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Paste New Guid

2012-02-07T12:13:46-08:00

Reza Arab suggested:
I want to right click on editor and see a option "Paste New Guid", when clicked this, in cursor posiotion inserted a new guid like "{5ED9430B-5083-4F39-AF93-E1E06399BEDC}"

Group Chat [updated]

2012-02-07T09:43:18-08:00

I would like to be able to chat with my team who is working on the same solution, within VS, and without messing with my existing IM app (team members may or may not be my friends too). This chat should be persistent so that the rest of the team can read it when they come back online. (like Skype group chats)

Anonymous said:

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Group Chat [updated]

2012-02-07T09:43:08-08:00

Anonymous said:

hi im waqar

Make it easy to change the default browser in Visual Studio [updated]

2011-12-30T03:50:55-08:00

Change the default browser in Visual Studio programmatically: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/HowToChangeTheDefaultBrowserInVisualStudioProgrammaticallyWithPowerShellAndPossiblyPokeYourselfInTheEye.aspx

vijay said:

Its a great Tool. One thing i would like to add, Making it compatible with visual web developer would be great. :)

Display windows shell extension context menu when right-clicking an item in the Solution Explorer

2011-10-25T12:38:05-07:00

Rami suggested:
Hi. I'd like the ability to display the windows shell context menu when I right click on a file in the Visual Studio IDE's Solution Explorer. In this way, if I already have a windows shell extension context menu to perform actions on a file type XYZ, I will have the same functionality in the Visual Studio IDE without having to create a Visual Studio Add-In for example.

Add multiple changeSet links to a workitem in one go.

2011-10-06T05:50:47-07:00

Trevor McAlister suggested:
The ‘Find Changesets’ dialog used to create the links should allow multi row selection, and not necessarily adjacent rows. So If you have got 5 change sets to add you don’t have to open the ‘Add link’ & ‘Find Changesets’ dialog 5 times, you can add all 5 change sets in one go.

Performance analysis on remote PC

2011-09-29T09:41:37-07:00

Trevor McAlister suggested:
Be able to attach to process (local or remote) to performance analysis on apps or services that cant easily be deployed on development PC. In the same way you can attach to process (local or remote) to do debugging. Remote performance analysis would need to be able to start remote app & service, or attach to running processes.

Remove unused references [updated]

2011-09-21T12:43:50-07:00

Right-click on project to get context menu option "Remove unused references"

Serega said:

Take a look at Reference Assistant VS2010 extension by Lardite group. It is completely free but it still works very well!

http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/fc504cc6-5808-4da8-ae86-8d3f9ed81606

Remove unused references [updated]

2011-09-21T12:42:50-07:00

Right-click on project to get context menu option "Remove unused references"

Serega said:

Take a look at Reference Assistant VS2010 extension by Lardite group. It is completely free but it still works very well!

http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/fc504cc6-5808-4da8-ae86-8d3f9ed81606

automatically convert tabs to spaces in all files in solution

2011-09-01T17:28:01-07:00

Rami suggested:
Hi. I would like to request the ability to automatically convert tabs to spaces in all files in the solution. See these macros: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/kevinpilchbisson/archive/2004/05/17/133371.aspx http://www.chriseargle.com/post/Format-Solution.aspx I would like for these macros to actually be a menu item when I right-click on the Solution node in Visual Studio's Solution Explorer window for example. Thank you.

Ability to format xml documents so that node attributes appear on a new line [updated]

2011-08-05T12:57:12-07:00

I would like to request the ability to format an xml document so that node attributes appear on new lines. The Visual Studio 2010 IDE already has the "right-click in document > Format XML" feature but it puts node attributes in the same line so if you have an xml node with a lot of attributes you have to scroll the IDE document window to read the entire node which is not very productive.

Rami said:

Hmmm, I am now wanting to format just one line in an xml file instead of the entire document, so maybe the title and description can be changed?

Thank you.

Make it easy to change the default browser in Visual Studio [updated]

2011-08-04T09:30:09-07:00

smahan said:

I love this thing. Needs to be in v next...

