Extension Ideas
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Paste New Guid
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}"
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Display windows shell extension context menu when right-clicking an item in the Solution Explorer
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.
2 votes -
Add multiple changeSet links to a workitem in one go.
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.3 votes -
Performance analysis on remote PC
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.3 votes -
automatically convert tabs to spaces in all files in solution
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.
7 votes -
More conversion tools
A conversion tool of T-SQL statements to LinQ.
A DataAbstract tool from a Table to WCF Service of CRUD6 votes -
Search textbox on the top of the toolbox window
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
3 votes -
Ability to format xml documents so that node attributes appear on a new line
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.0 votes -
spell checking in TFS work items
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!
9 votes -
Close tabs to the right
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.
3 votes -
Open a Command Prompt as a document
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).
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2 votes
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mixed
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-configurationWhen adding a project to a solution, a new platform configuration "Mixed Platform" is automatically created.
Product Language
EnglishVisual Studio Version
Visual Studio 2010Operating System
Windows 7Operating System Language
EnglishSteps to Reproduce
Create a solution… more1 vote -
Ability to unselect all project builds from a specific build configuration
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-managerThis 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 configurationProduct Language
EnglishOperating System
Windows 7Operating System Language
EnglishActual results
I have… more3 votes -
Generate NUnit tests from assembly
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
6 votes -
Share extensions / backup extensions
A extension to share currently installed extensions with team members and to backup extensions and restore them on a new pc installation.
7 votes -
Make it easy to set up, configure and use sample data
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.
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3 votes
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Go to Interface implementation
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.
1 vote -
directory "copy to output directory"
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.
3 votes
