I have some cross platform code that I regularly share between Visual Studio and Xcode (and Vim).
At some point, I modified a string in this code, using Visual Studio. That string somehow ended up with an errant '^H' control character (ASCII 0x08) embedded in it.
The trouble is, this control character is non-printable. It wasn't visible in Visual Studio, nor was it visible in Xcode.
Viewing the source in Vim, I could clearly see the problem. Vim helpfully displays the control character, and problem solved.
Interestingly, when viewing the source via Xcode I can navigate through the string with the cursor - it clearly knows the character is there, as the cursor remains in the same location when traversing over the non-printable character.
So..
How can I prevent Visual Studio from inserting errant control characters in the first place? I presume this is a bug and should never happen.
Is there any way to have Visual Studio display such control characters, without also showing spaces/tabs?
Is there any way to have Xcode display such control characters, without also showing spaces/tabs?
Both environments have an equivalent 'Editor->Show Invisibles' but it's a bit of an all or nothing.. It's not something I want on all the time.
I am using Brackets at the moment i want to switch to Visual Stuido Code but some features of Brackets are very usefull.
One of them, i use the editor narrowly, Brackets going under line automatically if it is not fit the line, but Visual Studio Code does not.
And second one also is when i design a html i can see the differences in live preview, is it possible to see it in Visual Stuido Code also?
Visual Studio Code
Brackets
You want to enable the Word Wrap in Visual Studio Code.
Go to View -> Toggle Word Wrap.
Live Preview is actually possible in every editor you use. Today's devs use task automators like Gulp or Grunt, so they are not attached to specific editor like Brackets.
Using Gulp (or Grunt) you can set up a task that will watch your files for changes and then do specific actions, like reload the page, recompile Sass files etc.
You can find more here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5fvdIa0ETk
I'm opening some old VB.NET projects in Visual Studio 2015 and when I edit the code, VS changes the syntax:
It removes "_" in concatenations:
'Before
myString = "ABC" & _
"DEF"
'After
myString = "ABC" &
"DEF"
or add a space before !:
'Before
myDatatable.Rows(0)!myColumn
'After
myDatatable.Rows(0) !myColumn
This syntax isn't compatible with Visual Studio 2010 or 2013.
How can I disable this changes?
I had the same problem, and I was able to fix it by disabling the "Pretty listing" option in the editor. You can find this option here:
Tools > Options > Text Editor > Basic > Advanced > Editor Help > Pretty listing (reformatting) of code
I'm not sure what other auto-reformatting this option disables, but at least the editor stopped removing the line continuation characters in old code/projects.
PS: While the Roslyn team says they fixed this (see links below), this bug is still present in the latest version of Visual Studio 2015.
edit Link to bug report - Link to merged fix (copied from first comment on original question)
The official way to address this is modifying the .vbproj file to include
<PropertyGroup>
<LangVersion>latest</LangVersion>
</PropertyGroup>
10 is for VS2010 as described at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/visual-basic/language-reference/configure-language-version
Just CTRL-Z to undo the removal of the underscores right after Visual Studio (2015-19) "fixes" it for you. This leaves the "Pretty Listing" feature turned on but restores the missing underscores. Thanks David Carta for the answer left as a comment.
In VS2010 I had a shortcut set up Alt+Up/Down to move lines of code up or down, just like I used to have in Eclipse in my Java days.
Now since Power Tools and macros (which is how I set up this shortcut in VS2010) are not available in VS2012, how do I get this to work?
I've seen somebody mentioned that Resharper can do this, but for the love of fire and water, I can't find the command names in the list of commands that can do that.
I have tried ReSharper_MoveUp/MoveDown and that does not move lines up/down:
This moves blocks of text up and down. I just want line-by-line up or down, no fancy logic there.
Before
After ALT+Up (when cursor is on WriteLine line) I would like to see this:
I have seen these threads: What's the equivalent for eclipse's ALT+UP/DOWN (move line) in Visual Studio?, Visual Studio: hotkeys to move line up/down and move through recent changes, but none of the suggested solutions work in VS2012.
Any other ideas?
