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A
- Add New Solution Folder button, Tip 7.4: You can use solution folders to hide projects
- Add To References button (Object Browser), Tip 5.34: You can create a custom list of components for the Object Browser
- aliases for commands, Tip 5.4: How to run external executables from the Command Window
- Allow Editing Of Read-Only Files option, Tip 2.23: How to automatically refresh an open document in the editor
- alphabetizing Toolbox items, Tip 5.19: You can sort items in the Toolbox alphabetically
- Always Show Error List If Build Finishes With Errors option, Tip 7.32: You can bind the show Errors, Warnings, and Messages buttons to keyboard shortcuts
- Always Show Solution option, Tip 7.11: You can automatically perform a rename within an entire project when you rename a file in the Solution Explorer
- Always Show This Message option, Tip 3.18: How to show and hide find messages
- anchor position, swapping, Tip 2.4: How to swap the current anchor position in the editor
- Animate Environment Tools check box, Tip 4.21: You can use Shift+Click to automatically dock an autohiding tool window
- Apply Cut Or Copy Commands To Blank Lines option, Get Back to Basics with Your Editor
- Arguments option (External Tools), Tip 6.11: You can add your own external tools to the list
- assumptions in software testing, Software Testing Tips
- At Startup combo box, Start Page
- Auto Hide push pin, Tip 4.17: You can autohide all of your tool windows with one command
- autohiding tool windows, Autohiding State
- autoloading changes to open files, Tip 2.21: How to get syntax highlighting for a given file extension
- Automatic Delimiter Highlighting option, Tip 2.16: How to open something in the binary editor
- Automatic setting (editor colors), Tip 1.27: How to change the editor background to black
- Automatically Populate Find What With Text From The Editor option, Tip 3.1: How to behold the power of incremental search
- autopopulation of Toolbox, Tip 5.16: How to stop the Toolbox from autopopulating with items found in the solution
- AutoRecover feature, Tip 2.18: How to change the Brace Matching color
B
- background color, editor, Tip 1.26: You can bind macros to keyboard shortcuts (or, "How to quickly increase or decrease your text editor font size")
- background search, stopping, Tip 3.13: You can customize what files to find in
- backups for autorecovery, Tip 2.20: What does Visual Studio do to autorecover files in the case of an unexpected shutdown?
- base types, showing in Object Browser, Tip 5.38: You can customize both your Object pane and Members pane in the Object Browser
- binary editor, Emulations
- binding macros to keyboard shortcuts, Tip 1.26: You can bind macros to keyboard shortcuts (or, "How to quickly increase or decrease your text editor font size")
- blank lines, Get Back to Basics with Your Editor, Tip 1.2: How to cycle through the Clipboard ring to paste different things
- copying by mistake, Get Back to Basics with Your Editor
- inserting, Tip 1.2: How to cycle through the Clipboard ring to paste different things
- blocks of code, Tip 2.9: How to convert spaces to tabs and tabs to spaces, Tip 2.43: How to share code snippets with your team
- indenting, Tip 2.9: How to convert spaces to tabs and tabs to spaces
- inserting code snippets around, Tip 2.43: How to share code snippets with your team
- blogging tips, Tips on Blogging Tips
- bold printing, Tip 1.33: How to print line numbers
- Bookmark window, using, Tip 2.27: How to set bookmarks and navigate among them
- bookmarks, Tip 1.28: What’s the difference between Automatic and Default in Tools–Options–Environment–Fonts And Colors?, Tip 2.26: How to customize the number of items shown in the Recent Files lists (and where to find those lists)
- bottom, jumping to, Tip 1.13: How to use the mouse wheel for scrolling in all directions
- box selection, Make Your Editor Work for You
- brace matching, Tip 2.17: What does that Automatic Delimiter Highlighting option do?
- Break All Processes When One Process Breaks option, Tip 7.27: How to have all processes break when one process breaks
- Break At Function command, Tip 7.20: You can press Ctrl+B to set a breakpoint at the desired function
- breakpoint filters, Tip 7.18: You can set conditional breakpoints
- breakpoints, Tip 6.18: How to open a file in the solution without using either a tool window or a dialog box, Breakpoints, Tip 7.17: You can use Ctrl+F9 to enable or disable a breakpoint, Tip 7.22: You can press Ctrl+Shift+F9 to delete all breakpoints
- conditional, Tip 7.17: You can use Ctrl+F9 to enable or disable a breakpoint
- deleting all, Tip 7.22: You can press Ctrl+Shift+F9 to delete all breakpoints
- setting from Find combo box, Tip 6.18: How to open a file in the solution without using either a tool window or a dialog box
- Breakpoints window, Tip 7.20: You can press Ctrl+B to set a breakpoint at the desired function
- Brief emulation, Tip 2.13: You can cut and paste a collapsed block of code
- build configurations, Tip 7.6: How to hide or show the Project Location Is Not Trusted message box
C
- calculator, Immediate Window as, Immediate Window
- case, keyboard shortcut for changing (editor), Tip 1.10: How to transpose characters, words, and lines in the editor
- change tracking in editor, Visual Cues
- character editing, Get Back to Basics with Your Editor (see )
- Choose Search Folder window, Tip 3.12: How to find in files
- clearing, Tip 2.27: How to set bookmarks and navigate among them (see )
- Clipboard ring, cycling through, Tip 1.2: How to cycle through the Clipboard ring to paste different things
- Close All But This option, File Tab Channel
- Close Button Affects Active Tool Windows Only option, Tip 4.27: How to use Ctrl+Page Up and Ctrl+Page Down to navigate among all the tool windows in a tool window group
- closing, Tip 4.10: You can use Ctrl+F4 to close the current document opened in the editor, Tip 4.30: How to resize a tool window from the keyboard
- documents in editor, Tip 4.10: You can use Ctrl+F4 to close the current document opened in the editor
- tool windows, Tip 4.30: How to resize a tool window from the keyboard
- closing bugs, comments for, Tip 3: Help your developer however possible
- code, Make Your Editor Work for You, Formatting, Outlining, Tip 2.12: How to collapse and expand code, Tip 5.23: You can create new Toolbox tabs
- collapsing or expanding, Outlining, Tip 2.12: How to collapse and expand code
- cutting/pasting collapsed code, Tip 2.12: How to collapse and expand code
- editing, Make Your Editor Work for You (see , )
- formatting, Formatting (see )
- User Tasks separate from, Tip 5.23: You can create new Toolbox tabs
- code blocks, Tip 2.9: How to convert spaces to tabs and tabs to spaces, Tip 2.43: How to share code snippets with your team
- indenting, Tip 2.9: How to convert spaces to tabs and tabs to spaces
- inserting code snippets around, Tip 2.43: How to share code snippets with your team
- code lines, Tip 1.6: You can use Ctrl+L to cut the current line and Ctrl+Shift+L to delete the current line (see )
- Code Snippet Manager, Tip 2.40: You can insert a snippet by pressing Tab Tab
- code snippets, Tip 2.37: How to turn off IntelliSense by default, Tip 2.41: How to browse code snippets and add new ones
- default values and variables in, Tip 2.41: How to browse code snippets and add new ones
- Collapse to Definitions command, Tip 2.12: How to collapse and expand code
- collapsing code, Tip 1.33: How to print line numbers, Outlining, Tip 2.12: How to collapse and expand code
- cutting/pasting collapsed code, Tip 2.12: How to collapse and expand code
- hiding when printing, Tip 1.33: How to print line numbers
- collapsing Toolbox items, Tip 5.17: You can use * to expand all and / to collapse all in the Toolbox
- colors, Tip 1.26: You can bind macros to keyboard shortcuts (or, "How to quickly increase or decrease your text editor font size"), Tip 1.27: How to change the editor background to black, Tip 1.28: What’s the difference between Automatic and Default in Tools–Options–Environment–Fonts And Colors?, Visual Cues, Tip 1.33: How to print line numbers, Tip 2.17: What does that Automatic Delimiter Highlighting option do?, Tip 5.10: You can enable word wrap in the Output window, Why is the executable file called devenv.exe instead of visualstudio.exe?
- Automatic vs. Default settings (editor), Tip 1.27: How to change the editor background to black
- bookmarks, Tip 1.28: What’s the difference between Automatic and Default in Tools–Options–Environment–Fonts And Colors?
- for brace matching, Tip 2.17: What does that Automatic Delimiter Highlighting option do?
- editor background, Tip 1.26: You can bind macros to keyboard shortcuts (or, "How to quickly increase or decrease your text editor font size")
- in Output window, Tip 5.10: You can enable word wrap in the Output window
- printing boldly, Tip 1.33: How to print line numbers
- for tracking changes in editor, Visual Cues
- in Visual Studio logo, Why is the executable file called devenv.exe instead of visualstudio.exe?
- column selection, Make Your Editor Work for You
- Command Window, Discover More Tools for Your Design Time, Part 1, Tip 5.2: How to search from the Command Window
- logging session, Tip 5.2: How to search from the Command Window
- commands, Discover More Tools for Your Design Time, Part 1, Tip 5.4: How to run external executables from the Command Window, Find Combo Box Runs Commands
- aliases for, Tip 5.4: How to run external executables from the Command Window
- running from Command Window, Discover More Tools for Your Design Time, Part 1
- running in Find combo box, Find Combo Box Runs Commands
- comments, Tip 2.4: How to swap the current anchor position in the editor, Tip 5.25: You can assign a priority to your Task List’s user tasks, Tip 3: Help your developer however possible
- for closing bugs, Tip 3: Help your developer however possible
- displaying in Task List, Tip 5.25: You can assign a priority to your Task List’s user tasks
- Common7, numbering of, Why Are the Tool Window Tabs Shown at the Bottom of a Tool Window Group and the File Tabs Are at the Top of the File Tab Channel?
