{"id":1843,"date":"2010-07-18T16:08:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-18T16:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/2010\/07\/18\/new-version-of-the-productivity-power-tools-is-available\/"},"modified":"2022-10-12T15:03:16","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T22:03:16","slug":"new-version-of-the-productivity-power-tools-is-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/new-version-of-the-productivity-power-tools-is-available\/","title":{"rendered":"New Version of the Productivity Power Tools is Available!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; color: black; font-size: 11pt;\">I am pleased to announce that we have an updated version of the Productivity Power Tools.\u00a0 With this release, we&#8217;ve introduced 4 brand new extensions and we&#8217;ve fixed many of the bugs that were reported in the previous version.\u00a0 If you have the Productivity Power Tools installed already, you will get a notification that a new version is available the next time you restart Visual Studio. Otherwise, you can visit our Visual Studio Gallery page here: <a href=\"http:\/\/visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/d0d33361-18e2-46c0-8ff2-4adea1e34fef\">http:\/\/visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/d0d33361-18e2-46c0-8ff2-4adea1e34fef<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; color: black; font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Tools Options Support<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; color: black; font-size: 11pt;\">The number one feature request by far has been the ability to turn off the individual extensions in the Productivity Power Tools.\u00a0 In this release, we\u2019ve added an extension which adds a category to Tools Options which allows you to toggle the extensions on\/off and provides a single place to find the options for a particular extension.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px;\" title=\"Productivity Power Tools - Tools Options Support\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/07\/0412.ToolsOptions.png\" alt=\"Productivity Power Tools - Tools Options Support\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; color: black; font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; color: black; font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Solution Navigator<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; color: black; font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; color: black; font-size: 11pt;\">Solution Navigator is a new tool window that acts like an enhanced Solution Explorer.\u00a0 With it, you can:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.375in;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;\">Expand<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: black; font-size: 11pt;\"> code files to navigate to its classes, expand classes to navigate to their members, and so on (C# and VB only)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;\">Search<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: black; font-size: 11pt;\"> your solution, all the way down to class members<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;\">Filter<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: black; font-size: 11pt;\"> your solution or projects to see just opened files, unsaved files, and so on<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;\">View<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: black; font-size: 11pt;\"> related information about classes and members (such as references or callers\/callees for C#)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;\">Preview<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: black; font-size: 11pt;\"> images by hovering over them, or preview rich information by hovering over code items<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; color: black; font-size: 11pt;\">In other words, it merges functionality from Solution Explorer, Class View, Object Browser, Call Hierarchy, Navigate To, and Find Symbol References all into one tool window!<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; color: black; font-size: 11pt;\">Note that the tool window doesn\u2019t (yet) support everything that Solution Explorer supports, such as multiselect and drag-and-drop.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; color: black; font-size: 11pt;\">Solution Navigator also provides interactive tooltips in C# and VB code (replacing the default \u201cquick info\u201d tooltips) that give you the same kind of data, but right at your fingertips.\u00a0 In addition to getting the tooltips on hover, you can:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.375in;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: black; font-size: 11pt;\">Press <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;\">Ctrl+1<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: black; font-size: 11pt;\"> to open a relevant tooltip at the current cursor location<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: black; font-size: 11pt;\">Press <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;\">Ctrl+2<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: black; font-size: 11pt;\"> to quickly navigate to any class\/member in the current source file<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px;\" title=\"Productivity Power Tools - Solution Navigator Tool Window\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/07\/1185.SolutionNavigator.png\" alt=\"Productivity Power Tools - Solution Navigator Tool Window\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; color: black; font-size: 11pt;\">For more information on the Solutoin Navigator, see Adrian Collier&#8217;s post (<a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/announcing-the-solution-navigator\/\">https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/announcing-the-solution-navigator<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; color: black; font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Quick Access<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 12pt; font-family: Calibri; color: black; font-size: 11pt;\">Quick Access is a new tool window that allows users to search for and execute common tasks within the Visual Studio IDE.\u00a0 Not sure where a particular menu command is located?\u00a0 Want a quick way to create a new Silverlight project? By using Quick Access, you can efficiently find and execute common VS operations without taking your hands off the keyboard.\u00a0 Quick Access allows users to:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.375in;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: black; font-size: 11pt;\">Execute <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;\">Main Menu<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: black; font-size: 11pt;\"> and <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;\">Context Menu commands<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: black; font-size: 11pt;\">Open the New Project Dialog with a specific <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;\">Project Template<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: black; font-size: 11pt;\"> selected<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: black; font-size: 11pt;\">Show a <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;\">tool window<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.375in;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: black; font-size: 11pt;\">Jump to a <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;\">Visual Studio Options<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: black; font-size: 11pt;\"> page<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: black; font-size: 11pt;\">Navigate to an <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;\">open document<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: black; font-size: 11pt;\"> in your Tab Well<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: black; font-size: 11pt;\">Create and execute a series of actions (<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: black; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;\">task<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: black; font-size: 11pt;\">) \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; color: black; font-size: 11pt;\">To use, press <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Ctrl+3<\/span> to launch Quick Access, type in your search term (e.g., \u201cdebug\u201d), and press <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Enter <\/span>on the desired result.\u00a0 If your search term returns too many results, <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">continue pressing Ctrl+3 <\/span>to cycle through each category of results.