On the Tools – Options – Text Editor – File Extension page, you can map a file extension to one of the included editors.
And after mapping the .sara extension to a C# editor, we now get syntax highlight…
There is also an option to map files without extensions to a specific editor.
Did you know Visual Studio has a Command mode? This isn’t cmd.exe – but it’s virutally the same concept, inside of visual studio. This command window will let you type commands for virtually any command in Visual Studio. This video will show you how to search from the Command Line. Additional Command Line options: Edit.Find…
Honestly, I had to ask around what this one did. I couldn’t remember to save my life. Automatic Delimiter Highlighting Whenever you have code construct pairs (that’s what the documentation calls them), when you finish typing either the start or end pair, both pairs of words will become bold. To turn off this feature, go…
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…
Visual Studio has a ton of Keyboard shortcuts built in. In fact, there are HUGE PDF Prints available for VS2005 C# and Visual Basic, as well as VS2008 C# and VS2008 Visual Basic. If you want to change or add to the current keyboard shortcuts, this video shows you how. Visual Studio 2010 Keyboard Shortcuts for…
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…
Moving text around is something we all need to do frequently. This trick shows you how to transpose characters (which is great for fixing typos), words, and lines with their neighbors. Characters flip with their neighbor to fix a type or spelling error. Words switch left and right to quickly move a word down the…