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#015 Virtual Space
This is a great option for comments. If you like to write comments, and like them to all line up on the right side of your code, then this trick is for you. The video makes a reference back to showing/hiding white space, which was covered in Trick Number 003.
#69 F3 Repeats last Search, Shift-F3 is Find Previous
After you search and find an item, [F3] will search and find the same item again. [SHIFT]-[F3] will find the same item, but will look behind your current cursor position. Obviously, you can also press the Find Next button on the Find and Replace window, if it’s open. One thing to note about [F3], is…
#51 How to cycle through the clipboard ring to paste different items?
You can cycle through the past 20 items you’ve either cut or copied onto the clipboard via Ctrl+Shift+V. Pretty cool, huh? As an added bonus for users of Visual Studio 2005, on the View menu, there is the option to view your Clipboard ring, which shows up as a list in your Toolbox. That visual…
#020 Create New Line; Above and Below your Current Line
Need a new line above what your currently typing? Imagine this walk through. [HOME],[ENTER],[UP]. Three keys to get a new line. There is a shortcut reducing this to two keys. This quick trick shows you two keyboard shortcuts to enter line lines, one for above, and one for below your current focused line. [CTRL]+[ENTER] =…
#008 Undocking and Redocking in and out of Floating Windows
Docked windows are great, but are sometimes just a bit too small. They are sometimes holding more information (find results, or stack trace come to mind), than the real estate they have been given. You can easily resize the dock panel, but that will replace other real estate that you’re probably also looking at (which…
TechEd DEV315 VSTricks – Temp Projects
Do you ever write quick and dirty “do you think this will work?” code? I do. You have an idea – open up a quick console app, write some code, and then desert it never to be seen again. I do that a couple of times a week, and my hard drive ends up littered…