Stack Overflow Integration [updated]

2011-07-20T07:41:43-07:00

It would be nice to have an integration with SO: searching for questions, tracking answers to my own questions. Also possibly tracking others' questions in particular tags.

Muse Extensions said:

+1 very, very nice idea

Search textbox on the top of the toolbox window

2011-07-20T07:32:36-07:00

Muse Extensions suggested:
I would like to have the ability to search for a particular Control/Component in the Toolbox window. At the moment is quite difficult because on my local VS I’ve got more than two hundred controls

Remove unused references [updated]

2011-07-18T09:51:52-07:00

Right-click on project to get context menu option "Remove unused references"

Muse Extensions said:

I wrote an extension that has "Remove unused references" feature
http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/36a6eb45-a7b1-47c3-9e85-09f0aef6e879

More conversion tools

2011-07-13T19:31:31-07:00

OneTwo suggested:
A conversion tool of T-SQL statements to LinQ. A DataAbstract tool from a Table to WCF Service of CRUD

Ability to format xml documents so that node attributes appear on a new line [updated]

2011-05-24T19:51:55-07:00

Rami said:

Thank you kzu! :)

You can delete this request.

Ability to format xml documents so that node attributes appear on a new line [updated]

2011-05-20T15:41:27-07:00

kzu said:

Tools | Options > Text Editor > XML > Formatting > Align attributes each on a separate line

Ability to format xml documents so that node attributes appear on a new line

2011-05-20T13:46:35-07:00

Rami suggested:
I would like to request the ability to format an xml document so that node attributes appear on new lines. The Visual Studio 2010 IDE already has the "right-click in document > Format XML" feature but it puts node attributes in the same line so if you have an xml node with a lot of attributes you have to scroll the IDE document window to read the entire node which is not very productive.

Close tabs to the right

2011-05-10T16:19:10-07:00

Rami suggested:
I would like to request the ability to "Close tabs to the right". This would be similar to chrome's "Close tabs to the right" but for visual studio. Here is a blog entry of this feature in a commercial product: http://blog.tabsstudio.com/2011/02/18/closing-tabs-to-the-right/ Thank you.

spell checking in TFS work items

2011-05-10T15:46:08-07:00

Rami suggested:
I would like to request the ability to support spell checking within a tfs work item window, especially in the "Title" field, the "Details" tab (within the "Steps to Reproduce" and "History" fields), and the "System Info" tab (within the "System Info" field). I had previously requested this feature in the Spell Checker extension for visual studio, but it is outside of the scope the author intended, so it was denied. https://github.com/NoahRic/Spellchecker/issues/3 Thank you very much!

Open a Command Prompt as a document

2011-05-09T15:25:45-07:00

Dave Reed suggested:
In my build environment, there are lot of tools and things I need to run from the command line. For different projects I need different windows. I'd like to be able to open a command prompt like it was a document (so there could be multiple instances). You could even support there being an actual document in the project that contains batch commands to prime the environment of the command window (like path vars, etc).

instant [updated]

2011-04-21T18:41:44-07:00

Rami said:

Oops, sorry, this should have read:
Title: Ability to monitor tfs work items and display a popup message (or instant message) when a condition exists.

Description:
This is different than setting up (email) alerts in tfs because these conditions would require immediate attention.

For example, I want a display a popup message whenever a new bug is entered in tfs assigned to me. In this way I can immediate go in and specify a priority and stack rank for example.

Thank you.

instant

2011-04-21T18:38:24-07:00

mixed [updated]

2011-04-21T14:50:05-07:00

Hi. I'd like to request the ability to optionally create a new solution configuration if a new project is added or an existing one is reloaded from disk where it's configuration does not already exist as a solution configuration. Currently, Visual Studio 2010 will automatically create a solution configuration without asking. I had previously reported this as an issue here: https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/573966/adding-a-project-to-a-solution-will-automatically-create-a-mixed-platform-platform-configuration When adding a project to a solution, a new platform configuration "Mixed Platform" is automatically created. Product Language English Visual Studio Version Visual Studio 2010 Operating System Windows 7 Operating System Language English Steps to Reproduce Create a solution that only has an x86 platform configuration. Create a new project (ex. c# console application). This can also happen if an existing project that only has an "Any CPU" platform configuration is added or reloaded within a sln that only has an "x86" platform configuration for example. Actual Results A new "Mixed Platform" platform configuration is created. Expected Results No new platform configurations created. Thank you.

