Visual Studio (2005,2008,2010) Tips and Tricks.
#52 How to enable URL Click Navigation in the VS Editor
Thursday, February 19 2009
This is enabled by default for most editors, but just in case you're not able to click on a URL, here's what you do. Go to Tools - Options - Text Editor - All Languages - General, and click on Enable single-click URL navigation.
Visual Studio Tip / Trick #052 English Transcription:
Today’s Visual Studio trick, trick number 52 was originally recorded by Sara Ford in a blog post in Oct of 2007. The trick has to do with a single URL click navigation. So lets say that inside of a comment you have a URL and you want to be able to browse to that with in the visual studio browser. If you go to tools, options and then navigate to text editor, general under the all languages you will see their is enable single click URL navigation. With this turned on URLs can now be clickable. So if you hover your mouse over this you will see the [CTRL] + Click to follow and sure enough that brings up the site inside the VS editor. This works same as in VS 2005 and 2008.
3 comment(s)
It is a 'single' click, you have to hold down CTRL while doing it. The feature recognizes text in the editor as a url and allows you to CTRL click it. I.E. Turn off the feature and the underline will disappear and you will no longer be able to CTRL click it.
@Brian Schmitt - Thank you Brian - with that news - I have updated the video.
Thank you! Hind sight == 20/20
Hey Now Scott,
These flix are great. I enjoyed Sara Fords blog a lot & this is such a great idea.
Thx 4 the info,
Catto