I started VSTricks.com as a community new years resolution last week. To get started, I wanted something that was easy and fast to setup on my own servers, and I decided to check out all the hype around GraffitiCMS. After a week of using the software, I’m extremely happy with it, and I’ve decided to…
I think it’s the best way to split content to what you may be interested in. The /VSTricks Feed will only contain Visual Studio Tips and Tricks. The /ScottCate Feed will have all content. Including the VSTricks, goofy family stories, technical, non-technical, whatever I’m thinking (like this post) content. The /ScottCate ASP.NET Feed will have…
If you create a custom field in GraffitiCMS – can can use chalk to check if the field is turned on or not with the following chalk code snippet 1: #if($post.Custom("fieldNameCheckBox") == "on") 2: <div style="padding-top:10px;"> 3: Write something here when checkbox is clicked 4: </div> 5: #end
Dock targets are great, they greatly simplify the ability to place a dock panel in Visual Studio in just the right location. Like a mind reading snap-to feature 🙂 Sometimes these dock targets get in the way with what you’re trying to do. If you need to move a dockable panel to a very specific…
Tool Windows are great. But sometimes they contain too much information (like a search results window) to be displayed in the small portion you have allocated for the docked position of the window. This trick shows you how to move a Docked (or floating) window, up into your tabbed documents area.
Docked windows are great, but are sometimes just a bit too small. They are sometimes holding more information (find results, or stack trace come to mind), than the real estate they have been given. You can easily resize the dock panel, but that will replace other real estate that you’re probably also looking at (which…
Visual Studio has many toolbars. The toolbars inside Tool Windows can be access from the keyboard. This video trick will show you how to move focus from the Tool Window, up onto the Toolbar, and select a specif icon. [SHIFT]+[ALT] = Jump to Toolbar inside a focused Tool window. [ALT]+[SHIFT] = Does not work, because…
Thank you Sara Ford for Starting VSTOD back in 2007. The tips were not easy to come up with, and you have spent many many hours/days/weeks/(more than a year in-fact) putting them together. My hope is not only to enhance your original Tip Of the Day posts by adding video samples, but also continue to…
Resizing internal floating windows in Visual Studio? Easy with the mouse right. Just a simple drag-n-drop. But for you keyboard fanatics, did you know you can resize floating windows from using keyboard shortcuts? This one will win bets in a Best of Visual Studio contest. [ALT], [SPACE] = Context menu for floating window