- compiling, Tip 7.27: How to have all processes break when one process breaks, Tip 7.32: You can bind the show Errors, Warnings, and Messages buttons to keyboard shortcuts, Immediate Window
- Error List, Tip 7.27: How to have all processes break when one process breaks
- Immediate Window, Immediate Window
- Watch windows, Tip 7.32: You can bind the show Errors, Warnings, and Messages buttons to keyboard shortcuts
- complete word functionality, Tip 2.29: You can bookmark all of your Quick Find results, Tip 2.32: How to display quick info for a function
- completion, Tip 2.29: You can bookmark all of your Quick Find results (see )
- components, Object Browser, Tip 5.31: You can create keyboard shortcuts to navigate among the various Task List categories (by using View.NextTask and View.PreviousTask) (see )
- conditional breakpoints, Tip 7.17: You can use Ctrl+F9 to enable or disable a breakpoint
- Configuration Manager, Tip 7.6: How to hide or show the Project Location Is Not Trusted message box
- context menu management, Tip 4.38: How to display any toolbar at any time
- Copy Here, moving text to, Tip 1.8: You can drag code or text to a new location
- copying, Get Back to Basics with Your Editor, Tip 1.2: How to cycle through the Clipboard ring to paste different things, Tip 1.8: You can drag code or text to a new location, File Tab Channel, Tip 5.21: You can use Show All to find your hiding Toolbox controls
- (see also )
- blank lines, by mistake, Get Back to Basics with Your Editor
- cycling through Clipboard ring, Tip 1.2: How to cycle through the Clipboard ring to paste different things
- file path from file tab channel, File Tab Channel
- between Toolbox tabs, Tip 5.21: You can use Show All to find your hiding Toolbox controls
- Ctrl+G, using, Tip 1.21: How to enable URL navigation within the editor
- current anchor position, swapping, Tip 2.4: How to swap the current anchor position in the editor
- current development settings, saving, Tip 6.2: How to reset your environment settings via Tools–Import And Export Settings
- current line (editor), Tip 1.6: You can use Ctrl+L to cut the current line and Ctrl+Shift+L to delete the current line, Breakpoints
- cutting or deleting, Tip 1.6: You can use Ctrl+L to cut the current line and Ctrl+Shift+L to delete the current line
- inserting breakpoints at, Breakpoints
- Current Selection option (startup project), Tip 7.26: You can start debugging multiple projects
- Current tokens for external tools, Tip 6.14: How the external tools tokens work
- current word, Tip 1.2: How to cycle through the Clipboard ring to paste different things, Tip 3.1: How to behold the power of incremental search
- CurrentSettings.vssettings file, Tip 6.6: You can save your current settings prior to doing an Import or Reset
- cursor position, Tip 1.12: How to use the Undo stack on the standard toolbar, Tip 2.2: How to jump to the beginning of some selected text when hitting escape, Tip 2.4: How to swap the current anchor position in the editor
- (see also , )
- after pressing Escape, Tip 2.2: How to jump to the beginning of some selected text when hitting escape
- swapping anchor position, Tip 2.4: How to swap the current anchor position in the editor
- custom components list, Object Browser, Tip 5.33: You can specify to show components in your solution only in the Object Browser
- custom tokens in Task List, Tip 5.27: You can create shortcuts in your Task List
- cutting collapsed code, Tip 2.12: How to collapse and expand code
- cycling through Clipboard ring, Tip 1.2: How to cycle through the Clipboard ring to paste different things
D
- DataTips, DataTips
- Debug build configuration, Tip 7.6: How to hide or show the Project Location Is Not Trusted message box
- debug windows, viewing numeric values in, Tip 7.34: You can use the Watch window to quickly change a variable’s value
- debugging, Tip 5.11: You can customize the color scheme in the Output window, Tip 6.18: How to open a file in the solution without using either a tool window or a dialog box, Tip 7.12: How to hide or show a solution in the Solution Explorer, Tip 7.12: How to hide or show a solution in the Solution Explorer, Breakpoints, Tip 7.17: You can use Ctrl+F9 to enable or disable a breakpoint, Tip 7.22: You can press Ctrl+Shift+F9 to delete all breakpoints, DataTips, DataTips, Tip 7.26: You can start debugging multiple projects, Tip 7.27: How to have all processes break when one process breaks, Tip 7.32: You can bind the show Errors, Warnings, and Messages buttons to keyboard shortcuts, Immediate Window, Tip 1: Never assume anything
- breakpoints, Tip 6.18: How to open a file in the solution without using either a tool window or a dialog box, Breakpoints, Tip 7.17: You can use Ctrl+F9 to enable or disable a breakpoint, Tip 7.22: You can press Ctrl+Shift+F9 to delete all breakpoints
- conditional, Tip 7.17: You can use Ctrl+F9 to enable or disable a breakpoint
- deleting all, Tip 7.22: You can press Ctrl+Shift+F9 to delete all breakpoints
- setting from Find combo box, Tip 6.18: How to open a file in the solution without using either a tool window or a dialog box
- DataTips, DataTips
- Error List, Tip 7.27: How to have all processes break when one process breaks
- with Immediate Window, Immediate Window
- learning from bugs you missed, Tip 1: Never assume anything
- multiple projects, DataTips, Tip 7.26: You can start debugging multiple projects
- sending messages to Output window, Tip 5.11: You can customize the color scheme in the Output window
- tracepoints, Tip 7.12: How to hide or show a solution in the Solution Explorer
- Watch windows, Tip 7.32: You can bind the show Errors, Warnings, and Messages buttons to keyboard shortcuts
- Debugging view (window layout), Tip 4.32: You can use Shift+Esc to close a tool window
- default project location, Tip 7.1: How Visual Studio 2008 supports multitargeting of the .NET Framework
- Default setting (editor colors), Tip 1.27: How to change the editor background to black
- deleting or removing, Tip 1.2: How to cycle through the Clipboard ring to paste different things, Tip 1.6: You can use Ctrl+L to cut the current line and Ctrl+Shift+L to delete the current line, Tip 1.6: You can use Ctrl+L to cut the current line and Ctrl+Shift+L to delete the current line, Tip 2.18: How to change the Brace Matching color, Tip 2.27: How to set bookmarks and navigate among them, Tip 5.29: How to disable the prompt for deleting the Task List’s user tasks, Tip 7.22: You can press Ctrl+Shift+F9 to delete all breakpoints
- bookmarks (all), Tip 2.27: How to set bookmarks and navigate among them
- breakpoints (all), Tip 7.22: You can press Ctrl+Shift+F9 to delete all breakpoints
- current line (editor), Tip 1.6: You can use Ctrl+L to cut the current line and Ctrl+Shift+L to delete the current line
- leading white space, Tip 1.6: You can use Ctrl+L to cut the current line and Ctrl+Shift+L to delete the current line
- next or preceding word (editor), Tip 1.2: How to cycle through the Clipboard ring to paste different things
- unused using statements, Tip 2.18: How to change the Brace Matching color
- user tasks, Tip 5.29: How to disable the prompt for deleting the Task List’s user tasks
- delimiter highlighting, Tip 2.16: How to open something in the binary editor
- Design view (window layout), Tip 4.32: You can use Shift+Esc to close a tool window
- developers, working with, Tip 1: Never assume anything
- development settings, Tip 6.4: You can add your own files to the Import And Export Settings–Reset page list (see )
- Devenv.exe, name of, Visual Studio Factoids
- dialog boxes, Discover More Tools for Your Design Time, Part 2, Discover More Tools for Your Design Time, Part 2, Tip 6.9: You can use team settings to keep Visual Studio settings on different machines in sync, Tip 7.5: You can create temp or "throw away" projects
- External Tools feature, Tip 6.9: You can use team settings to keep Visual Studio settings on different machines in sync
- Import And Export Settings feature, Discover More Tools for Your Design Time, Part 2
- Project Location Is Not Trusted message box, Tip 7.5: You can create temp or "throw away" projects
- directories, custom, for opening files, Tip 2.23: How to automatically refresh an open document in the editor
- directory tokens for external tools, Tip 6.14: How the external tools tokens work
- disabling, Tip 7.17: You can use Ctrl+F9 to enable or disable a breakpoint (see specific feature by name, )
- displaying, Autohiding State (see )
- docking and undocking, Tip 3.16: How to dock the Find And Replace window, Tool Windows, Tip 4.18: You can customize how pressing a tool window push pin autohides the tool window or tool window tab group
- document formatting, Tip 2.7: How to format the document, the selected text, or just the current line
- document window management, Manage Your Environment Layout, File Tab Channel, Tip 4.5: How to close just the selected files you want, Tip 4.8: How to disable the IDE Navigator, Tip 4.10: You can use Ctrl+F4 to close the current document opened in the editor
- (see also )
- file tab channel, File Tab Channel
- IDE Navigator, Tip 4.5: How to close just the selected files you want
- keyboard navigation, Tip 4.8: How to disable the IDE Navigator
- MDI mode, Tip 4.10: You can use Ctrl+F4 to close the current document opened in the editor
- dragging in editor, Tip 1.8: You can drag code or text to a new location, Tip 5.13: You cannot enable Stop Search on the Output window, Tip 5.20: You can switch between the Icon view and List Item view in the Toolbox
- in General tab (Toolbox), Tip 5.13: You cannot enable Stop Search on the Output window
- Toolbox controls, Tip 5.20: You can switch between the Icon view and List Item view in the Toolbox
E
- editing, advanced, Tip 1.8: You can drag code or text to a new location, Make Your Editor Work for You, Make Your Editor Work for You, Tip 2.4: How to swap the current anchor position in the editor, Formatting, Outlining, Tip 2.13: You can cut and paste a collapsed block of code, Emulations, Tip 2.16: How to open something in the binary editor, Tip 2.17: What does that Automatic Delimiter Highlighting option do?, Tip 2.18: How to change the Brace Matching color, Tip 2.18: How to change the Brace Matching color, File Extensions
- autorecovery, Tip 2.18: How to change the Brace Matching color
- binary editor, Emulations
- brace matching, Tip 2.17: What does that Automatic Delimiter Highlighting option do?
