Tabbing / Indenting / Undenting (okay that’s not a word, but it sounds good) in Visual Studio is very simple. There are several options to get your code formatted just the way you like it. This video trick shows you how.
[TAB] (With a line [or lines] highlighted) will further indent
[SHIFT]+[TAB] (With a line [or lines] highlighted) will decrease the current indentation
Some languages (like SQL) have a long standing tradition of using upper case for the keywords. But to me, it’s kind of hard to type in upper case, but at the same time I like the way it looks when a stored procedure is nicely cap’d. This video shows you how to select a word, and make it all Uppercase, or all Lowercase. It can also be done from the Edit menu.
[CTRL]+[SHIFT]+U = Make Uppercase
[CTRL]+U = Make Lowercase (this is weird to me, they seem backwards)
The indicator margin has all these yellow and green ticks on it. What are they? This video shows you what they are, why they’re there, and how to show/hide them.
Tools|Options >> Text Edit / General >> Track Changes = Toggle the visible track changes
Live Tiles. You love them right? Do you know what the live tile updates for email actually mean? It’s not the number of unread messages, it’s the number of new messages since the last time you opened your email on your phone.
This is a quick video, showing you the difference.
Weather you are trying to copy/paste some code into an IM for a friend to look at, or want to better align your source code, you will want to start by removing he white space at the beginning of the line. This quick trick shows you how.
[CTRL]+K, [CTRL]+\ = Remove all white space at the beginning of the line
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