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Articles for tag: VisualStudio Tips


Ctrl-F3 searches for the currently-selected string without brining up the find window?

Did you know... Ctrl+F does a quick find in the current document?

Did you know... Ctrl+J invokes statement completion?

Did you know... Ctrl+K, Ctrl+X inserts a code snippet

Did you know... Double-clicking the tool window titlebar re-docks the tool window

Did you know... Double-clicking the tool window titlebar re-docks the tool window

Did you know... Double-clicking the tool window titlebar re-docks the tool window

Did you know... Double-clicking the tool window titlebar re-docks the tool window

Did you know... F3 searches for the last thing you searched for?

Did you know... How to automatically refresh an open document in the editor?

Did you know... How to browse code snippets and add new ones

Did you know... how to browse Find Symbol results?

Did you know... How to change default values and variables in a code snippet

Did you know... How to change the Brace Matching color?

Did you know... How to complete a word via intellisense?

Did you know... How to copy / paste in a function's parameter info?

Did you know... How to create a command alias?

Did you know... How to customize auto-hiding and closing docked tool windows?

Did you know... How to customize the number of items shown in the recent files lists?

Did you know... How to customize what files to find in?

Did you know... How to customize what Visual Studio opens to?

Did you know... How to display Quick Info for a function?

Did you know... How to do a replace all in files?

Did you know... How to dock the Find and Replace window?

Did you know... How to edit a read-only file in VS?

Did you know... How to enable Emacs and Brief editor emulations?

Did you know... How to enable URL navigation within the editor?

Did you know... How to find in files?

Did you know... How to get syntax highlighting for a given file extension?

Did you know... How to have fun with the Find Combo Box

Did you know... How to hide the Quick Find / Quick Replace window after the first search hit?

Did you know... How to increase the editor tooltip font size?

Did you know... How to increase the statement completion font size?

Did you know... how to insert a code snippet around a block of code?

Did you know... How to jump to the beginning of some selected text when hitting escape?

Did you know... How to keep tabs or to insert spaces?

Did you know... How to log your command window session?

Did you know... how to navigate among bookmark folders in the Bookmark Window

Did you know... how to open something in the binary editor

Did you know... How to reach the Navigation bar via the keyboard?

Did you know... How to reuse the same editor window when opening files?

Did you know... How to run external executables from the VS command line?

Did you know... how to search for a symbol?

Did you know... How to search from the command line?

Did you know... How to search in hidden text in the editor?

Did you know... How to search within the current project or entire solution?

Did you know... How to set a bookmark and navigate among them

Did you know... How to share code snippets with your team?

Did you know... How to show and hide find messages?

Did you know... How to show the Miscellaneous Files Project in the Solution Explorer?

Did you know... How to stop a find in files search?

Did you know... How to turn off Intellisense by default

Did you know... How to use F8 to navigate the Find Results window?

Did you know... How to use undo to jump the cursor back to the last insertion point?

Did you know... How to use wildcards and regular expressions while searching?

Did you know... Visual Studio supports a MDI mode?

Did you know... What does that Automatic Delimiter Highlighting option do?

Did you know... what's the difference between smart indenting and block indenting?

Did you know... You can bookmark all of your Quick Find results?

Did you know... You can change the RSS feed on the Visual Studio Start Page?

Did you know... You can hide the Visual Studio status bar?

Did you know... You can insert a code snippet via its shortcut keyword

Did you know... you can resize the statement completion window?

Did you know... You can run Visual Studio commands with arguments from the command window?

Did you know... you can show shortcut keys in toolbar tooltips?

Did you know... You can toggle between Common and All Statement Completion tabs via the keyboard?

Did you know... you can use Ctrl+H to bring up the Quick Replace Window?

Did you know... You can use Shift+Alt+F12 to do a Quick Find Symbol

Did you know.... How to customize what directory the File - Open - File dialog opens to?

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Visual Studio tricks in video form

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You can speed up or slow down how fast a tool window slides to a from a docked position?


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