- commenting, Tip 2.4: How to swap the current anchor position in the editor
- delimiter highlighting, Tip 2.16: How to open something in the binary editor
- drag and drop, Tip 1.8: You can drag code or text to a new location (see )
- emulations, Tip 2.13: You can cut and paste a collapsed block of code
- file extensions, File Extensions
- formatting, Formatting
- outlining (code collapse/expand), Outlining
- selection, Make Your Editor Work for You
- unused code, cleaning, Tip 2.18: How to change the Brace Matching color
- editing read-only files, Tip 2.23: How to automatically refresh an open document in the editor
- editor emulations, Tip 2.13: You can cut and paste a collapsed block of code
- editor tips, Get Back to Basics with Your Editor, Get Back to Basics with Your Editor, Tip 1.10: How to transpose characters, words, and lines in the editor, Tip 1.12: How to use the Undo stack on the standard toolbar, Tip 1.12: How to use the Undo stack on the standard toolbar, Navigating Within and Among Editors, Word Wrap versus Virtual Space, Tip 1.24: How to enable virtual space, Tip 1.24: How to enable virtual space, Tip 1.26: You can bind macros to keyboard shortcuts (or, "How to quickly increase or decrease your text editor font size"), Visual Cues, Tip 1.31: How to show line numbers in the editor, Tip 1.34: How to print boldly, Tip 2.21: How to get syntax highlighting for a given file extension
- fonts and colors, Tip 1.24: How to enable virtual space, Tip 1.24: How to enable virtual space, Tip 1.26: You can bind macros to keyboard shortcuts (or, "How to quickly increase or decrease your text editor font size"), Visual Cues
- opening files and, Tip 2.21: How to get syntax highlighting for a given file extension
- printing options, Tip 1.31: How to show line numbers in the editor
- scrolling and navigation, Tip 1.12: How to use the Undo stack on the standard toolbar, Tip 1.12: How to use the Undo stack on the standard toolbar, Navigating Within and Among Editors, Word Wrap versus Virtual Space
- navigating within and among editors, Navigating Within and Among Editors
- scrolling, Tip 1.12: How to use the Undo stack on the standard toolbar
- word wrap and virtual space, Word Wrap versus Virtual Space
- status bar options, Tip 1.34: How to print boldly
- text editing, Get Back to Basics with Your Editor
- undo and redo, Tip 1.10: How to transpose characters, words, and lines in the editor
- Editor ToolTip settings, Tip 1.24: How to enable virtual space
- EditorBrowseableAttribute class, Tip 5.40: You can hide or show hidden members and types in the Object Browser
- Emacs emulation, Tip 2.13: You can cut and paste a collapsed block of code
- emulations, editor, Tip 2.13: You can cut and paste a collapsed block of code
- Enable Breakpoint Filters option, Tip 7.18: You can set conditional breakpoints
- Enable Single-Click URL Navigation option, Tip 1.21: How to enable URL navigation within the editor
- enabling, Tip 7.17: You can use Ctrl+F9 to enable or disable a breakpoint (see specific feature by name, )
- environment layout, Manage Your Environment Layout (see )
- environment settings, Tip 6.1: How to find what development settings you last reset to, Tip 6.1: How to find what development settings you last reset to, Tip 6.2: How to reset your environment settings via Tools–Import And Export Settings, Tip 6.2: How to reset your environment settings via Tools–Import And Export Settings, Tip 6.4: You can add your own files to the Import And Export Settings–Reset page list, Tip 6.5: What’s the difference between resetting settings and importing settings?, Tip 6.6: You can save your current settings prior to doing an Import or Reset, Tip 6.9: You can use team settings to keep Visual Studio settings on different machines in sync
- importing, Tip 6.4: You can add your own files to the Import And Export Settings–Reset page list
- last reset to, Tip 6.1: How to find what development settings you last reset to
- preferred, Tip 6.2: How to reset your environment settings via Tools–Import And Export Settings
- resetting, Tip 6.1: How to find what development settings you last reset to
- saving current, Tip 6.2: How to reset your environment settings via Tools–Import And Export Settings, Tip 6.5: What’s the difference between resetting settings and importing settings?
- synchronizing across team, Tip 6.9: You can use team settings to keep Visual Studio settings on different machines in sync
- where saved, Tip 6.6: You can save your current settings prior to doing an Import or Reset
- erasing, Tip 2.27: How to set bookmarks and navigate among them (see )
- Error List, Tip 7.27: How to have all processes break when one process breaks
- errors in Output window, navigating, Output Window
- escape, cursor jump after, Tip 2.2: How to jump to the beginning of some selected text when hitting escape
- executables, running from Command Window, Tip 5.4: How to run external executables from the Command Window
- expanding code, Outlining
- expanding Toolbox items, Tip 5.17: You can use * to expand all and / to collapse all in the Toolbox
- exporting development settings, Tip 6.8: You can copy the full file path from the final wizard page when exporting settings
- exporting Object Browser customizations, Tip 5.48: How to use type-ahead selection support in the Object Browser
- exporting window layout states, Tip 4.32: You can use Shift+Esc to close a tool window
- External Tools feature, Tip 6.9: You can use team settings to keep Visual Studio settings on different machines in sync, Tip 6.11: You can add your own external tools to the list, Tip 6.14: How the external tools tokens work, Tip 6.14: How the external tools tokens work
- adding own tools, Tip 6.11: You can add your own external tools to the list
- prompting for arguments, Tip 6.14: How the external tools tokens work
- tokens for, Tip 6.14: How the external tools tokens work
F
- failed build, Error List after, Tip 7.32: You can bind the show Errors, Warnings, and Messages buttons to keyboard shortcuts
- file extensions, File Extensions
- file path, Tip 1.34: How to print boldly, File Tab Channel, Tip 5.29: How to disable the prompt for deleting the Task List’s user tasks, Tip 6.8: You can copy the full file path from the final wizard page when exporting settings
- copying from file tab channel, File Tab Channel
- copying with exporting settings, Tip 6.8: You can copy the full file path from the final wizard page when exporting settings
- printing as page header, Tip 1.34: How to print boldly
- in Task List, Tip 5.29: How to disable the prompt for deleting the Task List’s user tasks
- file tab channel, File Tab Channel, Tip 4.23: Why would you want to make a tool window float?, Solution Explorer: Is it on the left side or right side of the IDE?
- placement of files tabs in, Solution Explorer: Is it on the left side or right side of the IDE?
- File view (window layout), Tip 4.32: You can use Shift+Esc to close a tool window
- files, Emulations, Tip 2.18: How to change the Brace Matching color, Tip 2.21: How to get syntax highlighting for a given file extension, Tip 2.23: How to automatically refresh an open document in the editor, Tip 3.11: You can use Shift+Alt+F12 to use Find Symbol
- autorecovery, Tip 2.18: How to change the Brace Matching color
- opening, Emulations, Tip 2.21: How to get syntax highlighting for a given file extension
- in binary editor, Emulations
- editor windows and, Tip 2.21: How to get syntax highlighting for a given file extension
- read-only, editing, Tip 2.23: How to automatically refresh an open document in the editor
- searching in, Tip 3.11: You can use Shift+Alt+F12 to use Find Symbol
- filters for breakpoints, Tip 7.18: You can set conditional breakpoints
- Find And Replace window, Tip 3.1: How to behold the power of incremental search, Tip 3.14: You can stop a Find In Files search
- searching without bringing up, Tip 3.1: How to behold the power of incremental search
- Find combo box, Tip 3.5: You can use Ctrl+F to use Quick Find in the current document, Tip 6.14: How the external tools tokens work
- Find In Files searches, Tip 3.11: You can use Shift+Alt+F12 to use Find Symbol
- Find Message In Code button, Output Window
- Find Results window, Tip 3.16: How to dock the Find And Replace window
- Find Symbol, Tip 3.9: How to hide the Quick Find/Quick Replace window after the first search hit, Tip 3.18: How to show and hide find messages, Tip 5.46: You can use F12 in the Object Browser to go to the definition of whatever is selected
- browsing results, Tip 3.18: How to show and hide find messages
- in Object Browser, Tip 5.46: You can use F12 in the Object Browser to go to the definition of whatever is selected
- FindAllReferences command, Tip 5.46: You can use F12 in the Object Browser to go to the definition of whatever is selected
- finding, Find What You Are Searching For (see )
- floating, Tip 2.32: How to display quick info for a function, Tip 4.22: You can speed up or slow down how fast a tool window slides out from a docked position, Toolbars
- tool windows, Tip 4.22: You can speed up or slow down how fast a tool window slides out from a docked position
- toolbars, Toolbars
- for statement completion, Tip 2.32: How to display quick info for a function
- fonts in editor, Tip 1.24: How to enable virtual space, Tip 1.24: How to enable virtual space, Tip 1.26: You can bind macros to keyboard shortcuts (or, "How to quickly increase or decrease your text editor font size"), Visual Cues, Tip 1.33: How to print line numbers, Tip 2.32: How to display quick info for a function
- font colors, Tip 1.26: You can bind macros to keyboard shortcuts (or, "How to quickly increase or decrease your text editor font size")
- font size, Tip 1.24: How to enable virtual space
- printing boldly, Tip 1.33: How to print line numbers
- for statement completion, Tip 2.32: How to display quick info for a function
- visual cues, Visual Cues
- Format Document command, Tip 2.7: How to format the document, the selected text, or just the current line
- formatting (advanced editing), Formatting
- four window layouts, Tip 4.32: You can use Shift+Esc to close a tool window
- Full Screen mode, Tip 4.32: You can use Shift+Esc to close a tool window, Tip 4.34: How to quickly access Full Screen mode
- functions, setting breakpoint at desired, Tip 7.20: You can press Ctrl+B to set a breakpoint at the desired function
G
- General tab (Toolbox), dragging code to, Tip 5.13: You cannot enable Stop Search on the Output window
- Go To Definition command, Tip 5.45: What are the two primary means of searching for objects in the Object Browser?
