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kdub_nz

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10-visual-studio-tips-you-wish-you-knew-about-years-ago
« on: December 14, 2018, 01:37:37 PM »


https://www.atlascode.com/blog/10-visual-studio-tips-you-wish-you-knew-about-years-ago/

Ctrl+Enter
... This will create a new line above the current line and move the cursor to it.

That should save about 57 seconds a week :) ... but they'll be good seconds.


And have a look at the bonus tip 11
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Re: 10-visual-studio-tips-you-wish-you-knew-about-years-ago
« Reply #1 on: December 14, 2018, 02:03:48 PM »
I love tip #7. That's a very neat trick!! Great find, kdub!
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Re: 10-visual-studio-tips-you-wish-you-knew-about-years-ago
« Reply #2 on: December 14, 2018, 03:25:35 PM »
Thanks for the tips tip. I'll have to open VS and practice them so I'll remember them.

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Re: 10-visual-studio-tips-you-wish-you-knew-about-years-ago
« Reply #3 on: December 17, 2018, 02:02:13 PM »
Tip 4 "Alt Select" to select by "column mode"??????
Holy cow, I wish I saw this before.
Heck, even textpad does not have this, only ultraedit (in my toolbox), cool!
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Re: 10-visual-studio-tips-you-wish-you-knew-about-years-ago
« Reply #4 on: December 18, 2018, 05:59:08 AM »
I use a lot of of the built-in goodies + visual assist + autohotkey
sometimes i can make VS crash with the wrong key sequence :lmao: