How can I make an IMPORTED library show up in VS

Usage
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1

I have a CMake project that mostly uses 3 types of library

  1. Some libraries are compiled from source
  2. Some libraries are header only (INTERFACE)
  3. There is one library that is IMPORTED. Which means that I provide a .lib, a .dll, and the headers.

For 1 and 2, I like that they show up in the Solution Explorer of Visual Studio.

For case 3, I haven’t been able to.
I would like to be able to view the headers in ide so it would be easier to use, is there any way to do that?

2

IMPORTED targets don’t really “exist” at build time, so there’s nothing for CMake to put into VS.

3

If headers are added to an imported library, it would be consistent to handle them similar to an interface library.