- Go To Line window, avoiding, Tip 1.21: How to enable URL navigation within the editor
- go-back navigation, Navigating Within and Among Editors, Tip 2.2: How to jump to the beginning of some selected text when hitting escape
- SelectToLastGoBack command, Tip 2.2: How to jump to the beginning of some selected text when hitting escape
- GoToNextLocation command, Output Window
- GoToPreviousLocation command, Output Window
- group views, Toolbox, Tip 5.19: You can sort items in the Toolbox alphabetically
- guidelines for formatting, displaying, Formatting
H
- HACK tokens in Task List, Tip 5.27: You can create shortcuts in your Task List
- header (printed page), file path as, Tip 1.34: How to print boldly
- Help documentation for Error List, Tip 7.30: You can view an error’s documentation directly from the Error List
- hexadecimal format, viewing numeric variables in, Tip 7.34: You can use the Watch window to quickly change a variable’s value
- hidden keyboard shortcuts state (tool windows), Hidden Keyboard Shortcuts
- hidden text, searching within, Tip 3.19: How to browse Find Symbol results
- hide state (tool windows), Tip 4.27: How to use Ctrl+Page Up and Ctrl+Page Down to navigate among all the tool windows in a tool window group
- hiding and displaying, Tip 1.14: How to jump to the top or bottom of the current view in the editor without scrolling, Visual Cues, Tip 1.31: How to show line numbers in the editor, Tip 1.34: How to print boldly, Formatting, Outlining, Tip 2.13: You can cut and paste a collapsed block of code, Tip 2.16: How to open something in the binary editor, Tip 2.17: What does that Automatic Delimiter Highlighting option do?, File Extensions, Tip 2.25: How to customize what directory the File–Open–File dialog box opens to, Statement Completion, Parameter Info, and Complete Word, Tip 2.32: How to display quick info for a function, Tip 3.9: How to hide the Quick Find/Quick Replace window after the first search hit, Tip 3.18: How to show and hide find messages, Tip 4.11: How to enter MDI mode, Autohiding State, Toolbars, Tip 4.37: You can hide or show the default buttons from any toolbar, Tip 4.38: How to display any toolbar at any time, Tip 5.8: You can use the keyboard to jump to various panes within the Output window, Tip 5.20: You can switch between the Icon view and List Item view in the Toolbox, Tip 5.33: You can specify to show components in your solution only in the Object Browser, Tip 5.38: You can customize both your Object pane and Members pane in the Object Browser, Tip 5.40: You can hide or show hidden members and types in the Object Browser, Tip 5.40: You can hide or show hidden members and types in the Object Browser, Tip 5.43: How to stop displaying all inherited members in the Object Browser Member pane, Tip 7.11: You can automatically perform a rename within an entire project when you rename a file in the Solution Explorer, Tip 7.12: How to hide or show a solution in the Solution Explorer, Tip 7.32: You can bind the show Errors, Warnings, and Messages buttons to keyboard shortcuts
- autohiding tool windows, Autohiding State
- avoiding show and hide find messages, Tip 3.18: How to show and hide find messages
- brace matching, Tip 2.17: What does that Automatic Delimiter Highlighting option do?
- collapsing code, Outlining (see )
- delimiter highlighting, Tip 2.16: How to open something in the binary editor
- Error List, after failed build, Tip 7.32: You can bind the show Errors, Warnings, and Messages buttons to keyboard shortcuts
- formatting guidelines in editor, Formatting
- keyboard shortcuts for toolbar buttons, Tip 4.38: How to display any toolbar at any time
- line numbers in editor, Visual Cues
- making something hideable, Tip 5.40: You can hide or show hidden members and types in the Object Browser
- in Object Browser, Tip 5.33: You can specify to show components in your solution only in the Object Browser, Tip 5.38: You can customize both your Object pane and Members pane in the Object Browser, Tip 5.40: You can hide or show hidden members and types in the Object Browser, Tip 5.43: How to stop displaying all inherited members in the Object Browser Member pane
- all inherited members, Tip 5.43: How to stop displaying all inherited members in the Object Browser Member pane
- base types, Tip 5.38: You can customize both your Object pane and Members pane in the Object Browser
- hidden members and types, Tip 5.40: You can hide or show hidden members and types in the Object Browser
- outlining selection margin, Tip 2.13: You can cut and paste a collapsed block of code
- Output window, Tip 5.8: You can use the keyboard to jump to various panes within the Output window
- parameter info, Statement Completion, Parameter Info, and Complete Word
- Quick Find and Quick Replace windows, Tip 3.9: How to hide the Quick Find/Quick Replace window after the first search hit
- quick info, Tip 2.32: How to display quick info for a function
- Recent Files lists, customizing, Tip 2.25: How to customize what directory the File–Open–File dialog box opens to
- scroll bars (editor), Tip 1.14: How to jump to the top or bottom of the current view in the editor without scrolling
- in Solution Explorer, Tip 7.11: You can automatically perform a rename within an entire project when you rename a file in the Solution Explorer, Tip 7.12: How to hide or show a solution in the Solution Explorer
- status bar (editor), Tip 1.34: How to print boldly
- syntax highlighting for specific file extensions, File Extensions
- Tile Horizontally and Tile Vertically buttons, Tip 4.11: How to enter MDI mode
- toolbar buttons, Toolbars
- toolbars, Tip 4.37: You can hide or show the default buttons from any toolbar
- Toolbox controls, Tip 5.20: You can switch between the Icon view and List Item view in the Toolbox
- viewing visible white space, Tip 1.31: How to show line numbers in the editor
- highlighting delimiters, Tip 2.16: How to open something in the binary editor
- highlighting syntax for specific file extensions, File Extensions
- horizontal scroll bar (editor), hiding, Tip 1.14: How to jump to the top or bottom of the current view in the editor without scrolling
- horizontal white space, deleting, Tip 1.6: You can use Ctrl+L to cut the current line and Ctrl+Shift+L to delete the current line
- hovering (tool windows), Tip 4.22: You can speed up or slow down how fast a tool window slides out from a docked position
- Hunt the Wumpus, How I Started Programming
- hyperlink navigation, enabling in editor, Tip 1.21: How to enable URL navigation within the editor
I
- Icon view, Toolbox, Tip 5.19: You can sort items in the Toolbox alphabetically
- icons in New Project dialog box, Tip 7.2: How to change the default new-project location
- IDE, why named Devenv.exe, Visual Studio Factoids
- IDE Navigator, Tip 4.5: How to close just the selected files you want, Tip 6.10: You can run external tools from the IDE
- running external tools from, Tip 6.10: You can run external tools from the IDE
- IDE settings, Tip 6.4: You can add your own files to the Import And Export Settings–Reset page list (see )
- Immediate Window, Tip 5.11: You can customize the color scheme in the Output window, Immediate Window
- redirecting debug messages, Tip 5.11: You can customize the color scheme in the Output window
- Import And Export Settings feature, Discover More Tools for Your Design Time, Part 2
- importing environment settings, Tip 6.4: You can add your own files to the Import And Export Settings–Reset page list
- Include Insertion Point Movements In Undo List option, Tip 1.16: How to navigate forward and backward in the editor all because of go-back markers
- incremental search, Find What You Are Searching For
- indentation (code), Tip 2.7: How to format the document, the selected text, or just the current line, Tip 2.7: How to format the document, the selected text, or just the current line, Tip 2.9: How to convert spaces to tabs and tabs to spaces, Tip 2.9: How to convert spaces to tabs and tabs to spaces, Tip 2.9: How to convert spaces to tabs and tabs to spaces
- (see also )
- changing from editor toolbar, Tip 2.9: How to convert spaces to tabs and tabs to spaces
- fixing quickly, Tip 2.7: How to format the document, the selected text, or just the current line
- smart vs. block indenting, Tip 2.9: How to convert spaces to tabs and tabs to spaces
- tabs vs. spaces, Tip 2.7: How to format the document, the selected text, or just the current line
- infinity symbol, logo as, Why is the executable file called devenv.exe instead of visualstudio.exe?
- Initial Directory option (External Tools), Tip 6.11: You can add your own external tools to the list
- inserting blank lines (editor), Tip 1.2: How to cycle through the Clipboard ring to paste different things
- inserting breakpoints, Breakpoints (see )
- IntelliSense technology, Tip 2.29: You can bookmark all of your Quick Find results
- interviewing at Microsoft, Studying in College
- Item tokens for external tools, Tip 6.14: How the external tools tokens work
J
- justification, Tip 2.9: How to convert spaces to tabs and tabs to spaces (see )
K
- Keep Modified Files Open After Replace All option, Tip 3.14: You can stop a Find In Files search
- keyboard navigation, Tip 4.8: How to disable the IDE Navigator, Tip 4.23: Why would you want to make a tool window float?
- document windows, Tip 4.8: How to disable the IDE Navigator
- tool windows, Tip 4.23: Why would you want to make a tool window float?
