#505 Search within your Find Results
Ever user [CTRL]+[SHIFT]+[F] and find too many results? Narrow your search scope, OR … search within the results. Didn’t know you could do that did you? This video shows you how.
Ever user [CTRL]+[SHIFT]+[F] and find too many results? Narrow your search scope, OR … search within the results. Didn’t know you could do that did you? This video shows you how.
Resizing internal floating windows in Visual Studio? Easy with the mouse right. Just a simple drag-n-drop. But for you keyboard fanatics, did you know you can resize floating windows from using keyboard shortcuts? This one will win bets in a Best of Visual Studio contest. [ALT], [SPACE] = Context menu for floating window
As you know from reading the original tips/tricks series, my goal when starting to record the series was to put video to Sara Fords original Tips and Tricks. She has about 380 at last count. I’ve been wondering what to do with the tips/tricks after I’m done recording her series, and I’ve decided to just…
Yet another search tip. This is a helpful feature that helps you remember and reuse searches that you have already done. This info persists across sessions, so when you open Studio next time, you’ll be able to see a history from the last session’s find/search data. [CTRL]+[D] Focus to the Quick Find document.
Sometimes scrolling to the right for long lines of text hides other text that you want to see at the beginning of the line. Using word wrap allows you to see all text on a line, one the screen at once. Some like it, some don’t – but that’s why it’s an option 🙂
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…
Once statement completion is up in Visual Basic context (sorry C-Sharpers) there is a tabbed view of options. One tab is Common (the default) and one tab is (ALL). You can switch between these tab from teh Keyboard – and this video quickly shows you how. Press [ALT]+[.] to move to the All tab Press…