{"id":234178,"date":"2021-08-25T07:55:48","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T14:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/?p=234178"},"modified":"2021-08-25T07:55:48","modified_gmt":"2021-08-25T14:55:48","slug":"it-looks-like-youre-using-visual-studio-would-you-like-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/it-looks-like-youre-using-visual-studio-would-you-like-help\/","title":{"rendered":"It looks like you\u2019re using Visual Studio. Would you like help?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We recently asked in an installer survey what you\u2019d find valuable to see while you\u2019re staring at the installer screen during updates\/installations in Visual Studio 2022, and y\u2019all said <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">tips and tricks<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">!<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Y\u2019all also told us that you want to see tips in the IDE, too\u2014in a\u00a0<\/span><b><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Visual Studio\u00a0start page<\/span><\/i><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">!\u00a0Receiving tips from a\u00a0<\/span><b><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">virtual assistant\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">was the second-highest response.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\ud83d\udcce\ud83d\udc40<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/08\/vs-carousel.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-234184 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/08\/vs-carousel.gif\" alt=\"A GIF showing a carousel of three code\/IDE Navigation tips (various display modes, bookmarks, and view code structure) tips shown in the Visual Studio installer \" width=\"720\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Let us show you the best tips and tricks<\/h2>\n<p>We launched a new feature in the installer <a href=\"https:\/\/developercommunity.visualstudio.com\/t\/Learn-what%E2%80%99s-new-and-interesting-during\/1426079?space=8&amp;q=%5Bvs-setup-roadmap%5D&amp;ftype=idea&amp;stateGroup=active\">in Visual Studio 2022 Preview 2<\/a> that shows tips and tricks during Visual Studio updates and installation. We\u2019re testing to see if it\u2019s helpful or not. Do you want to see the newest features as soon as they\u2019re released? Do you want to see which tips the .NET team uses? Do you want to see popular tricks from the Visual Studio engineering teams? What about GitHub? Would you like to see tips from other devs who write code in your programming language?<\/p>\n<p>In our user testing, a developer said they wanted to receive tips based on <em>how they use Visual Studio<\/em>, \u201cIt would be great if I could see <em>what exactly is being installed<\/em>\u2026all of the features that I use more frequently\u2026what feature this new update is going to impact\u2026<strong><em>based on my own usage statistics<\/em><\/strong>. That would definitely be awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/08\/Picture1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-234181 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/08\/Picture1-1024x576.png\" alt=\"A comparison of\u00a05\u00a0design\u00a0mock-ups\u00a0we\u00a0used in user testing\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/08\/Picture1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/08\/Picture1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/08\/Picture1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/08\/Picture1.png 1349w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We want the tips and tricks to be <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">beneficial\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">awesome<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, and we want to give you what you want, so please tell us!<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"22\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">How would <em><strong>you<\/strong> <\/em>build this\u00a0feature?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"22\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">How would it look?<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"22\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Where would it be?\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"22\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What tips would you like to see?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"22\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Pick your favorite design\u00a0\u2728<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/r\/PWNX6LQ\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">here<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2728\u00a0in this\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">2-question survey<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">!<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We\u2019d love to hear your thoughts, so please\u00a0let us know in the comments.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We recently asked in an installer survey what you\u2019d find valuable to see while you\u2019re staring at the installer screen during updates\/installations in Visual Studio 2022, and y\u2019all said tips and tricks!\u00a0 Y\u2019all also told us 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