- keyboard shortcuts, Tip 1.26: You can bind macros to keyboard shortcuts (or, "How to quickly increase or decrease your text editor font size"), Tip 4.8: How to disable the IDE Navigator, Hidden Keyboard Shortcuts, Tip 4.38: How to display any toolbar at any time, Tip 5.8: You can use the keyboard to jump to various panes within the Output window, Tip 5.25: You can assign a priority to your Task List’s user tasks, Tip 5.30: You can show a full file path in the Task List, Tip 5.36: How to use navigate forward and back in the Object Browser, Tip 5.50: Why the Object Browser has so many commands you can bind to (and how to create a keyboard shortcut to clear the search results), Tip 6.11: You can add your own external tools to the list, Tip 6.17: You can press Ctrl+/ to run Visual Studio commands in the Find combo box, Tip 7.31: You can do multicolumn sorting (secondary sort, and so forth) in both the Error List and the Task List
- binding macros to, Tip 1.26: You can bind macros to keyboard shortcuts (or, "How to quickly increase or decrease your text editor font size")
- for Error List buttons, Tip 7.31: You can do multicolumn sorting (secondary sort, and so forth) in both the Error List and the Task List
- for external tools, creating, Tip 6.11: You can add your own external tools to the list
- navigating with, Tip 4.8: How to disable the IDE Navigator (see )
- Object Browser, Tip 5.36: How to use navigate forward and back in the Object Browser, Tip 5.50: Why the Object Browser has so many commands you can bind to (and how to create a keyboard shortcut to clear the search results)
- to open file directly, Tip 6.17: You can press Ctrl+/ to run Visual Studio commands in the Find combo box
- between Output window panes, Tip 5.8: You can use the keyboard to jump to various panes within the Output window
- showing in toolbar ToolTips, Tip 4.38: How to display any toolbar at any time
- in Task List, Tip 5.25: You can assign a priority to your Task List’s user tasks, Tip 5.30: You can show a full file path in the Task List
- for tool windows, Hidden Keyboard Shortcuts
- keyboard-based searching, Find What You Are Searching For
L
- language, preferred, Tip 6.3: What settings are contained in the New Project Dialog Preferred Language category
- large icons in New Project dialog box, Tip 7.2: How to change the default new-project location
- last search, repeating, Tip 3.3: How to not automatically search for the currently-selected word
- leading white space, Tip 1.6: You can use Ctrl+L to cut the current line and Ctrl+Shift+L to delete the current line, Tip 2.7: How to format the document, the selected text, or just the current line
- line numbers in editor, Visual Cues, Tip 1.33: How to print line numbers
- printing, Tip 1.33: How to print line numbers
- showing, Visual Cues
- lines of code, Tip 1.6: You can use Ctrl+L to cut the current line and Ctrl+Shift+L to delete the current line, Make Your Editor Work for You, Tip 2.7: How to format the document, the selected text, or just the current line, Tip 2.7: How to format the document, the selected text, or just the current line
- cutting or deleting, Tip 1.6: You can use Ctrl+L to cut the current line and Ctrl+Shift+L to delete the current line
- formatting, Tip 2.7: How to format the document, the selected text, or just the current line
- leading tabs vs. spaces, Tip 2.7: How to format the document, the selected text, or just the current line
- selecting, Make Your Editor Work for You
- List Item view, Toolbox, Tip 5.19: You can sort items in the Toolbox alphabetically
- list members (completion), Tip 2.29: You can bookmark all of your Quick Find results
- location for projects, default, Tip 7.1: How Visual Studio 2008 supports multitargeting of the .NET Framework
- log command, Tip 5.2: How to search from the Command Window
- logging Command Window sessions, Tip 5.2: How to search from the Command Window
- logo to Visual Studio, Why is the executable file called devenv.exe instead of visualstudio.exe?
- Look At These File Types option, Tip 3.12: How to find in files
- lowercase, keyboard shortcut for, Tip 1.10: How to transpose characters, words, and lines in the editor
M
- macros, binding to keyboard shortcuts, Tip 1.26: You can bind macros to keyboard shortcuts (or, "How to quickly increase or decrease your text editor font size")
- matching braces, Tip 2.16: How to open something in the binary editor, Tip 2.17: What does that Automatic Delimiter Highlighting option do?
- MDI mode, Tip 4.10: You can use Ctrl+F4 to close the current document opened in the editor
- Members pane (Object Browser), Tip 5.37: You can create a keyboard shortcut for adding references to a solution from the Object Browser
- message boxes, Discover More Tools for Your Design Time, Part 2 (see )
- Messages button (Error List), binding shortcut to, Tip 7.31: You can do multicolumn sorting (secondary sort, and so forth) in both the Error List and the Task List
- methods, marking as Hidden, Tip 5.40: You can hide or show hidden members and types in the Object Browser
- Miscellaneous Files project, Solution Explorer
- mnemonics, Tip 1.26: You can bind macros to keyboard shortcuts (or, "How to quickly increase or decrease your text editor font size") (see )
- Mobius strip, logo as, Why is the executable file called devenv.exe instead of visualstudio.exe?
- most recent search, repeating, Tip 3.3: How to not automatically search for the currently-selected word
- mouse wheel, scrolling with, Tip 1.12: How to use the Undo stack on the standard toolbar
- Move Here, moving text to, Tip 1.8: You can drag code or text to a new location
- multicolumn sorting (Error List, Task List), Tip 7.30: You can view an error’s documentation directly from the Error List
- Multiple Document Interface, Tip 4.10: You can use Ctrl+F4 to close the current document opened in the editor (see )
- multiple projects, debugging, DataTips
- Multiple Startup Projects option, Tip 7.26: You can start debugging multiple projects
- multitargeting, Know Your Solutions, and Other Project and Debugging Tweaks
N
- Navigate Backward button, Navigating Within and Among Editors
- navigation, Tip 1.12: How to use the Undo stack on the standard toolbar, Tip 1.12: How to use the Undo stack on the standard toolbar, Navigating Within and Among Editors, Word Wrap versus Virtual Space, Tip 1.26: You can bind macros to keyboard shortcuts (or, "How to quickly increase or decrease your text editor font size"), Tip 2.26: How to customize the number of items shown in the Recent Files lists (and where to find those lists), Output Window, Tip 5.18: You can use Ctrl+Up Arrow and Ctrl+Down Arrow to move among the various control groups in the Toolbox, Tip 5.30: You can show a full file path in the Task List, Tip 5.36: How to use navigate forward and back in the Object Browser, Tip 5.45: What are the two primary means of searching for objects in the Object Browser?, Tip 5.50: Why the Object Browser has so many commands you can bind to (and how to create a keyboard shortcut to clear the search results), Tip 7.27: How to have all processes break when one process breaks
- editor, Tip 1.12: How to use the Undo stack on the standard toolbar, Tip 1.12: How to use the Undo stack on the standard toolbar, Navigating Within and Among Editors, Word Wrap versus Virtual Space, Tip 2.26: How to customize the number of items shown in the Recent Files lists (and where to find those lists)
- among bookmarks, Tip 2.26: How to customize the number of items shown in the Recent Files lists (and where to find those lists)
- within and among editors, Navigating Within and Among Editors
- scrolling, Tip 1.12: How to use the Undo stack on the standard toolbar
- word wrap and virtual space, Word Wrap versus Virtual Space
- Error List, Tip 7.27: How to have all processes break when one process breaks
- by keyboard, Tip 1.26: You can bind macros to keyboard shortcuts (or, "How to quickly increase or decrease your text editor font size") (see )
- Object Browser, Tip 5.36: How to use navigate forward and back in the Object Browser, Tip 5.45: What are the two primary means of searching for objects in the Object Browser?, Tip 5.50: Why the Object Browser has so many commands you can bind to (and how to create a keyboard shortcut to clear the search results)
- Output window, Output Window
- Task List, Tip 5.30: You can show a full file path in the Task List
- Toolbox, Tip 5.18: You can use Ctrl+Up Arrow and Ctrl+Down Arrow to move among the various control groups in the Toolbox
- navigation bar (editor), reaching with keyboard, Tip 1.17: How to use Undo to jump the cursor back to the last insertion point
- .NET Framework, multitargeting, Tip 7.1: How Visual Studio 2008 supports multitargeting of the .NET Framework
- New Project dialog box, Tip 7.2: How to change the default new-project location
- New Project Dialog Preferred Language setting, Tip 6.3: What settings are contained in the New Project Dialog Preferred Language category
- new project location, default, Tip 7.1: How Visual Studio 2008 supports multitargeting of the .NET Framework
- NextSubPane command, Tip 5.8: You can use the keyboard to jump to various panes within the Output window
- NextTask command, Tip 5.30: You can show a full file path in the Task List
- numbering lines in editor, Visual Cues, Tip 1.33: How to print line numbers
- printing numbers, Tip 1.33: How to print line numbers
- showing numbers, Visual Cues
O
- Object Browser, Tip 5.31: You can create keyboard shortcuts to navigate among the various Task List categories (by using View.NextTask and View.PreviousTask)
- Object pane (Object Browser), Tip 5.37: You can create a keyboard shortcut for adding references to a solution from the Object Browser
- Open Containing Folder option, Tip 4.2: You can use Close All But This on files in the file tab channel
- Open File Using Directory Of Currently Active Document option, Tip 2.25: How to customize what directory the File–Open–File dialog box opens to
- opening files, Emulations, Tip 2.21: How to get syntax highlighting for a given file extension
- in binary editor, Emulations
- editor windows and, Tip 2.21: How to get syntax highlighting for a given file extension
- ordering Toolbox items, Tip 5.19: You can sort items in the Toolbox alphabetically
- outlining code (advanced editing), Tip 1.33: How to print line numbers, Outlining, Tip 2.13: You can cut and paste a collapsed block of code
- hiding collapsed regions when printing, Tip 1.33: How to print line numbers
- hiding selection margin, Tip 2.13: You can cut and paste a collapsed block of code
- Output window, Output Window
P
- page header, file path as, Tip 1.34: How to print boldly
- paging within Toolbox, Tip 5.18: You can use Ctrl+Up Arrow and Ctrl+Down Arrow to move among the various control groups in the Toolbox
- parameter info, Statement Completion, Parameter Info, and Complete Word
- pasting collapsed code, Tip 2.12: How to collapse and expand code
- path, File Tab Channel (see )
- planning for future software tests, Tip 3: Help your developer however possible
- Pointer control, Toolbox, Tip 5.14: You can drag and drop code onto the Toolbox’s General tab
