15 Tips to Boost Your Productivity in Visual Studio

[@goldmund67]

Thank you Dalia. These tips are always welcome even for us veterans who have lived and died in Visual Studio since the days of InterDev!. Sometimes our workload is so intense we just don't have time to explore them all. I remember back in the day Sara Ford was the editor productivity evangelist, and I'm happy to see the mantle has been taken up again!

[@DaliaAboSheasha]

Thank you so much for the kind words! I'm so glad you found the video helpful.

[@mattheweskolin327]

Control + Shift + Backspace is very helpful to get back to where you started

[@TraJikarMac]

9:16 *Tools > Options > Text Editor > C# > Advanced > Inline Hints > Display inline type hints:* Enable/Turn on: *Show hints for variables with inferred types.* This will allow you to see all the inferred types of (var) variables that you use in your source code. *Plus,* double-click on the shown DataType, and it will automatically convert (var) to the inferred DataType for you.

[@N0AGI]

Visual Studio rocks!! - nicely done.

[@julianocs87]

Great content. Never knew about this cheat sheet of shortcuts.

[@michaelchamberlain3254]

Thank you! Fantastic tips! Very grateful

[@TheOceanLoader]

Some of these are pure brilliance!

[@simantasahu]

Sticky Scroll is a very useful feature. Thanks for adding it to the visual studio.😊

[@DaliaAboSheasha]

I'm glad you're finding it useful!

[@imavalverde]

Great tips! More of this!

[@IAmTimCorey]

Some great tips in here!

[@DaliaAboSheasha]

Thanks Tim!

[@AhmadElkhouly]

Peak definition shortcut is very cool. I've learnt something new. Thank you. PS: Dalia, it seems you're Egyptian/ of Egyptian descent. If so, then we're proud of you :D

[@CassioJhones407]

very important tips, some I never even imagined.

[@sanampakuwal]

Shift + Enter was new for me :)

[@alideveloper6945]

also there is Ctlr + Enter that do the same but backward.

[@cai0]

@@alideveloper6945 yes! I use ctrl+enter all the time, and didn't know about the shift..

[@AmirmohammadKhosravi-kk6or]

I love that sticky scroll.

[@bondymagnomous3544]

Thanks, very useful!

[@jorgetorres6628]

Great job, what theme are you using?

[@DaliaAboSheasha]

Thanks! I'm using the Dark theme (I love it). You can switch yours by going to Tools > Options > Environment > General then choosing "Dark" for your "Color Theme".

[@Gbtx6]

amazingly life saving tips! ty ty!

[@tomx-u6j]

Blogger, what's the vs theme you're using?

[@mmitza35]

Would be nice to be able to bind the navigation(Ctrl + Shift + -) to the side back/forward buttons of the mouse. This was possible on VS2019 with the Mouse Navigation Extension.

[@DaliaAboSheasha]

That's a great suggestion! I'll add it to our list.

[@akdigitalmedialive]

​@@DaliaAboSheashagreat video , definitely a productivity booster

[@ethr95awd]

the greatest keyboard short cut is edit.moveselectedlinesup and down - i assign alt+up and down arrow to move the current/selected line up and down

[@enoa4]

Nice tips. Thank you.

control + t is one that I use many times to search for specific method or function or even a file

[@codymckinney4934]

also, love the video, but can you shot the name of the shortcuts in the video as well. i cant find these shortcuts so i cant change the hotkeys. thanks!!!

[@prashanthasp6723]

The new search is good. Sticky scroll is a cool feature but in visual studio even after coming out of the method scope also method definition info is showing on the top

[@imaginative-monkey]

I personally prefer to turn off the "Clean up code on save" feature, because the diff will show changes that are not important or related to the commit logic.

[@bernhardhaussermann]

This is no reason to turn of “clean up code on save” and consequently compromise on code quality. If you’re getting noisy diffs it’s a sign that your code’s formatting is sloppy and must be fixed. Apply a solution-wide code cleanup and commit the changes, effectively fixing up all formatting blunders in one fell swoop. If you keep the formatting of your code up to standard, you won’t get noisy diffs due this feature and your code formatting will remain tidy.

[@MuhammadSibtainArain]

Alt + backtick is not showing the secret menu Shift+Enter is by default to create the duplicate line

[@imaginative-monkey]

Instead of Control + Shift + Backspace, I used to do Ctrl + Z, then Ctrl + Y (It's hacky, but easier to memorize)

[@alideveloper6945]

the problem of Full Screen (Alt + Shift + Enter) is that when open two tabs of code side by side, then when you press Alt + Shift + Enter in one of tabs to full screen it, the two tabs will full screen together. i want full just one tab. thanx

[@muchas_gracias]

well done

[@ernnz011]

How to disable internet connection of visual studio 2022?

[@RogerFrei]

Thank you very much for your useful tips. What is the name of your assistant? You know. The one with the furry nose.

[@DaliaAboSheasha]

Ha! I have two - the one in the video is Lucy and the other one is Ruby. They really like to make surprise appearances in videos 😊

[@vibes992000]

nice

[@toby9999]

Great information for those with a good memory. I prefer the mouse. Keyboard shortcuts burn my brain.

[@DaliaAboSheasha]

That's fair. You can use whatever makes you most productive and comfortable.

[@kevinmcfarlane2752]

@@DaliaAboSheashaI’m rather like you. If I happen to be using the keyboard, I like having my next action be with the keyboard if possible. And correspondingly with the mouse. I can’t remember all keyboard shortcuts, though I did know most but not all of the ones you mention here.

[@ethr95awd]

wordwrap is also key

[@codymckinney4934]

downfall to code clean up.. git repos show them as edited lines if you have code cleanup and the original project didnt. so FYI about that

[@MarcinScholke]

Sweet && Beautiful = = (bool)True

[@lawrencep4943]

😈 Promo-SM

[@아침이슬-m8x]

설명을 간단히 하세요. 비영어권은 힘들어요.

[@drackkeyner]

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