25 Tips for Visual Studio
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The document presents 25 tips for using Visual Studio, aimed at enhancing productivity for developers. Key tips include using full screen mode, bookmarks, code snippets, and various keyboard shortcuts for navigation and editing. It addresses workflow improvements and offers practical advice for efficient coding.
25 Tips for Visual Studio
- 1. 25 Tips for Visual Studio www.visualstudiotips.co.uk LEE ENGLESTONE
- 2. About Me Lee Englestone Stockport, UK Software Development Manager @ Leasing.com LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/leeenglestone/ Twitter : @LeeEnglestone Website : www.ManchesterDeveloper.com
- 3. Public Speaking Comfort Level 2/10
- 4. #1 Full Screen Mode Shift + Alt + Enter
- 5. 2# Move Solution Explorer Some people move the Solution explorer to the LHS As we read left to right Cursor spends most time at LHS of screen
- 6. #3 Split Window Window -> Split Window
- 7. #4 Sync with Active Document Ctrl + [, S
- 8. #5 Bookmarks Ctrl + K, K Ctrl + K, N Ctrl + K, P
- 9. #6 Code Map
- 10. #7 Code Snippets
- 11. #8 Comment Shortcut Ctrl + K, C Ctrl + K, U
- 12. #9 Dark Theme
- 13. #10 Delete All Breakpoints Ctrl, Shift + F9
- 14. #11 Expand/Collapse All Ctrl + M, P Ctrl + M, O
- 15. #12 Format Document Ctrl + K, D
- 16. #13 Go to Definition
- 17. #14 Go to Line Number Ctrl + G
- 18. #15 Move Type to New File
- 19. #16 Multiple Line Edit Shift + Alt, cursor keys
- 20. #17 Navigate Forward and Backward Ctrl + - Ctrl, shift + -
- 21. #18 Peek Definition Right click -> Peek definition
- 22. #19 Quick Actions Ctrl + .
- 23. #20 Quick Search Ctrl + ; Ctrl, Shift, T ??
- 24. #21 Rename Field Ctrl + R, R
- 25. #22 Scroll Wheel Font Size Ctrl + mouse wheel scroll
- 26. #23 Show Whitespace Ctrl + R, W
- 27. #24 Task List Ctrl + K, Ctrl + H
- 28. #25 What’s your tip?
Editor's Notes
- #2: A number of tips I’ve collected that I pass on to others Surprised how many people don’t know these Magic VisualStudioTips.co.uk Notice a lot are keyboard shortcuts Also hoping to learn from you Anyone used Visual Studio before? I’ve got 25 tips and 25 minutes, so if I do the maths..
- #5: More room Less distractions
- #6: Might think.. Why would I want to do this? But we read left to right
- #8: If you can’t find the file you’re working on in Solution explorer
- #10: Nice overview of long files Shouldn’t really be that long right?
- #11: Auto complete ctor prop
- #14: During a good debugging session, you may have dozens of breakpoints Executing.. And waiting for something Want a fresh start