>> Tip #1 How to not accidentally copy a blank line
TO Text Editor All Lang Gen Apply cut or copy commands to blank lines
>> Tip #2 How to cycle through the Clipboard ring
Ctrl+Shift+V (Edit.CycleClipboardRing)
>> Tip #3 How to use the Undo stack
Undo button on Standard Toolbar
>> Tip #4 New! Automatic highlighting of symbols
Hover over symbol, then Ctrl+Shift+Arrow to navigate
>> Tip #5 How to navigate forward and backward w go-back markers
View.NavigateBackward (Ctrl+Minus), View.NavigateForward (Ctrl+Shift+Minus)
>> Tip #6 New! How to collapse a region with ease
Hover over any part of region and dclick. Or Ctrl+M, Ctrl+M
>> Tip #7 How to reach the navigation bar via keyboard shortcut
Ctrl+F2 (Window.MoveToNavigationBar), type-ahead selection
>> Tip #8 How to use Navigate To
Ctrl+comma
>> Tip #9 How to split a window and create new ones
Window Split, Window New Window
>> Tip #10 How to show line numbers in the editor
Tools Options Text Editor All Languages General - Line Numbers
>> Tip #11 How to enable virtual space
TO Text Editor All Languages General
>> Tip #12 How to view visible white space
Edit Advanced View White Space
>> Tip #13 How to change the color of visual white space glyphs
TO Env Fonts and Colors Text Editor Visual White Space
>> Tip #14 How to increase the editors ToolTip font size
TO Env Fonts and Colors Show Settings for Editor ToolTip
>> Tip #15 New! How to zoom in/out in Editor
Ctrl+Mouse Wheel / Edit in zoom control
>> Tip #16 How to change text editor font size via keyboard
Macros.Samples.Accessibility.TextEditorFontSize
>> Tip #17 Diff Automatic vs Default in Fonts and Colors
>> Tip #18 How to print boldly
TO Env Fonts and Colors - Show Settings for Printer
>> Tip #19 How to use box/column selection in the editor
Shift+Alt+Arrow, or Mouse+Alt
>> Tip #20 New! How to use Multiline Edit
Shift+Alt+Arrow, type
>> Tip #21 How to format the current document
Ctrl+K, Ctrl+D (Edit.FormatDocument)
>> Tip #22 You can remove unused using statements in C#
Context Menu Organize Usings Remove Unused Usings
>> Tip #23 How to remove a project from Start Page
Right-click project, select Remove from list
>> Tip #24 How to set bookmarks and navigate among them
Edit.ToggleBookmark (Ctrl+K, Ctrl+K )
>> Tip #25 You can bookmark your quick find results
Ctrl+F, then press bookmark all
>> Tip #26 How to increase Intellisense font sizes
TO Env Fonts and Colors - Show Settings For -
>> Tip #27 How to increase Environment font
TO Env Fonts and Colors - Show Settings For Environment Font
>> Tip #28 Toggle Statement Completion tabs via keyboard
All tab: Alt+. and Common Tab: Alt+,
>> Tip #29 New! How to do Pascal / Sub-string matching in Intellisense
>> Tip #30 New! How to enable Suggestion mode in Intellisense
Ctrl+Alt+Space to enable
>> Tip #31 You can insert a snippet by pressing Tab Tab
Type in snippet shortcut word, then hit Tab Tab to insert
>> Tip #32 New! How to browse new code snippets and add new ones
Tools Code Snippet Manager, HTML and Javascript
>> Tip #33 How to insert a code snippet around a block of code in C#
Select code, then Ctrl+K, Ctrl+S. Command: Edit.SurroundWith
>> Tip #34 How to behold the power of incremental search
Ctrl+I - (Edit.IncrementalSearch)
>> Tip #35 Use Ctrl+F3 to search for currently-selected word
Edit.FindNextStatement
>> Tip #36 How not to search for the currently-selected word
Tools Options Environment Find and Replace
>> Tip #37 You can use F3 to search for the last thing you searched for
Edit.FindNext
>> Tip #38 You can customize what files to find in
Find in Files Look in Choose Search Folders
>> Tip #39 You can use a reg key for customizing search results
HKCU\... \10.0\Find, String Find results format = $f$e($l,$c):$t\r\n
>> Tip #40 Use Ctrl+Alt+Down to drop down the file tab channel
Window.ShowEzMDIFileList
>> Tip #41 Use Close All But This on files in the file tab channel
File.CloseAllButThis
>> Tip #42 You can copy a files full path for the file tab channel
File.CopyFullPath
>> Tip #43 Open a Windows Explorer browser to the active file
File.OpenContainingFolder
>> Tip #44 How to close just the selected files you want
Window Windows
>> Tip #45 How to use the IDE Navigator
Hold Ctrl key, then press tab (or shift+tab)
>> Tip #46 How to navigate all open tool windows
Hold Alt key, then press F7 (or Shift+F7)
>> Tip #47 How to disable the IDE Navigator
Rebind Window.Previous/NextDocumentWindow
>> Tip #48 How to disable statement completion
TO Text Editor All Language Auto List Members
>> Tip #49 How to customize what the tool window push pin does
TO Environment General
>> Tip #50 Show autohiding tool windows via autohide channel
Right-click in the autohide channel to view context menu
>> Tip #51 How to redock a tool window via keyboard