- positioning, Tip 3.16: How to dock the Find And Replace window (see )
- preferred environment settings, Tip 6.2: How to reset your environment settings via Tools–Import And Export Settings
- preferred language, Tip 6.3: What settings are contained in the New Project Dialog Preferred Language category
- PreviousTask command, Tip 5.30: You can show a full file path in the Task List
- printing options (editor), Tip 1.31: How to show line numbers in the editor
- priorities for user tasks, Tip 5.24: You can use the Task List to create user tasks that are separate from your code
- Profiles feature, Discover More Tools for Your Design Time, Part 2 (see )
- project location, default, Tip 7.1: How Visual Studio 2008 supports multitargeting of the .NET Framework
- Project Location Is Not Trusted message box, Tip 7.5: You can create temp or "throw away" projects
- projects, Tip 3.21: How to search within the current project or entire solution, Tip 7.1: How Visual Studio 2008 supports multitargeting of the .NET Framework, Tip 7.4: You can use solution folders to hide projects, Tip 7.11: You can automatically perform a rename within an entire project when you rename a file in the Solution Explorer, Tip 7.12: How to hide or show a solution in the Solution Explorer, Tip 7.25: How to select the startup project from the Solution Explorer
- customizing, Tip 7.1: How Visual Studio 2008 supports multitargeting of the .NET Framework
- debugging, Tip 7.12: How to hide or show a solution in the Solution Explorer (see )
- renaming within Solution Explorer, Tip 7.11: You can automatically perform a rename within an entire project when you rename a file in the Solution Explorer
- searching within current, Tip 3.21: How to search within the current project or entire solution
- startup, selecting, Tip 7.25: How to select the startup project from the Solution Explorer
- temporary (throw-away), Tip 7.4: You can use solution folders to hide projects
- Prompt For Symbolic Renaming When Renaming Files option, Tip 7.11: You can automatically perform a rename within an entire project when you rename a file in the Solution Explorer
- prompting for arguments with external tools, Tip 6.14: How the external tools tokens work
Q
- queuing up blog entries, Tip 2: Provide an image with each tip
- Quick Find, Tip 2.29: You can bookmark all of your Quick Find results, Tip 3.3: How to not automatically search for the currently-selected word, Tip 3.9: How to hide the Quick Find/Quick Replace window after the first search hit
- bookmarking results of, Tip 2.29: You can bookmark all of your Quick Find results
- hiding window after first hit, Tip 3.9: How to hide the Quick Find/Quick Replace window after the first search hit
- quick info, Statement Completion, Parameter Info, and Complete Word, Tip 2.32: How to display quick info for a function
- Quick Replace, Quick Replace
- Quick Symbol, Tip 3.9: How to hide the Quick Find/Quick Replace window after the first search hit
R
- read-only files, editing, Tip 2.23: How to automatically refresh an open document in the editor
- rearranging external tools, Tip 6.11: You can add your own external tools to the list
- Recent Files lists, customizing, Tip 2.25: How to customize what directory the File–Open–File dialog box opens to
- redirecting debug messages to Output window, Tip 5.11: You can customize the color scheme in the Output window
- redo (in editor), Tip 1.10: How to transpose characters, words, and lines in the editor
- references, adding from Object Browser, Tip 5.34: You can create a custom list of components for the Object Browser
- refreshing open documents, Tip 2.21: How to get syntax highlighting for a given file extension
- regular expressions, Tip 3.21: How to search within the current project or entire solution
- Release build configuration, Tip 7.6: How to hide or show the Project Location Is Not Trusted message box
- removing, Tip 2.27: How to set bookmarks and navigate among them (see )
- renaming within entire projects, Tip 7.11: You can automatically perform a rename within an entire project when you rename a file in the Solution Explorer
- repeating last search, Tip 3.3: How to not automatically search for the currently-selected word
- replacing text with search, Find What You Are Searching For (see )
- Reset All Settings option (Import And Export Settings), Tip 6.1: How to find what development settings you last reset to
- Reset page, Import And Export Settings, Tip 6.3: What settings are contained in the New Project Dialog Preferred Language category
- resetting environment settings, Tip 6.4: You can add your own files to the Import And Export Settings–Reset page list
- resizing, Tip 1.24: How to enable virtual space (see )
- Reuse Current Document Window, If Saved option, Tip 2.21: How to get syntax highlighting for a given file extension
- RSS feed (Start Page), changing, Start Page
- running commands, Tip 5.4: How to run external executables from the Command Window (see )
- running executables from Command Window, Tip 5.4: How to run external executables from the Command Window
S
- Save New Projects When Created option, Tip 7.4: You can use solution folders to hide projects
- saving, Tip 4.32: You can use Shift+Esc to close a tool window, Tip 6.2: How to reset your environment settings via Tools–Import And Export Settings, Tip 6.5: What’s the difference between resetting settings and importing settings?, Tip 6.6: You can save your current settings prior to doing an Import or Reset, Tip 7.1: How Visual Studio 2008 supports multitargeting of the .NET Framework
- current development settings, Tip 6.2: How to reset your environment settings via Tools–Import And Export Settings, Tip 6.5: What’s the difference between resetting settings and importing settings?, Tip 6.6: You can save your current settings prior to doing an Import or Reset
- default new project location, Tip 7.1: How Visual Studio 2008 supports multitargeting of the .NET Framework
- window layout states, Tip 4.32: You can use Shift+Esc to close a tool window
- scope, search, Tip 3.19: How to browse Find Symbol results, Tip 5.45: What are the two primary means of searching for objects in the Object Browser?
- scroll bars (editor), hiding, Tip 1.14: How to jump to the top or bottom of the current view in the editor without scrolling
- scrolling, editor, Tip 1.12: How to use the Undo stack on the standard toolbar, Word Wrap versus Virtual Space
- word wrap and virtual space, Word Wrap versus Virtual Space
- SDET interview, Studying in College
- search scope, Tip 3.19: How to browse Find Symbol results, Tip 5.45: What are the two primary means of searching for objects in the Object Browser?
- searching, Tip 2.29: You can bookmark all of your Quick Find results, Find What You Are Searching For, Find What You Are Searching For, Tip 3.3: How to not automatically search for the currently-selected word, Tip 3.11: You can use Shift+Alt+F12 to use Find Symbol, Tip 3.19: How to browse Find Symbol results, Tip 3.19: How to browse Find Symbol results, Tip 3.21: How to search within the current project or entire solution, Tip 5.1: You can run Visual Studio commands from the Command Window, Tip 5.45: What are the two primary means of searching for objects in the Object Browser?, Tip 5.45: What are the two primary means of searching for objects in the Object Browser?, Tip 5.46: You can use F12 in the Object Browser to go to the definition of whatever is selected, Tip 7.9: There is type-ahead selection support in the Solution Explorer
- bookmarking Quick Find results, Tip 2.29: You can bookmark all of your Quick Find results
- from Command Window, Tip 5.1: You can run Visual Studio commands from the Command Window
- Find In Files searches, Tip 3.11: You can use Shift+Alt+F12 to use Find Symbol
- within hidden text, Tip 3.19: How to browse Find Symbol results
- from keyboard, Find What You Are Searching For
- in Object Browser, Tip 5.45: What are the two primary means of searching for objects in the Object Browser?
- Quick Find and Quick Replace, Tip 3.3: How to not automatically search for the currently-selected word
- with regular expressions, Tip 3.21: How to search within the current project or entire solution
- scope of, Tip 3.19: How to browse Find Symbol results, Tip 5.45: What are the two primary means of searching for objects in the Object Browser?
- type-ahead support, Tip 5.46: You can use F12 in the Object Browser to go to the definition of whatever is selected, Tip 7.9: There is type-ahead selection support in the Solution Explorer
- selection (advanced editing), Make Your Editor Work for You, Tip 2.7: How to format the document, the selected text, or just the current line, Tip 2.13: You can cut and paste a collapsed block of code
- formatting selected text, Tip 2.7: How to format the document, the selected text, or just the current line
- hiding outline selection margin, Tip 2.13: You can cut and paste a collapsed block of code
- Set As Startup Project command, Tip 7.25: How to select the startup project from the Solution Explorer
- sharing code snippets, Tip 2.41: How to browse code snippets and add new ones
- Shell command, Tip 5.4: How to run external executables from the Command Window
- shortcuts, Tip 1.26: You can bind macros to keyboard shortcuts (or, "How to quickly increase or decrease your text editor font size") (see )
- Show Advanced Build Configurations option, Tip 7.6: How to hide or show the Project Location Is Not Trusted message box
- Show All (Toolbox), Tip 5.20: You can switch between the Icon view and List Item view in the Toolbox
- Show Hidden Types And Members option, Tip 5.40: You can hide or show hidden members and types in the Object Browser
- Show Inherited Members option, Tip 5.43: How to stop displaying all inherited members in the Object Browser Member pane
- Show Miscellaneous Files In Solution Explorer option, Solution Explorer
- Show Other Members option, Tip 5.41: You can mark methods and types as Hidden so that they don’t appear in Microsoft IntelliSense or in the Object Browser
- Show Visual Glyphs For Word Wrap option, Word Wrap versus Virtual Space
- showing, Autohiding State (see )
- shutdown, autorecovery after, Tip 2.18: How to change the Brace Matching color
- Simplified Build Configurations, Tip 7.6: How to hide or show the Project Location Is Not Trusted message box
- Single Startup Project option, Tip 7.26: You can start debugging multiple projects
- size, Tip 1.24: How to enable virtual space, Hidden Keyboard Shortcuts
- fonts in editor, Tip 1.24: How to enable virtual space
- tool windows, keyboard control for, Hidden Keyboard Shortcuts
- small icons in New Project dialog box, Tip 7.2: How to change the default new-project location
- smart indenting, Tip 2.9: How to convert spaces to tabs and tabs to spaces
- snippets, Tip 2.37: How to turn off IntelliSense by default (see )
- software testing, Software Testing Tips
- Solution Explorer, Tip 7.7: How to use Simplified Build Configurations, Tip 7.25: How to select the startup project from the Solution Explorer, Why is the executable file called devenv.exe instead of visualstudio.exe?
