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My favorite features in Visual Studio 17.7

August 15, 2023 Aug 15, 2023 08/15/23
Mads Kristensen
Two of my favorite features in Visual Studio happen to share a similar origin story. They were both created in deep collaboration with you, the user, and went through multiple iterations before you gave your final thumbs up. This is the story of how they came to be and why they are my favorites. (image) File comparison Visual Studio 2012...

All-In-One Search available in 17.6

May 25, 2023 May 25, 2023 05/25/23
Leah Tran
The All-In-One Search experience was first introduced in 17.2 Previews, and we’ve been refining its quality since. The new search merges code and feature search capabilities into one UI, so you can go to one place to find the things you need. Real-time results and a preview of the results speed up the process to get you to the right place. ...

Sticky Scroll: Stay in the Right Context

May 18, 2023 May 18, 2023 05/18/23
Leah Tran
When coding in a long file, it’s easy to lose track of the method or block you’re writing in. Or when scrolling through an unfamiliar codebase, it can become disorienting where you are in the code. Sticky Scroll can help you stay in the right context by sticking helpful scopes, including namespaces, classes, methods, loop initialization...

Surround selection experiment

May 11, 2023 May 11, 2023 05/11/23
Mads Kristensen
You want to quickly select some text and surround it with quotation marks. So, you select your text and hit the quotation mark key on your keyboard, only to find that the selected text now has been replaced by a single “. What you hoped would happen was that the selected text would be surrounded by an opening and closing quotation mark like ...

Visual Studio 2022 – 17.5 Released

February 21, 2023 Feb 21, 2023 02/21/23
Anthony Cangialosi
We’re excited to announce that Visual Studio 17.5 is now generally available. This release is full of updates that take friction out of your daily workflows making it easier for you stay in the zone while you code. Features like all-in-one search and intent-based suggestions help you move faster, while improved build and debug speeds ensure ...

Five shortcuts to boost your productivity

January 9, 2023 Jan 9, 2023 01/9/23
Mads Kristensen
Taking full advantage of the Visual Studio editor features will make you a more productive developer. Any keyboard warrior will tell you that knowing the right shortcuts boosts that productivity even further. So, we’ve put together a short little video that demonstrates some useful shortcuts you can use while coding in Visual Studio. ...

Sticky Scroll now in preview

December 15, 2022 Dec 15, 2022 12/15/22
Leah Tran
When working in code with long classes and methods that stretch beyond the vertical size of your screen, it can be difficult to keep track of which scope you’re working in. You may be editing a long method or exploring an unfamiliar codebase. In Visual Studio 2022 17.5 Preview 2, we introduced Sticky Scroll to help you be more productive ...

What’s new in Visual Studio productivity

December 6, 2022 Dec 6, 2022 12/6/22
Dante Gagne
We often hear feedback from users like you that request smaller quality-of-life improvements in Visual Studio. While we can’t address every piece of feedback right away, we appreciate the time you spend providing it and hope you continue to share your thoughts on how to make Visual Studio even better. In today’s blog post, we’d like to ...