Rami said:

Posted by rami_ on 7/9/2010 at 5:54 PM
I'd like the ability to turn this behavior off so that a new solution platform configuration is not automatically created on my behalf and so the IDE would just basically use the active solution platform configuration.

(It can be on by default.)

Thank you.

mixed

2011-04-21T14:44:15-07:00

Rami suggested:
Hi. I'd like to request the ability to optionally create a new solution configuration if a new project is added or an existing one is reloaded from disk where it's configuration does not already exist as a solution configuration. Currently, Visual Studio 2010 will automatically create a solution configuration without asking. I had previously reported this as an issue here: https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/573966/adding-a-project-to-a-solution-will-automatically-create-a-mixed-platform-platform-configuration When adding a project to a solution, a new platform configuration "Mixed Platform" is automatically created. Product Language English Visual Studio Version Visual Studio 2010 Operating System Windows 7 Operating System Language English Steps to Reproduce Create a solution that only has an x86 platform configuration. Create a new project (ex. c# console application). This can also happen if an existing project that only has an "Any CPU" platform configuration is added or reloaded within a sln that only has an "x86" platform configuration for example. Actual Results A new "Mixed Platform" platform configuration is created. Expected Results No new platform configurations created. Thank you.

Ability to unselect all project builds from a specific build configuration

2011-04-21T14:37:55-07:00

Rami suggested:
Hi. I would like to request the ability to unselect all project builds from a specific build configuration in the "Configuration Manager" I had previously requested the feature here: https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/646189/ability-to-unselect-all-project-builds-from-a-specific-build-configuration-in-the-configuration-manager This is very helpful and provides a productivity and user experience enhancements in solutions with a lot of projects. Visual Studio 2010 Steps to reproduce 1. Open a solution in Visual Studio 2010. 2. Click on Build > Configuration Manager... 3. There is no ability to unselect all project builds in the selected build configuration Product Language English Operating System Windows 7 Operating System Language English Actual results I have to unselect a checkbox in the Build colum for each project. Expected results I expected to be able to unselect all project builds in the selected build configuration with one or two mouse clicks for example. Thank you.

Remove unused references [updated]

2011-04-20T21:42:06-07:00

Right-click on project to get context menu option "Remove unused references"

kzu said:

Rami: References != Usings

Automatic reference update [updated]

2011-04-20T21:27:25-07:00

Are you tired of checking if a newer version of the library you're using has been released? What if VS could notify you that a newer version is available and offer to download it for you? Take it even further and imagine a 'marketplace' where you can find 3rd party libraries and add them to your project with single click....

Rami said:

This sounds very similar to NuGet: http://nuget.codeplex.com/

Remove unused references [updated]

2011-04-20T21:23:16-07:00

Right-click on project to get context menu option "Remove unused references"

Rami said:

There is already an extension that does this:
http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/cb559aa8-d976-4cc2-9754-5a712f985d16

Code review [updated]

2011-04-20T21:21:24-07:00

I would like to have the ability to make a peer code review inside VS. Developers will be able to annotate and comment different pieces of the code. Code review session can be implemented when multiple people review the same code at the same time.

Rami said:

I've used http://teamreview.codeplex.com/ in the past and it works great if you are using TFS.

quick reload of entire project/solution [updated]

2011-04-19T01:52:32-07:00

I often work with Git or Mercurial as a source control system. Both of these tools have the concept of local branches and make switching between them very easy. When I have a large solution open in Visual Studio, however, switching between local branches often results in Visual Studio throwing several dialogs that amount to "this file has been changed, reload?" and "this project has been changed, reload?" etc. Wouldn't it be nice I could use my source control workflow in the filesystem, switch back into VS, and before it kicked off on all the individual dialogs I got one quick option to reload all?

