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 find out 🙂
#33 Drag and Drop techniques inside the Visual Studio Editor
January 27, 2009 by
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.
#32 Selecting the Current Word (Or White Space Block)
January 26, 2009 by
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
#31 Changing the Visual Studio Background Color
January 25, 2009 by
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. This video will show you how to change your own color.
Receive VSTricks Notifications via SMS on your Phone
January 16, 2009 by
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 phone (100%) when Visual Studio tricks are posted.
Just send a text message to 40404 with the phase: Follow VSTricks
That’s it. When I announce new visual studio tricks, you will get a message on your phone, with a link to play the video, right on your phone. This is great for commuters.
Be forewarned that Video and SMS are charged extra from your carrier, so use this feature carefully.
This service is sent to you from Twitter. If you already have a twitter account great, if not, that’s great also. You will not need to sign up for anything online, or do any accounts, or anything. Just send a text message to 40404 with the phase: Follow VSTricks and it’ll start working from that point forward. You will not get all the old messages that were already sent out.
Expect to receive 5-10 tricks a week, and you can stop at anytime by sending Leave VSTricks to the same number 40404.
