Tips and Tricks

Visual Studio “Tip of the Day”

February 2, 2010 Feb 2, 2010 02/2/10

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If you like the tips and tricks we sometimes post on this blog, you might want to check out the Visual Studio Tips and Tricks blog. It’s written by Zain Naboulsi, a Senior Developer Evangelist at Microsoft, and it’s devoted to these little productivity boosters. We’ll continue to post the occasional tip here on the Visual Studio blog...

Tips and Tricks: Ctrl+E to Search in New Project Dialog and Extension Manager

January 21, 2010 Jan 21, 2010 01/21/10

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(image) Here’s a quick tip of the day for anyone who wants to quickly use the new search feature of the New Project Dialog and the Extension Manager. You can press Ctrl+E to quickly set focus to the search box. Did you know that this same keyboard shortcut also works in Windows Explorer, IE and other applications? Give it...

Tips and Tricks: Zooming in the VS 2010 Editor

January 7, 2010 Jan 7, 2010 01/7/10

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(image) You probably know that Visual Studio has an option to change your text size, but did you know you can also zoom the editor in VS 2010? Ctrl+mouse wheel zooming has been available since the first Visual Studio 2010 CTP, but we’ve finished it by adding a zoom control and key bindings in Beta 2. Check out this video we’ve ...

Toolbox Search

October 26, 2009 Oct 26, 2009 10/26/09

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(image) Hi, my name’s Josh and I’m a developer on the VS Shell team. Among other things, I’m responsible for the Toolbox. In VS 2010 Beta2, we’ve added the ability to search for controls in the toolbox by name. To use it, put focus in the toolbox (by clicking in it, for example) and start typing the name of the ...

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