January 2023

Introducing the Git Status Bar and Testing Improvements in Visual Studio for Mac 17.5

January 25, 2023 Jan 25, 2023 01/25/23

Iain Holmes

Last week saw the release of the third preview in the lead up to the official release of Visual Studio for Mac 17.5, and in this blog post we’re going to look at some of the changes in this release - the new Git Status Bar, and some other improvements that have been made to the Test Explorer tool window. Git Branch Selector ...

Documents and tool windows unleashed

January 24, 2023 Jan 24, 2023 01/24/23

Mads Kristensen

We’re continuing our video series with tips and tricks to help you get the most out of Visual Studio. This week is all about managing tool windows and documents. There are lots of options to customize how we layout the various windows, documents, and tabs that you use every day. Knowing about these features will help you optimize your usage ...

Keyboard Shortcuts to Master Your Git Flow in Visual Studio

January 23, 2023 Jan 23, 2023 01/23/23

Jessie Houghton

One popular way for users to optimize their efficiency is to leverage shortcuts to interact with the UI. With Git tasks, like Committing, Pulling, and Pushing being part of your daily workflow, learning how to avoid leaving the keyboard for the mouse can keep you in the zone. Checkout some other shortcuts on this printable keyboard shortcut...

Visual Studio Spell Checker Preview Now Available

January 19, 2023 Jan 19, 2023 01/19/23

Dante Gagne

We know developers like you take pride in your code! Many of the features in Visual Studio are designed to help you write the code you want. Visual Studio helps you ensure your code compiles and can even help with code styling. Now it can even make sure your spelling is accurate. Visual Studio 17.5 preview 3 introduces the first preview of the...

Visual Studio 2022 17.5 Preview 3 is here!

January 18, 2023 Jan 18, 2023 01/18/23

Anthony Cangialosi

Visual Studio 2022 17.5 Preview 3 is out and ready to install! This release continues to bring new productivity improvements for all developers and enhances many of the capabilities that shipped in 17.5 Preview 2. Several of these changes in this preview came from asks in the community and are highlighted below. These and many other threads...

New: Better search in Visual Studio

January 17, 2023 Jan 17, 2023 01/17/23

Leah Tran

Whether you are looking for specific code files, classes, methods, or features and options in the IDE, finding them is not always easy. With multiple ways to search, how would you even know which one to choose? The new All-In-One Search combines code and feature search into the same UI and adds some extra power and productivity to the ...

Debugging Encoded Text

January 11, 2023 Jan 11, 2023 01/11/23

Mark Downie

Validating encoded strings is a basic but important part of our debugging workflow these days. I cannot count the number of times I have found myself looking at a URL-encoded string only to be suddenly unsure how percentage signs are supposed to be represented? I have been a web developer for years, but I can never remember what the URL-...

Five shortcuts to boost your productivity

January 9, 2023 Jan 9, 2023 01/9/23