Is there a visual studio automatic save configuration setting?

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Daniel picture Daniel · Jun 11, 2009 · Viewed 42.4k times · Source

I use the java IDE IntelliJ IDEA and one of the features I like is that there's no saving. Everything's always saved and you just use history navigation. I tend to have both editors open and I'm always forgetting to save in VS.

I'm running vs 2008 with resharper 4.5 but as far as I can tell this isn't achievable or configurable. Any suggestions?

Answer

Michael Konečný picture Michael Konečný · May 10, 2017

For VS 2019, the Auto Save File extension seems to work as expected.

It saves individual files on lost focus, can save all files when VS loses focus and can also save all after an inactivity delay.

In VS 2015, I used to use NoMorePanicSave2015.

It does an equivalent of Ctrl+Shift+S when Visual Studio loses focus, which saves all your files, including solution and projects.

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