Favorite Documents extension lets you create links to frequently used code files and then quickly open them as a group or individually in Visual Studio 2010+.
v2.2 adds support for Visual Studio “15” and sets the Favorite Documents tool window to dock near Solution Explorer by default. See the complete what’s new list.
Tabs Studio is a Visual Studio and SSMS extension empowering you to work comfortably with any number of open documents.
v4.0 stops support for Visual Studio 2008/SSMS 2008 and adds Task Canvas tab tracking exclusion to the TrackEd add-in.
See the full what’s new list. Download the installer.
Visual Commander is a freemium extension for Visual Studio 2010+ allowing you to automate repetitive tasks in the IDE.
v2.4 adds support for Visual Studio “15” Preview 3 and IntelliSense support for mscorlib.dll classes in VS 2015+ for the professional edition.
The Task Canvas extension for Visual Studio 2015 lets you edit multiple methods from different classes in one window and quickly switch between document groups.
v1.2 adds a tab tooltip with the full document path, fixes missing underscores in a tab title and prevents find in files results opening in a code block in the Task Canvas window.
Runtime Flow in real time monitors and logs function calls and function parameters in a running .NET application and shows a stack trace tree, with no instrumentation or source code required for monitoring.
v1.6 adds the ability to save monitoring results and an API for programmatic access to saved and real time monitoring results.
The sample application demonstrating API usage shows a class relationship diagram based on monitoring data for the selected use case:
Download links: Visual Studio edition, Portable edition.
The Task Canvas extension for Visual Studio 2015 lets you edit multiple methods from different classes in one window and quickly switch between document groups.
v1.1 adds the ability to position the caret on a method name and with one command open the method definition as a code block in the Task Canvas window (only for C#/VB).
See the full what’s new list. Download the installer.
The Smooth Caret extension adds smooth caret movement animation for text editors in Visual Studio 2010+. It looks similar to the smooth typing feature in Microsoft Office 2013.
v1.3 adds support for Visual Assist and Visual Studio “15”.
I’ve just released the new Task Canvas extension for Visual Studio 2015 that lets you edit multiple methods in a special window and quickly switch between document groups:
The general idea is to provide a task-focused interface working with code in Visual Studio, reducing information overload and making multitasking easy. Specific code block level editing allows you to concentrate exactly on your current task. Placing multiple editors in a single window reduces tab switching. Saving open document tabs and code blocks allows instant switching between tasks, most useful when you have repeatable periodic tasks or work on several tasks in parallel.
Please, give it a try and let me know what you think!
See more detailed description on the Task Canvas homepage. Download the installer.
Tabs Studio is a Visual Studio and SSMS extension empowering you to work comfortably with any number of open documents.
v3.8.0 adds support for Visual Studio “15” Preview Enterprise and SQL Server Management Studio 2016 March Preview Refresh and newer builds.
See the full what’s new list. Download the installer.
If you prefer to see actual type names instead of implicit type var, the new Var Replacer C# extension for Visual Studio 2015 by Peter Spada is a must have. It is implemented as a standard analyzer with a code fix that adds a red squiggle in the editor for each var usage and offers a code fix to replace it with the actual type:
To quickly apply this fix for the current line press Ctrl+. and Enter. From the popup window you can also apply this transformation to the whole document, project or solution.
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