Visual studio missing user interface bits

Question

I used orchard's codegen to make a boilderplate module. This created a csproj with boilerplate files and folders in MVC3 format.

However visual studio doesnt have the UI helpers that come along with an MVC project (such as add controller).

How do i change the project settings to get the nice MVC UI back?

Normal MVC project:

Orchards boilerplate project:

Answer 1

Answer here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/4610008/828859

Needed to change this line in the csproj file

<ProjectTypeGuids>{E53F8FEA-EAE0-44A6-8774-FFD645390401};{349c5851-65df-11da-9384-00065b846f21};{fae04ec0-301f-11d3-bf4b-00c04f79efbc}</ProjectTypeGuids>

Answer 2

This is a FAQ. The projects are not set to MVC so that the solution can be open and work even if MVC is not installed on the box. This is to remove a prerequisite. You can get the additional tooling by editing the csproj files and adding the project type. Look at an MVC project to find differences.