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.
The results of a Find Symbol or a Quick Find Symbol will appear in the Find Symbol results. Similar to the Find Results window (when searching for text), you can press Ctrl+Alt+F12 to bring up the Find Symbols Results window (View.FindSymbolResults) press F8 (Edit.GoToNextLocation) to navigate to the next result, and Shift+F8 (Edit.GoToPreviousLocation) to navigate…
This is enabled by default for most editors, but just in case you’re not able to click on a URL, here’s what you do. Go to Tools – Options – Text Editor – All Languages – General, and click on Enable single-click URL navigation.
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…
VSTricks.com is alive (as of today) in part of a community new years (2009) resolution. Today is January 1st, 2009, and I’m hearing everyone talking about resolutions. Working out, eating right, stop smoking, this and that, blah, blah, blah. Good. More power to you. If New Years is the lame excuse you need to get…
Hey, you know you went back for a third helping at thanksgiving (unless you are my uncle jimmy, who gets 4ths and 5ths on their first pass). So what could follow a Tip of the Day Browser? How’s about a Tip of the Day Windows Sidebar Gadget! Special thanks to Rob Caron for making this…
Go to Tools – Options – Fonts and Colors. This is where you’re used to changing the font size, especially those of us that present with Visual Studio on a projector. When you change the editor font size to 20 for the audience to be able to read it, only the editor changes. This video…