On the Tools – Options – Text Editor – File Extension page, you can map a file extension to one of the included editors.
And after mapping the .sara extension to a C# editor, we now get syntax highlight…
There is also an option to map files without extensions to a specific editor.
Tabbing / Indenting / Undenting (okay that’s not a word, but it sounds good) in Visual Studio is very simple. There are several options to get your code formatted just the way you like it. This video trick shows you how. [TAB] (With a line [or lines] highlighted) will further indent [SHIFT]+[TAB] (With a line…
Let’s say you are searching for some text and you already know about F3 and Shift+F3, so you want the [CTRL]+[F] Quick Find or the [CTRL]+[H] Quick Replace window to disappear after the first search. Go to Tools | Options | Environment | Find and Replace page, and check the Hide Find and Replace window…
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…
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…
As you mouse over a method in the Editor, a nice tooltip (as seen in the image below) is displayed for you showing you general information about the method, parameters, overloads, possible exceptions, and other documentation pulled from the meta data about the method (including your custom comments/documentation). This video shows you how to enable…
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