 | Visual Studio Visible White Space
In some programming and scripting languages, configuration files and markup languages, white space can be significant. To ensure that a file contains the correct use of tabs and spaces, you can make these characters visible in Visual Studio. |
| Visual Studio Word Wrap
When working with a Visual Studio code editor and using a low-resolution display, it can be difficult to see the full length of lines of source code. This problem can be alleviated by enabling the code editor's word wrap and visual glyphs settings. |
| Track Active Item in Visual Studio Solution Explorer
Visual Studio's Solution Explorer provides a logical and simple tool for navigating the elements of a solution or project. It can be improved for some configurations of the integrated development environment by enabling tracking of the active item. |
| Visual Studio Virtual Space
When using Visual Studio's default settings, lines of code are terminated with a carriage return and placing the caret beyond the end of a line is impossible. By enabling virtual space, the caret can be moved to any position, including unused areas. |
| Reset Visual Studio Settings
When Visual Studio is run for the first time the user can select from several options that determine the default settings for the development environment. This article explains how to reset Visual Studio to allow this selection to be made again. |
| Visual Studio Font and Colour Schemes
The standard fonts and colours presented by Visual Studio are acceptable but some find that the Courier typeface is difficult to read or that the contrast between black text and white background is harsh. Luckily, the fonts and colours can be changed. |
| Creating GUIDs in Visual Studio
Globally unique identifiers (GUIDs) have many uses for software developers. When a single unique ID is required, one can be randomly generated using Visual Studio's Create GUID command. This article describes the required steps to achieve this. |
| Visual Studio Incremental Search
Visual Studio provides several tools to allow you to quickly locate text within a file, project or solution. This article describes the Incremental Search feature, which permits fast searching of a file with no interaction with dialog boxes required. |
| Visual Studio Task List Shortcuts
Visual Studio's task list is a useful tool when you wish to record tasks that are to be completed at a later time. This feature includes the facility to create task list shortcuts. These are tasks that are linked to a specific line of source code. |
| Visual Studio Exception Code Snippet
When you are creating a custom exception class, there are several constructors that you should provide in addition to the default, parameter-less constructor. To quickly create code for these constructors, you can use a Visual Studio code snippet. |
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