as an overlay annotation together with other icons

to indicate Empty or Blank

Enumerator

Event

Folder
Backslash

Enumerator

Also used for Trigger

Expand

Event

Expand

Export

Also used for Open

Open

Favorite

Also used for Protected, Rating

Favorite

Field

DataField

Field (code element)

Field

Filter

Filter

Finance

Finance

Flagged

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Also used for Notification

Flag

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Icon

Concept Keywords

Folder

Flow

Flow

Folder

Folder

Font

Also used for Label

Font

Frame

FrameBorder

Friend

Friend

Function

Also used for Expression, Effects, Variable (global)

Effects

Get

Also used for Download

Download

Graphics (3D)

Graphics3D

Grid

Grid

Grid web layout

GridGuide

Grouping

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Stacking multiple objects on top of each other represents the concept ofgroupingor multiplicity

FileGroup

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Icon

Concept Keywords

Folder

Hierarchy

Hierarchy

History

History

Home

Home

Idea

Lightbulb

Image

Also used for Assets, Resource

Image

Important

Also used for Attention, Hot path

Important

Indexer

Indexer

Inheritance

The concept of derivedinheritanceis represented by a dotted

corner See alsoNonsubstantive/hiddenandVirtual

InheritedControl

Inheritance (arrow)

Theinheritance (arrow)icon represents a toolbox control for a

modeling service

Inheritance

Interface

Interface

Item

Item

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Key

Icon

Concept Keywords

Folder

Also used for Permission, ID

Key

Key performance indicator (KPI)

KPI

Library

Library

Link

Link

Lock

Also used for Private, Permission

Lock

Log

Log

Loop

Loop

Mail

Also used for Message

Manifest

Markup

Markup: HTML (web)

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Mail

Manifest

Themarkupconcept is also used as an element in several compound concepts

MarkupTag

MarkupHTML

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Icon Name

Icon

Concept Keywords

Folder

Markup: XAML (WPF)

MarkupWPF

Markup: XML

MarkupXML

Master page

MasterPage

Measure

Measure

Media

Also used for Film

Media

Member

Also used for Material editor, Specular for 3D

Member

Memory (chip)

Memory

MemoryChip

Used for Memory tool window

Merge

Message

Method

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Memory

Merge

Also used for Chat

Message

Method

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Icon Name

Icon

Concept Keywords

Folder

Mobile phone

Phone

Module

Module

Move

Also used for Next

Namespace

Next

Namespace

Network

Also used for Connection

Network

Node

Also used for Crosshair

ActivityFinalNodeTool

Nonsubstantive (hidden or template)

Also used for Virtual A dotted outline of an object indicates that it

ishidden or templated

Virtual

Note

Open

Note

Also used for Export

Open

Output

Output

Package

Package

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Icon Name

Icon

Concept Keywords

Folder

Parallel

Parallel

Partition

Partition

Parts

Parts

Performance

PerformanceDiagnosticsGraph

Pin

Pushpin

Planning

ThePlanningicon is used to indicate part of a workflow on a design surface

Plan

Policy

Policy

Pop out

PopOut

Power

Power

Previous

Previous

Print

Print

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Icon Name

Icon

Concept Keywords

Folder

Procedure

Also used for Interactive window

Procedure

Property

Also used for Configurations

Property

Query

QueryView

Record

Record

Redo

Redo

Reference

Reference

Refresh

Refresh

Relationship

BranchRelationship

Remove

Usually used together with Add

Remove

Rename

Rename

Reorder

Reorder

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Icon Name

Icon

Concept Keywords

Folder

Repair

Repair

Report

Report

Rule

Rule

Ruler

Also used for Measure, Guide

Ruler

Save

Save

Schema

Schema

Script

Script

Search

Also used for Find, Lookup

Search

Server (local)

LocalServer

Server (remote)

