Hidden Features of Visual Studio (2005-2010)?

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shoosh picture shoosh · Sep 19, 2008 · Viewed 30.3k times · Source

Visual Studio is such a massively big product that even after years of working with it I sometimes stumble upon a new/better way to do things or things I didn't even know were possible.

For instance-

  • Crtl + R, Ctrl + W to show white spaces. Essential for editing Python build scripts.

  • Under "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\Text Editor" Create a String called Guides with the value "RGB(255,0,0), 80" to have a red line at column 80 in the text editor.

What other hidden features have you stumbled upon?

Answer

shoosh picture shoosh · Sep 19, 2008

Make a selection with ALT pressed - selects a square of text instead of whole lines.

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