Category Archives: Vlasov Studio tools

Visual Commander automates SQL Server Management Studio 21 RTM

Posted on May 22, 2025 by Sergey Vlasov

Visual Commander is a freemium extension allowing you to automate repetitive tasks in Visual Studio and SSMS. SSMS 21 RTM allows to install extensions in .vsix format and Visual Commander v3.5.0 supports it: After the installation, in the main SSMS … Continue reading →

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Customizing unreachable code fading in Visual Studio with Visual Commander

Posted on November 22, 2024 by Sergey Vlasov

Starting with Visual Studio 2022 v17.12, unreachable/unused code is faded out: I personally find it getting in the way when writing new methods. Unfortunately, there is no options in VS to turn it off or adjust the effect. See also … Continue reading →

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KCommands v2.2 enhances search in the current document

Posted on November 20, 2024 by Sergey Vlasov

The free KCommands extension for Visual Studio provides a command line to quickly find and replace text without taking your hands off the keyboard. v2.2 adds support for the new search and replace VS API in the current document and … Continue reading →

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Automate SQL Server Management Studio 21 with Visual Commander

Posted on November 15, 2024 by Sergey Vlasov

Visual Commander is a freemium extension allowing you to automate repetitive tasks in Visual Studio and SSMS. You can install Visual Commander in SQL Server Management Studio 21 Preview unzipping the latest Visual Commander installer to the SSMS IDE extensions … Continue reading →

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Task Canvas v3 reduces tab switching in Visual Studio 2022

Posted on November 24, 2021 by Sergey Vlasov

The Task Canvas extension lets you work with multiple code fragments in one Visual Studio window. v3.0.0 adds support for Visual Studio 2022: Download the installer.

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KCommands v2 adds Vim like commands to quickly find and replace text in Visual Studio 2022

Posted on September 1, 2021 by Sergey Vlasov

The free KCommands extension for Visual Studio provides a command line to quickly find and replace text without taking your hands off the keyboard: v2.0.0 adds support for Visual Studio 2022. Download the installer.

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Disable Outlining Undo v2 removes expand and collapse operations from the editor undo stack in Visual Studio 2022

Posted on September 1, 2021 by Sergey Vlasov

By default, when you expand or collapse a method or a code region in Visual Studio, this action is pushed on the editor undo stack. It ruins any normal code editing cycle – you do text changes, browse code doing … Continue reading →

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Plain Rename v1.3 hides dashed renaming outline in Visual Studio 2022

Posted on August 31, 2021 by Sergey Vlasov

Plain Rename is a free extension that hides the dashed outline displayed when you are editing a variable name: v1.3.0 adds support for Visual Studio 2022 and stops support for Visual Studio 2015. Download the installer.

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Visual Time Spent v2 adds time tracking to Visual Studio 2022

Posted on August 25, 2021 by Sergey Vlasov

Visual Time Spent automatically tracks your time spent working on solutions, projects and documents in Visual Studio IDE. It allows you to generate reports to see overall time spent and what activities took most time. V2.0.0 adds support for Visual … Continue reading →

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ESharper v2 provides interactive Excel automation with C# from Visual Studio 2022

Posted on August 24, 2021 by Sergey Vlasov

ESharper is an Excel add-in that lets you write user defined functions and commands using C# interactively in a live Excel session. v2.0.0 lets you edit function and command code with IntelliSense and syntax highlighting in Visual Studio 2022: Download … Continue reading →

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