- on left or right of IDE, Why is the executable file called devenv.exe instead of visualstudio.exe?
- selecting startup project, Tip 7.25: How to select the startup project from the Solution Explorer
- solution files, searching within entire, Tip 3.21: How to search within the current project or entire solution
- solution folders, Tip 7.4: You can use solution folders to hide projects
- solution references, adding from Object Browser, Tip 5.34: You can create a custom list of components for the Object Browser
- solutions concept, reasons for, Solution Explorer: Is it on the left side or right side of the IDE?
- solutions management, Know Your Solutions, and Other Project and Debugging Tweaks, Know Your Solutions, and Other Project and Debugging Tweaks, Tip 7.1: How Visual Studio 2008 supports multitargeting of the .NET Framework, Tip 7.6: How to hide or show the Project Location Is Not Trusted message box, Tip 7.7: How to use Simplified Build Configurations, Tip 7.9: There is type-ahead selection support in the Solution Explorer
- adding solutions to solutions, Tip 7.9: There is type-ahead selection support in the Solution Explorer
- build configurations, Tip 7.6: How to hide or show the Project Location Is Not Trusted message box
- multitargeting, Know Your Solutions, and Other Project and Debugging Tweaks
- projects customization, Tip 7.1: How Visual Studio 2008 supports multitargeting of the .NET Framework
- using Solution Explorer, Tip 7.7: How to use Simplified Build Configurations
- sorting external tools, Tip 6.11: You can add your own external tools to the list
- sorting in Error List and Task List, Tip 7.30: You can view an error’s documentation directly from the Error List
- sorting Toolbox items, Tip 5.19: You can sort items in the Toolbox alphabetically
- splitting windows (editor), Tip 1.17: How to use Undo to jump the cursor back to the last insertion point, Tip 1.19: How to split a window and create new windows
- jumping between split windows, Tip 1.19: How to split a window and create new windows
- Start Automatic Outlining command, Tip 2.12: How to collapse and expand code
- Start Page, Start Page
- startup project, selecting, Tip 7.25: How to select the startup project from the Solution Explorer
- state, tool windows, Tool Windows, Tool Windows, Autohiding State, Tip 4.22: You can speed up or slow down how fast a tool window slides out from a docked position, Tip 4.23: Why would you want to make a tool window float?, Tip 4.27: How to use Ctrl+Page Up and Ctrl+Page Down to navigate among all the tool windows in a tool window group
- autohiding state, Autohiding State
- dockable state, Tool Windows
- floating state, Tip 4.22: You can speed up or slow down how fast a tool window slides out from a docked position
- hide state, Tip 4.27: How to use Ctrl+Page Up and Ctrl+Page Down to navigate among all the tool windows in a tool window group
- tabbed document state, Tip 4.23: Why would you want to make a tool window float?
- statement completion, Tip 2.29: You can bookmark all of your Quick Find results, Tip 2.32: How to display quick info for a function, Tip 2.35: You can resize the statement completion dialog box
- font size for, Tip 2.32: How to display quick info for a function
- window size for, Tip 2.35: You can resize the statement completion dialog box
- statement completion window, making transparent, Interviewing at Microsoft
- status bar options (editor), Tip 1.34: How to print boldly
- Stop Outlining command, Tip 2.12: How to collapse and expand code
- Stop Search, on Output window, Tip 5.13: You cannot enable Stop Search on the Output window
- Store My Settings File In This Directory combo box, Tip 6.6: You can save your current settings prior to doing an Import or Reset
- stream selection, Make Your Editor Work for You
- .suo files, Tip 5.23: You can create new Toolbox tabs
- swapping anchor position, Tip 2.4: How to swap the current anchor position in the editor
- swapping text in editor, Tip 1.8: You can drag code or text to a new location
- symbols, searching for, Tip 3.9: How to hide the Quick Find/Quick Replace window after the first search hit
- synchronizing development settings, Tip 6.9: You can use team settings to keep Visual Studio settings on different machines in sync
- syntax highlighting for specific file extensions, File Extensions
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- Tabbed Document option, Tip 4.23: Why would you want to make a tool window float?
- tabbed document state (tool windows), Tip 4.23: Why would you want to make a tool window float?
- tabs, Toolbox, Tip 5.21: You can use Show All to find your hiding Toolbox controls, Tip 5.21: You can use Show All to find your hiding Toolbox controls
- copying and pasting between, Tip 5.21: You can use Show All to find your hiding Toolbox controls
- creating new, Tip 5.21: You can use Show All to find your hiding Toolbox controls
- tabs vs. spaces in code, Tip 2.7: How to format the document, the selected text, or just the current line
- Target Directory token, Tip 6.14: How the external tools tokens work
- targets for IDE docking, Tip 4.13: You can choose from nine IDE tool window docking targets, Tip 4.16: You can use docking targets to dock tool windows in new and crazy ways
- Task List, Tip 5.23: You can create new Toolbox tabs, Tip 7.30: You can view an error’s documentation directly from the Error List
- multicolumn sort in, Tip 7.30: You can view an error’s documentation directly from the Error List
- temporary projects, Tip 7.4: You can use solution folders to hide projects
- test plan, developing, Tip 3: Help your developer however possible
- text editing (in editor), Get Back to Basics with Your Editor
- throw-away projects, Tip 7.4: You can use solution folders to hide projects
- Tile Horizontally and Tile Vertically buttons, Tip 4.11: How to enter MDI mode
- "tip of the day" blogging, Tips on Blogging Tips
- TODO comments in Task List, Tip 5.25: You can assign a priority to your Task List’s user tasks
- Toggle All Outlining command, Outlining
- Toggle Outlining Expansion command, Outlining
- tokens for external tools, Tip 6.14: How the external tools tokens work
- tokens in Task List, Tip 5.27: You can create shortcuts in your Task List
- tool window tabs, placement of, Solution Explorer: Is it on the left side or right side of the IDE?
- tool windows, Discover More Tools for Your Design Time, Part 1, Discover More Tools for Your Design Time, Part 1, Output Window, Tip 5.13: You cannot enable Stop Search on the Output window, Tip 5.23: You can create new Toolbox tabs, Tip 5.31: You can create keyboard shortcuts to navigate among the various Task List categories (by using View.NextTask and View.PreviousTask), Tip 7.30: You can view an error’s documentation directly from the Error List
- Command Window, Discover More Tools for Your Design Time, Part 1
- Object Browser, Tip 5.31: You can create keyboard shortcuts to navigate among the various Task List categories (by using View.NextTask and View.PreviousTask)
- Output window, Output Window
- Task List, Tip 5.23: You can create new Toolbox tabs, Tip 7.30: You can view an error’s documentation directly from the Error List
- multicolumn sort in, Tip 7.30: You can view an error’s documentation directly from the Error List
- Toolbox, Tip 5.13: You cannot enable Stop Search on the Output window
- tool windows management, Tool Windows, Tool Windows, Autohiding State, Tip 4.22: You can speed up or slow down how fast a tool window slides out from a docked position, Tip 4.23: Why would you want to make a tool window float?, Tip 4.23: Why would you want to make a tool window float?, Tip 4.27: How to use Ctrl+Page Up and Ctrl+Page Down to navigate among all the tool windows in a tool window group, Hidden Keyboard Shortcuts
- autohiding, Autohiding State
- docking and undocking, Tool Windows
- floating, Tip 4.22: You can speed up or slow down how fast a tool window slides out from a docked position
- hidden keyboard shortcuts, Hidden Keyboard Shortcuts
- hide state, Tip 4.27: How to use Ctrl+Page Up and Ctrl+Page Down to navigate among all the tool windows in a tool window group
- keyboard navigation, Tip 4.23: Why would you want to make a tool window float?
- tabbed document state, Tip 4.23: Why would you want to make a tool window float?