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/07\/1665.QuickAccess.png\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; color: black; font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Automatic Brace Completion<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; color: black; font-size: 11pt;\">Automatic Brace Completion improves the productivity of writing code by automatically inserting the closing code construct when the opening construct is typed for VB &amp; C#.\u00a0 More specifically, this extension:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.375in;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: black; font-size: 11pt;\">Supports the following constructs: (), {}, [], &lt;&gt;, \u201c\u201d, and \u2018\u2019.\u00a0 <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.375in;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: black; font-size: 11pt;\">Allows you to press &lt;TAB&gt; to navigate past the next enclosing brace<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.375in;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: black; font-size: 11pt;\">Allows you to automatically complete a statement and place the caret on the next line with SHIFT + ENTER (also adds a semicolon in C#)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>Updates to Extensions from the first Productivity Power Tools<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Searchable Add Reference<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.375in;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;\">Fixed: HintPaths were not added for non-Framework, browsed assembly references <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;\">Fixed: Projects tab is the default.\u00a0 Subsequently the last used tab is shown per VS session.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;\">Fixed: Exception dialog is shown when an assembly with an invalid AssemblyCulture attribute is found.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;\">Fixed: Exception dialog is shown for some missing references or invalid type library references<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;\">Fixed: Browsed references not being added to the Recent tab.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.375in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;\">Fixed: Trying to fix an unresolved reference reported that it is already present in the project.\u00a0 Now it updates the reference with the correct path.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.375in;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;\">Fixed: Incomplete Assembly Name was being used to construct resolved reference identities<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.375in;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;\">Added: Context menu on the Recent tab to allow for clearing of the recent references list.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.375in;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;\">Added: Browse now defaults to the solution folder. Subsequent uses of the dialog remember the previous folder.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Colorized Parameter Help<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.375in;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;\">There are now specific Fonts &amp; Colors settings to allow you to configure the display of items in Parameter Help.\u00a0 This will allow users with dark backgrounds to be able to customize these to readable.<\/span><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/07\/8738.colorizeparamhelp.png\" border=\"0\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Column Guides<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.375in;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;\">Fixed: Adding &amp; Removing guidelines from a split window occurred based on the caret position in the wrong window.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.375in;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;\">Fixed: Guideline could not be added to first column<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.375in;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;\">Fixed: Guideline is placed incorrectly when added to a trailing tab<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.375in;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;\">Moved: Guidelines are now a fly-out to reduce the clutter on the Editor context menu.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Ctrl Click Go To Definition<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.375in;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;\">Fixed: Navigation now happens on mouse up which reduces conflict with drag &amp; drop operations and word selection.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Document Tab Well settings<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.375in;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;\">Added: Show\/Hide pin button in unpinned tabs<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10pt; font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">We received feedback that the pin button was taking too much space or was too easy to click accidentally. You can now configure whether the pin button appears in unpinned tabs or not. In the options dialog page, just uncheck \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Courier New';\">Show pin button in unpinned tabs<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">\u201d, in the \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Courier New';\">Tab UI<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">\u201d section.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"direction: ltr;\">\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; border: #a3a3a3 0pt solid;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 3.5in; vertical-align: top; border-width: 0pt; padding: 4pt;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;\">Showing pin button in unpinned tabs<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 3.102in; vertical-align: top; border-width: 0pt; padding: 4pt;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;\">Hidden pin button in unpinned tabs<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 3.5in; vertical-align: top; border-width: 0pt; padding: 4pt;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/07\/4212.showingpin.png\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 3.102in; vertical-align: top; border-width: 0pt; padding: 4pt;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/07\/8117.hiddenpin.png\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.375in;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;\">Make selected tab more distinguishable when using custom colors<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;\">We received feedback about the currently selected tab not being easily distinguishable when using custom colors. We now use a gradient for the selected tab that fades from the custom color to the default VS selected tab color:<\/p>\n<div style=\"direction: ltr;\">\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; border: #a3a3a3 0pt solid;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 3.332in; vertical-align: top; border-width: 0pt; padding: 4pt;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;\">Selected tab when using custom colors in previous version:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 3.436in; vertical-align: top; border-width: 0pt; padding: 4pt;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;\">Selected tab when using custom colors in current version:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 3.332in; vertical-align: top; border-width: 0pt; padding: 4pt;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/07\/0552.selectedtabpreviousversion.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 3.436in; vertical-align: top; border-width: 0pt; padding: 4pt;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/07\/8508.selectedtabcurrver.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.375in;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;\">Configure text color for selected and unselected tabs<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;\">We received feedback about text being unreadable in some of the darker colors we use when coloring by project. We no allow you to configure the text color for selected and unselected tabs, for all custom colors:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px;\" title=\"Configure text color for selected and unselected tabs\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/07\/2845.configurabletextcolors.jpg\" alt=\"Configure text color for selected and unselected tabs\" \/><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.375in;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;\">Command for closing all unpinned tabs<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10pt; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;\">Many of our users have asked for this command. 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