Save and Change Tool Layout in Visual Studio
There have been many people who have asked for a way to save window positions within Visual Studio. For example they layout all their tool windows in a parti...
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2010
Converting a concatenated String into String.Format
So tonight I was browsing unanswered questions on StackOverflow.com and I came across a question for which I had written a solution long ago and thought I wo...
Hide Selection in 2010, 2008 and 2005
Visual Studio 2010 is now out and I thought I would share a quick tip that I find useful. This shortcut can be found under Edit—> Outlining –> Hide Sel...
Remove Visual Studio Regions with Find and Replace
Recently Uncle Bob was talking on twitter about regions. He says "Purge All Regions" - Well today’s snippet is going to do just that.
Locate File in Solution Explorer – Visual Studio Macro
Today’s Macro is very basic, but I use it almost daily.
2009
Fixing the Visual Studio Add Reference Dialog – Quickly add a Project Reference
Today’s macro addresses one of the most common complaints about Visual Studio - The "Add Reference" dialog - I will help you speed it up when you only need t...
How to Comment-Uncomment Code Selection in Style Sheets - (or How to fix Visual Studio's broken implementation)
If you commonly comment out portions of code, then you are used to highlighting a portion of text and using the shortcut of CTRL+K, CTRL+C (or the tool bar) ...
Quickly Reformat your Project Files
Recently on twitter Phil Haacked asked about reformatting the files in a project where it didn’t match his preferences. We have all been there, looking at a ...
Intro to Visual Studio Macros and The Most Important Macro for Presenters
In my last post I told you how to use a macro to replace the F1 ‘Help’ functionality to perform a search on the internet.
Better Visual Studio F1
So recently there have been some great tips on turning off the F1 key in Visual Studio.