Visual Studio 2008 Keyboard Layouts

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.

If you’re presenting Visual Studio on a projector, one of the first things you probably do is downsize to 1024X768, and edit your font size to be larger so the people in the back can read your screen. BUT … most presenters forget to also change the Tooltip font size. Did you know that could…

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.

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…