We all edit. Coders really are just really smart typists right? We make mistakes. We edit other peoples stuff, we have brain farts. These tricks teach you to delete fast and accurate. Delete words or whitespace groups forward or backwards. I use this all the time. These are tricks you should add to you daily…
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…
To many files open. [ALT]+[TAB] works, but here is an alternative. I use this quite often, but there is a little tiny glyph update that I didn’t notice before. Acutally I have noticed it, I just didn’t register the fact that it changed once in a while. Now I know why. Do you? This…
These are great. I already knew the keyboard shortcuts, but I didn’t know the toolbar tricks. For once (this is unusual) the tool bar offers a tiny bit of visual help that superceeds the use of the keybaord only tricks. Confused? That’s why I like video. You will too. Watch video #41 [CTRL]+ [-] =…
It turns out that there are many many ways to use the Go To Line feature. This video uses a couple, as well as tried to uncover a mystery. I’m going to need your help with this one. Please leave comments if you know the answer. What’s the question you ask? Watch the video 🙂…
Middle Button support in Visual Studio. What does it so? Watch this … This work is licensed under a Creative Commons license.
Do the horizontal and|or vertical scroll bars drive you nuts? Are they in the way? Taking up to much space? None of the above? All of the above? If you have ever had the need to make them dissapear this video trick #38 shows you how. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons…
Visual Studio defaults to a tabbed interface. But you can also run Visual Studio as a MDI (Multiple Document Interface). This option let’s you acutally have windows inside your workspace, instead of only tabbed documents. This video shows you all about it. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons license.
On the topic of outlining, there is a tiny sliver of space taken up in your left margin to show the outlining. This video shows you how to turn that on or off. Personally I don’t see a reason to turn it off – BUT – I’m sure there is one. LIke maybe certain editor…