Ctrl+Double Click Tool Window title bar
>> Tip #52 You can maximize a tool window in the editor
Window Tabbed Document
>> Tip #53 New! How to move a file onto a secondary monitor
Click-Drag a file out of File Tab Channel
>> Tip #54 New! How to snap file windows to monitor edges
Windows 7 feature: Win key+Arrow
>> Tip #55 New! How to put file back into File Tab Channel
Ctrl-DoubleClick
>> Tip #56 New! How to reverse the order the file tabs open
TO Doc insert docs to right of existing ones
>> Tip #57 Customize the tool window x button
Tools Options Environment General
>> Tip #58 How to access a toolbar within a tool window
Shift+Alt (note: Alt+Shift will not work)
>> Tip #59 How to quickly access full screen mode
Shift+Alt+Enter (View.FullScreen)
>> Tip #60 How to enter the File window layout mode
Open a file from a command prompt
>> Tip #61 How to use the keyboard to jump to output window panes
Window.NextSubPane. Need to create shortcut
>> Tip #62 Drag and drop code onto the Toolboxs General tab
Either drag and drop code, or use Cut/Copy shortcuts
>> Tip #63 How to use Ctrl+Arrow to move among the Toolbox Tabs
>> Tip #64 Switch between the Icon View and the List view in Toolbox
On Context Menu, uncheck List view
>> Tip #65 You can use Show All to find your hiding Toolbox controls
On Context Menu, check Show All
>> Tip #66 You can show custom tokens in the Task list
TO Environment Task List, add custom token to list
>> Tip #67 How to find what development settings you last reset to
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0\Profile, LastResetSettingsFile
>> Tip #68 You can create a macro for your import / export settings
>> Tip #69 How to open a file without any UI
Tools.GoToCommandLine
>> Tip #70 How to have fun with the Find Combo Box
Does everything from finding stuff to making coffee
>> Tip #71 How to not show the Start Page on launch
TO Env Startup anything but Show Start Page
>> Tip #72 How to open to the last loaded project
TO Env Startup Load Last Loaded project
>> Tip #73 How to use solution folders to hide projects
Solution Explorer context menu Add New Solution Folder
>> Tip #74 How to create temp or throw away projects
TO Projects and Solutions uncheck Save new projects when created
>> Tip #75 How to hide or show the Project Location is Not Trusted message box
TO Projects and Solutions
>> Tip #76 How to show the Misc Files project in Solution Explorer
TO Env Documents, show Misc project
>> Tip #77 How to type-ahead selection in solution explorer
Just type name of file and focus will jump to file that matches
>> Tip #78 How to add a solution to a solution
File Open Project, choose a solution (not a project) file
>> Tip #79 How to have the Sln Explorer show active file
TO Projects and Solutions General Track Active Item
>> Tip #80 How to use tracepoints to log stuff in your code
Editor context menu Breakpoints Add Tracepoints
>> Tip #81 How to use DataTips to edit a variables content
Click inside DataTip contents to edit
>> Tip #82 New! How to leave comments in Data Tips
Expand down arrow and type in comment
>> Tip #83 New! How to export Data Tips
Debug Export DataTips
>> Tip #84 New! How to label breakpoints
Right-click on breakpoint in Bp Window, Edit Labels
>> Tip #85 New! How to export breakpoints
Breakpoint Window Export Breakpoints button on toolbar
>> Tip #86 How to select the startup project from the Sln Explorer
Tools Options Projects and Solutions Build and Run
>> Tip #87 How to make statement completion transparent
Hold down Ctrl key.
>> Tip #88 You can use Ctrl+. to show a smart tag
>> Tip #89 Shortcut to go directly to the class view search bar
View.ClassViewGoToSearchCombo
>> Tip #90 How to bring up Code Definition Window in C#
View Code Definition Window, Ctrl+\, D
>> Tip #91 How to bring up the Call Hierarchy dialog
View Call Hierarchy, Ctrl+Alt+K
>> Tip #92 How to use Devenv /nosplash to speed up launch, maybe
>> Tip #93 You can create project/item templates
File Export Template
>> Tip #94 New Project from Existing Code
File New Project from existing code
>> Tip #95 Edit project file within IDE
Unload then select Edit
>> Tip #96 XAML Visualizer
Drop down arrow in DataTip to show XAML visualizer option
>> Tip #97 How to see the caught exception in Watch Window
Add $exception to watch window
>> Tip #98 You can disable the Exception assistant
Tools Options Debugging General
>> Tip #99 New! How to use Historical debugging aka Intellitrace
Up / Down arrows in gutter like DVR controls
>> Tip #100 New! How to open IntelliTrace log
Double-click .iTrace files to open in VS
>> Tip #101 New! How to use Extension Manager
Install VS Tips extension to get Tips in Start Page
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