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.
Similar to yesterday’s tip on Find Symbol… select a word in the editor you want to do a Find Symbol on, then press Shift+Alt+F12. No Find Symbol window will appear. It is bound to Edit.QuickFindSymbol. The Quick Find Symbol uses the same customizations on the Find Symbol Window. So, if you need to change scope…
In the real world, or Visual Studio solutions are big. Multi Projects. Lots of Code. Lots of Files, Classes, etc. This new #VS2010 feature may be the most friendly new feature, and the largest time saving feature you learn. Better, Faster Navigation. Have something in your head you want to get? A File? A Method?…
Press the keyboard chord [ALT]+[F3],[S] (bound to Edit.StopSearch) to stop a background search, also known as a Find in Files. You can also press the Stops a background Find toolbar button on the Find Results window. This worked fine in my test with VS2008, but isn’t working on my tests with VS2010. If/When I find an answer…
Sometimes when you’re looking for something in code, it would be nice for the results to persist. Instead of routing the results to the standard find box, this tip / trick shows you how to add a bookmark to all of the result findings. Then you’re free to use the keyboard shortcuts around bookmarking to…
Do you recognize this sequence? Home. Shift. Up or Down. [CTRL]+[X] or [Delete] There are many better ways to cut or delete your current line of code/markeup/css/xaml/whatever. This Video Trick shows you how. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons license.
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…