Michael Banks said:

You can get extension called VSCommands 2010 from Visual Studio Gallery to reload all projects at once when this happens.

Javascript code folding and #Region support [updated]

2011-03-17T09:29:49-07:00

Just like you would imagine.

camainc said:

It's been done, but it is not complete, in my opinion. For one, there is not "Collapse to Definitions" command.

It would also be great if we could get some context dropdowns at the top of the code window, like we have in C# - like the methods dropdown.

We also need better code handling, like "find usages,""go to implementation," etc.

In other words, VS needs to treat Javascript as a first class language instead of a red-headed step-child.

Make it easy to set up, configure and use sample data

2011-02-15T09:32:52-08:00

williamsullivan suggested:
To use sample data in an xaml file, you have to perform multiple steps, all of which are very fragile. Its a perfect place to add tooling, from selecting the type of sample data, creating the xaml files with serialized types, adding the sample data to the solution with the correct build type, and adding the sample data to the design time data context of the WPF form/usercontrol/etc.

Generate NUnit tests from assembly

2011-02-09T11:45:25-08:00

Ken suggested:
I like MSTest's Create Unit Tests wizard for generating all the scaffolding for unit test fixtures, but I prefer to use NUnit. I'd love to see a similar wizard as an extension

Show the Solution Path in the VS Titleb

2011-02-03T11:02:10-08:00

Code review [updated]

2011-02-01T08:27:29-08:00

Jesus Salas said:

Have you tried to use wave-vs.net for this?

It is a full Real-Time Multi-driver Distributed Pair Programming platform.

And not only for code files, it woks for designers as well... (except entity framework that is not implemented yet)

http://www.wave-vs.net

Share extensions / backup extensions

2011-02-01T01:58:22-08:00

John Gregson suggested:
A extension to share currently installed extensions with team members and to backup extensions and restore them on a new pc installation.

Go to Interface implementation

2011-01-10T19:51:28-08:00

Ken suggested:
Resharper (and other tools) have a Go To Implementation feature http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/webhelp/go-to-implementation.html which is helpful for TDD. A stand-alone extension would be great.

directory "copy to output directory"

2011-01-09T21:52:39-08:00

simoncropp suggested:
There is a setting on files in a project "copy to output directory". I want the same on directories. At the moment if you want to achieve this you need a placeholder file.

Launchy for VS windows [updated]

2011-01-06T21:04:25-08:00

Rather than remembering the keyboard shortcut for all my commonly-used VS windows, I'd love to be able to have a keyboard shortcut that just opens a Launchyesque window that I can type my desired window name into and it will open it for me

Ken said:

OMG THIS ALREADY EXISTS I HAD NO IDEA!!

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2010/08/03/quick-access-extension.aspx

Remote Pair Programming / Live Code Update [updated]

2010-12-29T05:19:54-08:00

Be able to pair program or code review from 2 separate machines. When code changes are made on one machine, they are immediately reflected in the other, along with cursor and caret movement. Think "Google Wave" style immediate live updates.

Jesus Salas said:

Brooke

take a look @ http://www.wave-vs.net it works with vs2010 and vs2008, support designers pairing, distributed pair programming, chat embed in visual studio, share Project items individually... a lot of other nice features.

jesus

Colour Highlighter for HTML & XML

2010-12-27T22:01:39-08:00

Nick suggested:
An Extention that display the actual colour of a hex-colour code as a 3 pixel underline beneath the number, which it should also do for default colour words used in styles (both inline, and header styles). This should also work with XML files.

Timing a code section like you set a breakpoint

2010-12-27T10:34:43-08:00

Jean-Yves suggested:
It could be interesting, in order to diagnose performance problems, to time a code section... By putting a "start stopwatch here" icon (the same way you set a breakpoint) and a "stop stopwatch here and show sumary" icon (the same way you set a breakpoint). It could be a lighter alternative to the Visual Studio Performance Profiler.