Onlining,Onlining,Onlining. You know the little [+] in the left margin of your code in Visual Studio? That is called outlining, and if you click the [+] your code region will expand, and the icon changes to a [-]. Pretty straight forward. But did you know you can do all of this from the keyboard, without using…
Outlining is a very popular feature of Visual Studio. Outlining is the [+] sign you see in Visual Studio on the left margin that lets your collapse and expand code. What happens if you select 3 visual lines of code, and the middle line of code is actually a collapsed region? Watch this video to…
Naturally you know drag and drop is supported in the designers, bringing in controls, and moving controls around the page. But did you know drag and drop also works for text? And [CTRL] drag = copy? Nice trick. Spend a minute watching this for the whole scoop. This work is licensed under a Creative…
Selecting the current work is usually done with by double clicking the mouse on a current selection. This works for words, but not for whitespace. This video shows you the trick to select from the keyboard. [CTRL]+[SHIFT][W] – Select Current Word or Whitespace Block
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….
Did you know the Visual Studio Video tricks are mobile enabled. Try it — Browse to http://ScottCate.com/Tricks/002 on your phone, and see what happens. It’s actually a different video that plays, with a really nice zooming and panning effect, so it’s nicely formatted for the small screen. Now you can start getting notifications on your mobile…
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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…