Which UIEditors are available for Team Build by default

Types inheriting from UITypeEditor

Recently I was asked to extend a Build Template for Team Build. There were a few fancy things which were required for this template, including picking files and folders in Source Control, selecting Work Items etc. I looked around the documentation on msdn.microsoft.com, but the information on the available editors is scarce and incomplete (or I didn't look good enough).

I decided to fire up NDepend to find the types I was interested in and from there I used good old .NET Reflector to look for the return type of each of them. Using this I found a few gems. All nicely marked Internal and thus hidden from view. I'm guessing this means these Editors come without support and may change without warning, but if that doesn't deter you, then read on for the complete list


First, add your Argument to the Build workflow like this:

Then open the Metadata section:

Finally, set the Editor. Use the "Name, Assembly" format, you don't need to provide a strong name key or version. That should ensure that when you need to upgrade, the Build Agent will still be able to load your Editor. For example, to get a BuildAgentSelectionEditor set the Editor value to: "Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Controls.BuildAgentSelectionEditor,  Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Controls".

I'm still hoping to find an editor that allows me to select a Work Item Query, a specific Work Item, and a few others, but it looks like these use a different form of integration into Visual Studio. When I've found them I'll update this post.

Ohh and don't forget, you can use any of the existing UITypeEditors which come with Windows Forms by default!

internal class BuildAgentSelectionEditor : UITypeEditor

Name:	Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Controls.BuildAgentSelectionEditor
Assembly:	Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Controls

Returns string

internal sealed class BuildNumberFormatEditor : UITypeEditor

Name:	Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Controls.BuildNumberFormatEditor
Assembly:	Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Controls

Returns string

internal class BuildProjectListEditor : UITypeEditor

Name:	Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Controls.BuildProjectListEditor
Assembly:	Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Controls, Version=10.0.0.0

Returns StringList

internal class BuildSettingsEditor : UITypeEditor

Name:	Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Controls.BuildSettingsEditor
Assembly:	Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Controls

Returns BuildSettings

internal class EnumPropertyEditor : UITypeEditor

Name:	Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Controls.EnumPropertyEditor
Assembly:	Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Controls

Returns EnumValue

internal class PlatformConfigurationListEditor : UITypeEditor

Name:	Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Controls.PlatformConfigurationListEditor
Assembly:	Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Controls

Returns PlatformConfigurationList

internal class ServerFileBrowserEditor : UITypeEditor

Name:	Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Controls.ServerFileBrowserEditor
Assembly:	Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Controls

Returns String

internal class ServerFolderBrowserEditor : UITypeEditor

Name:	Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Controls.ServerFolderBrowserEditor
Assembly:	Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Controls

This editor shows a folder browser for picking a folder in SourceControl.
Returns string

internal class TagsEditor : UITypeEditor

Name:	Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Controls.TagsEditor
Assembly:	Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Controls

Returns List

internal class TestMetadataFileBrowserEditor : ServerFileBrowserEditor

Name:	Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Controls.TestMetadataFileBrowserEditor
Assembly:	Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Controls

Returns string

internal class TestSettingsFileBrowserEditor : ServerFileBrowserEditor

Name:	Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Controls.TestSettingsFileBrowserEditor
Assembly:	Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Controls

Return string

internal class TestSpecEditor : UITypeEditor

Name:	Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Controls.TestSpecEditor
Assembly:	Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Controls

Returns TestSpec

internal class TestSpecListEditor : UITypeEditor

Name:	Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Controls.TestSpecListEditor
Assembly:	Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Controls

Returns TestSpecList

internal class WorkItemTypeSelectionEditor : UITypeEditor

Name:	Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Controls.WorkItemTypeSelectionEditor
Assembly:	Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Controls

Returns string