- toolbar management, Toolbars
- toolbars within tool windows, accessing, Tip 4.30: How to resize a tool window from the keyboard
- Toolbox, Tip 5.13: You cannot enable Stop Search on the Output window
- Tools.Shell command, Tip 5.4: How to run external executables from the Command Window
- ToolTips, Tip 1.24: How to enable virtual space, Tip 4.38: How to display any toolbar at any time
- font size for, Tip 1.24: How to enable virtual space
- for toolbars, showing shortcut keys in, Tip 4.38: How to display any toolbar at any time
- top, jumping to, Tip 1.13: How to use the mouse wheel for scrolling in all directions
- tracepoints, Tip 7.12: How to hide or show a solution in the Solution Explorer
- Track Active Item In Solution Explorer option, Tip 7.12: How to hide or show a solution in the Solution Explorer
- tracking changes in editor, Visual Cues
- transparency in statement completion window, Interviewing at Microsoft
- transposing text in editor, Tip 1.8: You can drag code or text to a new location
- turning off (disabling), Tip 2.37: How to turn off IntelliSense by default, Tip 4.7: You can use Ctrl+Tab to bring up the IDE Navigator to get a bird’s-eye view of and navigate all open files and tool windows, Tip 5.13: You cannot enable Stop Search on the Output window, Tip 5.16: How to stop the Toolbox from autopopulating with items found in the solution, Tip 7.17: You can use Ctrl+F9 to enable or disable a breakpoint
- breakpoints, Tip 7.17: You can use Ctrl+F9 to enable or disable a breakpoint
- IDE Navigator, Tip 4.7: You can use Ctrl+Tab to bring up the IDE Navigator to get a bird’s-eye view of and navigate all open files and tool windows
- IntelliSense, Tip 2.37: How to turn off IntelliSense by default
- Stop Search, on Output window, Tip 5.13: You cannot enable Stop Search on the Output window
- Toolbox autopopulation, Tip 5.16: How to stop the Toolbox from autopopulating with items found in the solution
- type-ahead support, Tip 5.46: You can use F12 in the Object Browser to go to the definition of whatever is selected, Tip 7.9: There is type-ahead selection support in the Solution Explorer
- types, marking as Hidden, Tip 5.40: You can hide or show hidden members and types in the Object Browser
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- uncommenting, Tip 2.4: How to swap the current anchor position in the editor (see )
- Undo button, to move cursor, Tip 1.16: How to navigate forward and backward in the editor all because of go-back markers
- undo and redo (in editor), Tip 1.10: How to transpose characters, words, and lines in the editor
- undocking, Tip 3.16: How to dock the Find And Replace window (see )
- UNDONE tokens in Task List, Tip 5.27: You can create shortcuts in your Task List
- Untabify Selected Lines command, Tip 2.8: How to keep tabs or to insert spaces
- unused code, cleaning, Tip 2.18: How to change the Brace Matching color
- uppercase, keyboard shortcut for, Tip 1.10: How to transpose characters, words, and lines in the editor
- URL navigation, enabling in editor, Tip 1.21: How to enable URL navigation within the editor
- Use option (Find Options), Tip 3.21: How to search within the current project or entire solution
- Use Output Window option, Tip 6.12: You can rearrange the list of external tools and create mnemonics
- Use Teams Settings File option, Tip 6.9: You can use team settings to keep Visual Studio settings on different machines in sync
- User Tasks, Tip 5.23: You can create new Toolbox tabs, Tip 5.24: You can use the Task List to create user tasks that are separate from your code, Tip 5.24: You can use the Task List to create user tasks that are separate from your code, Tip 5.29: How to disable the prompt for deleting the Task List’s user tasks
- (see also )
- deleting without prompt, Tip 5.29: How to disable the prompt for deleting the Task List’s user tasks
- priorities to, Tip 5.24: You can use the Task List to create user tasks that are separate from your code
- separate from code, Tip 5.24: You can use the Task List to create user tasks that are separate from your code
- using statements, removing unused, Tip 2.18: How to change the Brace Matching color
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- variables, DataTips, Tip 7.32: You can bind the show Errors, Warnings, and Messages buttons to keyboard shortcuts
- changing values in Watch windows, Tip 7.32: You can bind the show Errors, Warnings, and Messages buttons to keyboard shortcuts
- DataTips to edit, DataTips
- vertical scroll bar (editor), hiding, Tip 1.14: How to jump to the top or bottom of the current view in the editor without scrolling
- virtual space, enabling, Word Wrap versus Virtual Space
- visible white space, viewing, Tip 1.31: How to show line numbers in the editor
- visual cues (editor), Visual Cues, Outlining, Tip 2.16: How to open something in the binary editor, Tip 2.17: What does that Automatic Delimiter Highlighting option do?
- brace matching, Tip 2.17: What does that Automatic Delimiter Highlighting option do?
- collapsing and expanding code, Outlining
- delimiter highlighting, Tip 2.16: How to open something in the binary editor
- Visual Studio commands, Discover More Tools for Your Design Time, Part 1, Tip 5.4: How to run external executables from the Command Window, Find Combo Box Runs Commands
- aliases for, Tip 5.4: How to run external executables from the Command Window
- running from Command Window, Discover More Tools for Your Design Time, Part 1
- running in Find combo box, Find Combo Box Runs Commands
- .vssettings file, Tip 5.48: How to use type-ahead selection support in the Object Browser, Tip 6.3: What settings are contained in the New Project Dialog Preferred Language category, Tip 6.3: What settings are contained in the New Project Dialog Preferred Language category, Tip 6.9: You can use team settings to keep Visual Studio settings on different machines in sync
- categories of settings in, Tip 6.3: What settings are contained in the New Project Dialog Preferred Language category
- customizing, Tip 6.3: What settings are contained in the New Project Dialog Preferred Language category
- exporting Object Browser customizations to, Tip 5.48: How to use type-ahead selection support in the Object Browser
- synchronizing across team, Tip 6.9: You can use team settings to keep Visual Studio settings on different machines in sync
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- Warnings button (Error List), binding shortcut to, Tip 7.31: You can do multicolumn sorting (secondary sort, and so forth) in both the Error List and the Task List
- warnings in Output window, double-clicking, Output Window
- Watch windows, Tip 7.32: You can bind the show Errors, Warnings, and Messages buttons to keyboard shortcuts
- white space (editor), Tip 1.6: You can use Ctrl+L to cut the current line and Ctrl+Shift+L to delete the current line, Tip 1.31: How to show line numbers in the editor, Tip 2.7: How to format the document, the selected text, or just the current line, Tip 2.9: How to convert spaces to tabs and tabs to spaces
- (see also )
- deleting leading, Tip 1.6: You can use Ctrl+L to cut the current line and Ctrl+Shift+L to delete the current line
- tabs vs. spaces in code, Tip 2.7: How to format the document, the selected text, or just the current line
- viewing visible white space, Tip 1.31: How to show line numbers in the editor
- wildcards, searching with, Tip 3.21: How to search within the current project or entire solution
- window layouts, resetting, Tip 6.4: You can add your own files to the Import And Export Settings–Reset page list
- window management, Manage Your Environment Layout, Tool Windows, Tool Windows, Autohiding State, Tip 4.22: You can speed up or slow down how fast a tool window slides out from a docked position, Tip 4.23: Why would you want to make a tool window float?, Tip 4.23: Why would you want to make a tool window float?, Tip 4.27: How to use Ctrl+Page Up and Ctrl+Page Down to navigate among all the tool windows in a tool window group, Hidden Keyboard Shortcuts, Tip 4.32: You can use Shift+Esc to close a tool window, Tip 4.35: How to access a file window layout mode that you can customize, Discover More Tools for Your Design Time, Part 2, Discover More Tools for Your Design Time, Part 2, Tip 6.9: You can use team settings to keep Visual Studio settings on different machines in sync, Tip 7.5: You can create temp or "throw away" projects
- dialog boxes, Discover More Tools for Your Design Time, Part 2, Discover More Tools for Your Design Time, Part 2, Tip 6.9: You can use team settings to keep Visual Studio settings on different machines in sync, Tip 7.5: You can create temp or "throw away" projects
- External Tools feature, Tip 6.9: You can use team settings to keep Visual Studio settings on different machines in sync
- Import And Export Settings feature, Discover More Tools for Your Design Time, Part 2
- Project Location Is Not Trusted message box, Tip 7.5: You can create temp or "throw away" projects
- tool windows, Tool Windows, Tool Windows, Autohiding State, Tip 4.22: You can speed up or slow down how fast a tool window slides out from a docked position, Tip 4.23: Why would you want to make a tool window float?, Tip 4.23: Why would you want to make a tool window float?, Tip 4.27: How to use Ctrl+Page Up and Ctrl+Page Down to navigate among all the tool windows in a tool window group, Hidden Keyboard Shortcuts
- autohiding, Autohiding State
- docking and undocking, Tool Windows
- floating, Tip 4.22: You can speed up or slow down how fast a tool window slides out from a docked position
- hidden keyboard shortcuts, Hidden Keyboard Shortcuts
- hide state, Tip 4.27: How to use Ctrl+Page Up and Ctrl+Page Down to navigate among all the tool windows in a tool window group
- keyboard navigation, Tip 4.23: Why would you want to make a tool window float?
- tabbed document state, Tip 4.23: Why would you want to make a tool window float?
- toolbars and context menus, Tip 4.35: How to access a file window layout mode that you can customize
- window layouts, Tip 4.32: You can use Shift+Esc to close a tool window
- Window menu, customizing files shown in, Tip 2.25: How to customize what directory the File–Open–File dialog box opens to
- Window Windows dialog box, Tip 4.5: How to close just the selected files you want, Tip 4.11: How to enter MDI mode
- Tile Horizontally and Tile Vertically buttons, Tip 4.11: How to enter MDI mode
- Windows Explorer browser, opening directly to active file, Tip 4.2: You can use Close All But This on files in the file tab channel
- windows in editor, Tip 1.17: How to use Undo to jump the cursor back to the last insertion point, Tip 1.19: How to split a window and create new windows
- jumping between split windows, Tip 1.19: How to split a window and create new windows
- splitting or creating, Tip 1.17: How to use Undo to jump the cursor back to the last insertion point
- Windows Live Writer, Tip 6: Set your tips to go live before dawn
- word completion, Tip 2.29: You can bookmark all of your Quick Find results, Tip 2.32: How to display quick info for a function
- word wrap, enabling, Word Wrap versus Virtual Space, Tip 5.9: How to stop the Output window from showing itself during a build
- in editor, Word Wrap versus Virtual Space
- in Output window, Tip 5.9: How to stop the Output window from showing itself during a build
- words (editor), Tip 1.2: How to cycle through the Clipboard ring to paste different things, Tip 1.2: How to cycle through the Clipboard ring to paste different things, Tip 1.8: You can drag code or text to a new location, Tip 1.10: How to transpose characters, words, and lines in the editor, Tip 3.1: How to behold the power of incremental search
- changing case of, keyboard shortcut for, Tip 1.10: How to transpose characters, words, and lines in the editor
- deleting next or preceding, Tip 1.2: How to cycle through the Clipboard ring to paste different things
- searching for current, Tip 3.1: How to behold the power of incremental search
- selecting current, Tip 1.2: How to cycle through the Clipboard ring to paste different things
- transposing, Tip 1.8: You can drag code or text to a new location
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