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Jan 30, 2025
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Customizing collapsed text Indicators

Dominic Nahous
Dominic Nahous

Visual Studio 2022 introduces new options for customizing the collapsed text indicator, which helps in distinguishing between different sections of collapsed text in the editor. This aims to make the coding environment more intuitive and easier to use by providing additional customization for visual cues. Customizing your coding environment Y...

UI Design
Jan 28, 2025
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Iterate across multiple files more efficiently with GitHub Copilot Edits (Preview)

Aaron Yim
Aaron Yim

GitHub Copilot Edits (Preview) in Visual Studio 2022 combines the conversational flow of chat and an inline review experience to help you iterate across your codebase with more control and efficiency. 💡 Here’s how Copilot Edits helps with iterating across multiple files: Available in Visual Studio 2022 Preview G...

Visual StudioVisual Studio 2022GitHub Copilot
Jan 23, 2025
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Announcing a free GitHub Copilot for Visual Studio

Rhea Patel
Rhea Patel

We're excited to announce an all new free plan for GitHub Copilot, available for everyone today in Visual Studio. All you need is a GitHub account. No trial. No subscription. No credit card. With GitHub Copilot Free, you’ll receive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8CkP7SC-kM GitHub Copilot’s Features in Visual Studio GitHub ...

Copilot#GithubcopilotCopilotFree
Jan 16, 2025
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Our Favorite NEW Visual Studio Features of 2024

Jason Chlus James Montemagno
Jason,
James

Last year, the Visual Studio team delivered many new developer-focused improvements and AI integrations, many of which came directly from your feedback on Developer Community. In this post, we highlight the team’s favorite features from 2024 that boost productivity, streamline workflows, and enhance your coding experience. Let’s dive in! Ima...

ExtensionsProductivityGitHub Copilot
Jan 14, 2025
4

Join us at VS Live! 2025 Las Vegas

Jim Harrer
Jim Harrer

Join Your Favorite Speakers at VS Live! Las Vegas With the new year here, many developers are looking for the best ways to stay ahead in a rapidly evolving tech landscape. That’s why Visual Studio Live! Las Vegas, March 10-14, 2025, is a must-attend event! Stay ahead of the curve with the latest enhancements in .NET, Azure, GitHub, GitHub Copil...

VS LIVE!VS Live! Event
Jan 13, 2025
4

Enhanced Change Signature in C++

Mryam Girmay
Mryam Girmay

Change Signature allows you to modify a function's parameters, including reordering, adding, removing, or altering them across various locations. Previously, the Change Signature feature in Visual Studio involved multiple clicks and nested pop-up windows. In Visual Studio 2022 version 17.12, we've reduced the number of clicks and eliminated these n...

C++Refactoring
Jan 7, 2025
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Benchmarking with Visual Studio Profiler

Nik Karpinsky
Nik Karpinsky

In Visual Studio 17.13 Preview we have released our updated BenchmarkDotNet diagnosers, allowing you to use more of the tools in the performance profiler to analyze benchmarks. With this change it is super quick to dig into CPU usage and allocations of benchmarks making the measure, change, measure cycle quick and efficient. Benchmarking a real pr...

Debugging and DiagnosticsDeveloper ProductivityVisual Studio Profiler
Jan 6, 2025
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Unlocking insights with Meter Histogram in the profiler

Harshada Hole
Harshada Hole

Are you struggling with performance bottlenecks in your applications? Look no further! Visual Studio 2022 introduces the Meter Histogram feature in its performance profiling suite, providing you with the tools to analyze and visualize histogram data like never before. The Meter Histogram is a key enhancement to Visual Studio's performance pr...

Debugging and DiagnosticsPerformanceVisual Studio Profiler