RemoteServer

Settings

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Also used for Options

Settings

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Icon Name

Icon

Concept Keywords

Folder

Share

Share

Shortcut

Shortcut

Snippet

Snippet

Source control

SourceControlExplorer

Start

Also used for Run, Debug

Run

Steps

Also used for Stage, Phase

Step

Structure

Structure

Style sheet

StyleSheet

Synchronize

Also used for Update

Synchronize

Table

Table

Tablet

Tablet

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Icon Name

Icon

Concept Keywords

Folder

Tag

Tag

Task

Task

Team

Team

Text

Text

Thread

Thread

Time

Also used for Pending

Time

Timer

Timer

Toggle

Toggle

Toolbox

Toolbox

Undo

Also used for Revert, Restore

Undo

Up

Also used for Upload

Upload

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User

Icon

Concept Keywords

Folder

Also used for Role, Profile

User interface

User

UI

Variable (global)

Also used for Expression, Function, Effects

Effects

View

View (noun) is used for the presentation

View

View

View (verb) is used for the action Also used for udit

ViewMonocle

Virtual

Also used forNonsubstantive (hidden or template)

Virtual

Watch

Watch

Web

Web

Wizard

Wizard

Work item

WorkItem

Yield

Yield

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Icon

Concept Keywords

Folder

Zoom

Zoom

Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC)

MFC

WCF

WCF

WF

WF

Association line

AssociationLine

Branch

Branch

Camera orbit

CameraOrbit

Connector

Connector

Current context

CurrentContextArrowIcon

Current location

CurrentLocationArrowIcon

Current row

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GlyphRight

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Icon

Concept Keywords

Folder

Cursor

Cursor

Delegation tool

DelegationArrow

Dependency

DependencyArrow

Direct selection

Cursor

Down

Also used for Download

Download

Dynamic

Dynamic

Expand

ExpandArrow

Contract

ContractArrow

Export

Also used for Open

Open

(Glyph) up

GlyphUp

(Glyph) down

GlyphDown

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Icon

Concept Keywords

Folder

(Glyph) next

GlyphRight

(Glyph) previous

GlyphLeft

(Glyph) collapsed file picker

GlyphRight

(Glyph) expanded file picker

ScrollbarArrowsDownRight

Import

Import

Inheritance

Inheritance

Instruction pointer

CurrentInstructionPointer

Merge

Merge

Move to bottom

GoToBottom

Move to top

GoToTop

Navigate back

Backward

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Icon Name

Icon

Concept Keywords

Navigate forward

Next

Folder
Forward

Also used for Generate, Go to

Next

Open

Open

Previous

Previous

Redo

Redo

Reorder

Reorder

Sync

SyncArrow

Undo

Also used for Revert, Restore, Reset

Undo

Up

Also used for Upload

Upload

Action status: paused

StatusPause

Action status: playing, running

StatusRun

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Icon Name

Icon

Concept Keywords

Folder

Action status: stopped

StatusStop

Alert

StausAlert

Breakpoint: advanced disabled

StatusAdvanceBreakpointDisable

Breakpoint: advanced enabled

StatusAdvanceBreakpoint

Breakpoint: bound

BreakpointBound

Breakpoint: disabled

BreakpointDisable

Breakpoint: enabled

BreakpointEnable

Breakpoint: mapped disabled

MappedBreakpointDisable

Breakpoint: mapped enabled

MappedBreakpoint

Complete and OK

StatusOK

Error

StatusCriticalError

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Icon Name

Icon

Concept Keywords

Folder

Help/inconclusive

StatusHelp

Information

Used this icon beside visible informational text Do not use it for
hoverover tooltip

StatusInformation

Information tooltip

Used this icon without visible informational text It indicates information will be available on hover

StatusInformation

Invalid

No

StatusInvalid

Also used for Mute, Not applicable

StatusNo

Required

StatusRequired

Offline

StatusOffline

Security shield alert

StatusSecurityWarning

Security shield complete and OK

StatusSecurityOK

Security shield critical

StatusSecurityCritical

TracePoint: advanced disabled

TracePointAdvanceDisable

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Icon

Concept Keywords

Folder

TracePoint: advanced enabled

TracepointAdvance

TracePoint: bound

TracePointBound

TracePoint: disabled

TracePointDisable

TracePoint: enabled

TracePointEnable

Warning

StatusWarning

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