#39 Middle button support in the Visual Studio Editor

Ever dismiss a dialog, and then want to get it back again? Far too often, we uncheck the "Show this message again" checkbox not knowing how to get the message back. For Find and Replace, you can specify whether to hide or show these message boxes at Tools – Options – Environment – Find and…

Have you seen screen casts, or demos, or other folks using Visual Studio with a funky color scheme? Back backgrounds? Green backgrounds? Pink Backgrounds? Hey, whatever tickels your fancy, Visual Studio will come through for you. Kidding aside, there are some pretty cool themes with dark background colors. Here is one and here is another one….

Yeah, ya, we all know [CTRL]+[Z], [CTRL]+[Z], [CTRL]+[Z], [CTRL]+[Z], Undo, Undo, Undo. Oops too far.. Redo, Redo, Redo. There is a better way to multiple undo / redo. This video shows you how.   This work is licensed under a Creative Commons license.

This is a quick trick that I’ve started using the move my cursor to the last place, making a selection along the way. It’s kind of weird to explain in text without a 100 images. Video rules!!! [CTRL]+[=] = Select from current cursor position to last Go Back marker.   This work is licensed under…

Did you know that you can search in Visual Studio using wildcards and regular expressions (in addition to the regular text search) right from the Find and Replace window? This short tip/trick video shows you how. Expand the Find options, and check Use:  This will enable you to select either wildcards or regular expressions. With…

So what Turkey Day was last week?  No reason why we can’t have a second helping of tip of the day… but as an add-in! Beth Massi, our VB community expert, wrote a Tip of the Day Browser.  But even better, she’s got a Let’s Build an Add-In walkthrough, which she’s demo’ed at the DevTeach…