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POTips and tricks for VS2005 specifically for C# developers
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copied!<p>Let's get the duplication allegation out of the way. </p> <p>I saw couple of variations of this question, notably, <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15779/what-are-the-best-unknown-features-of-visual-studio-net-2005">link</a>. However, it doesn't address issue specific to C# developers. I want to collect a list most used/powerful/cool tricks--tips in VS from people who are using C# under visual studio 2005 (it's ok to mention for 2008 as well). Below are the links that I have used as a guide:</p> <p><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb245788(VS.80).aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">msdn</a> <-- our guys from Microsoft have a tip or two to share</p> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/kirillosenkov/archive/2008/10/21/kirill-s-visual-studio-tips.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Kirill's Visual Studio Tips</a> <-- This blog also has couple of good links</p> <p><em>Debugging tips are also encouraged</em></p> <p>Thank for sharing your tips and increasing my productivity :)</p> <p><strong>Some of my arsenal:</strong></p> <ul> <li><p><kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>-</kbd>, <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>+</kbd>, navigates back and forward where you've been recently </p></li> <li><p><kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>V</kbd>, which will cycle through your clipboard history </p></li> <li><p><kbd>F12</kbd> to go to definition of variable.</p></li> <li><p><kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>K</kbd>, <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>C</kbd> to comment a block of text with // at the start</p></li> <li><p><kbd>Ctrl</kbd>-<kbd>K</kbd>, <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>-<kbd>U</kbd> to uncomment a block of text with // at the start</p></li> <li><p><kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>/</kbd> to get to the find box. </p></li> <li><p><kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>I</kbd> for incremental search, <kbd>F3</kbd> to iterate</p></li> <li><p>Select an expression/variable in debug mode and type <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>D</kbd>, <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Q</kbd> to open the quick watch window.</p></li> </ul>

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