Category Archives: Visual Studio tips

Installing a Visual Studio extension for a RootSuffix

Posted on November 14, 2021 by Sergey Vlasov

Each Visual Studio instance started with the RootSuffix parameter keeps its own set of extensions. If a Visual Studio extension is available from the Visual Studio Marketplace, you can just install it from the standard Manage Extensions dialog. But if … Continue reading →

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HTML preview in Visual Studio 2019

Posted on September 4, 2019 by Sergey Vlasov

Default HTML editor in Visual Studio 2019 doesn’t include preview. You can select the Web Forms editor with a Design view, but it requires updates as you change code and doesn’t support full modern HTML capabilities. The new HTML 11 … Continue reading →

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Linking Files in Visual Studio

Posted on July 9, 2019 by Sergey Vlasov

Jeremy Clark provides great explanation on how to share a file between different projects.

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Hutch tips

Posted on April 8, 2019 by Sergey Vlasov

Jeremy Hutchinson runs a series of Visual Studio tips covering debugging and IDE productivity. Check it out!

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Freeing screen space in Visual Studio 2019

Posted on March 19, 2019 by Sergey Vlasov

In Visual Studio 2019, even if you hide all toolbars, Live Share and Feedback buttons while rarely used take up valuable screen space: You can hide this area with Visual Commander and Hide Live Share and Feedback in VS 2019 … Continue reading →

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Changing Visual Studio 2017 private registry settings

Posted on June 29, 2017 by Sergey Vlasov

Visual Studio traditionally includes several settings that can be set only in registry (HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\[version] key). For example, Find result format, UseSolutionNavigatorGraphProvider or EnableVSIPLogging. Visual Studio 2017 continues to support these settings, but now uses the RegLoadAppKey function to store registry … Continue reading →

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New code navigation shortcuts in Visual Studio 2017

Posted on June 14, 2017 by Sergey Vlasov

The new Go to All window in Visual Studio 2017 lets you navigate directly to any file or symbol by typing a search query: You can open this window using keyboard shortcuts Ctrl+, or Ctrl+T assigned by default to the … Continue reading →

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Semantic C# code highlighting in Visual Studio 2017

Posted on May 17, 2017 by Sergey Vlasov

A basic code colorizer highlights language keywords, comments and string. A semantic highlighter performs full language parsing which results in very accurate understanding of code and may, for example, give local variables a distinct color to improve the comprehensibility of … Continue reading →

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Read and understand code faster with programming ligatures in Fira Code font

Posted on May 1, 2017 by Sergey Vlasov

A ligature occurs where two or more graphemes or letters are joined as a single glyph. For example, Fira Code font by Nikita Prokopov contains a set of ligatures for common programming multi-character combinations like ++, >= or != : … Continue reading →

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Hide the Publish button in the status bar of Visual Studio 2015 Update 2

Posted on April 4, 2016 by Sergey Vlasov

Visual Studio 2015 Update 2 adds the new Publish button to the status bar to provide a quick and easy way to get solutions into source control: “[The Publish button] aims to provide a quick and easy way to get … Continue reading →

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