Wanna get to the top of your screen, but you know PgUp is too far? How about the bottom? This is a cool trick that I find myself using all the time. It saves 100's of ups and downs a day, because you can always get to the place you're interested in … [Continue reading]
#44 Delete whole word (or whitespace) at a time forward and backwards
February 8, 2009 by
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 … [Continue reading]
#43 Select from Cursor to last “Go Back” marker in Visual Studio
February 7, 2009 by
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 … [Continue reading]
#42 Navigate to off screen tabs in Visual Studio
February 6, 2009 by
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 … [Continue reading]
#41 Forward and Backward navigation in Visual Studio Editor
February 5, 2009 by
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 … [Continue reading]