UPD 7 Nov 2012: . Extensions are catching up with Visual Studio 2012. Now I know at least 3 extensions that provide this functionality:
MoveLine Extension. Link provided by Carl G
Move Line Extension with modifications to 2010 version. By gius
Productivity Power Tools 2012. Have not actually tried this, but this blog post states it does the line move up/down
UPD 15 Nov 2012: Just stumbled across another extension that claims it does what is required here. Have not tried it though: LineMan Extension
UPD 10 May 2015 Just installed VS2015 RC and this is built-in already:
For those who arrived on this question using Visual Studio 2013 or above, the feature is built right into the program. Just use AltUp and AltDown to move the line with your cursor—or the selected lines—up and down.
If you wish to rebind it in Tools > Options > Environment > Keyboard, the keys are Edit.MoveSelectedLinesUp and Edit.MoveSelectedLinesDown. You may need to remove your new combination from other existing keys first.
Update: huzzah, Productivity PowerTools VS2012 is now available and offers this functionality (along with another personal favorite, Tools.AddEndTokenAtTheEnd.)
MoveLine Extension (compatible with VS 2012; I had to manually restart my VS in order to see the commands in VS's keyboard shortcut tool.)
Install ReSharper.
Open Tools -> Options -> Environment -> Keyboard (as shown in a picture)
Find "ReSharper.ReSharper_MoveUp"
In "Use new shortcut in:" choose: "Text Editor"
Click in "Press shortcut keys:" and press your shortcut (for example Alt+ArrowUp)
Press "Assign" button
Same with with "ReSharper.ReSharper_MoveDown"
P.S. Works fine for single lines and multiple selected lines, but removes selection after moved 1 line. Hope there are way to move multiple lines multiple times in one selection.
If you have Resharper, then you can hit Ctrl + Shift + Alt + ↑ to move the current line up. or Ctrl + Shift + Alt + ↓ to move one line down.
This works in VS 2012 Premium with Visual Studio keyboard scheme in Resharper 7 (7.0.97.60 to
be precise).
Edit: This is mapped to 'ReSharper.ReSharper_MoveUp'/'MoveDown' commands.
In Visual Studio 2017(atleast) I have below
You can use Move Line Command extension.
Just follow formula349's comment:
I was able to get this working with 2012 as-is.
Rename the package to .zip and unzip all files into a folder. Edit the extension.vsixmanifest file and look for the SupportedProducts XML node. Change the Version="10.0" to Version="11.0".
Re-zip the folder contents and rename back to .vsix. Works great!
While a lot of people seem to be recommending misc. Visual Studio Extensions and Resharper, I would like to point out there is a native hotkey that accomplishes this goal. I came to this question trying to find the answer, as my Resharper replaced my default hotkeys with their MoveUp and MoveDown versions.
And while Resharper's hotkeys do move things up and down, they are not what the original poster are looking for, and they are not what I wanted. These hotkeys move methods and blocks of code, not individual lines.
Visual studio has two hotkey commands to move your selected lines upwards or downwards.
These hotkeys are:
Edit.MoveSelectedLinesDown
Edit.MoveSelectedLinesUp
I am using Visual Studio 2013 however, so I am unaware if these exist in an older version. If 2012 does not have these hotkeys then perhaps an extension is the only solution.
Either way, I had an issue locating the exact hotkey within visual studio's list and it took me a good while to find these, so I hope that my solution manages to help someone else in a similar situation to my own.
Shift+Del and then Ctrl+V
Shift+Del does the cut (same as Ctrl+X) operation on the current line on which cursor is positioned.
Then you can use Ctrl+V to paste it at any place you like.
Good thing is that you don't need to select the complete current line, just the cursor needs to be positioned on the line.
One downside to using this shortcut is that you won't be able to see the line moving ( up or down ) lively in front of your eyes.
ReSharper's move up and move down shortcuts are smart - instead of just moving the current line (which can easily result in broken code), it will move the current statement up and down in the list of statements that make up the method body. This is much more powerful than just moving a single line of code.
But this doesn't help you get your statement inside the if block. Here you need to do one of two things.
Firstly, move the statement above the if block, then use Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Right to push it down in scope. The statement will now be inside the if block, and you can use up and down to move it around in there. You can also use Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Left to pull it up in scope, outside of the if block.
Alternatively, you can put the text caret on the outside of the closing brace of the if block and use Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Down to move the brace down, stepping over following statements, including them inside the if block.
These keys can do a lot more than just move a single statement. If you put the text caret on a method or class declaration, Up and Down will move the entire method or class declaration up and down. If you put the text caret in the parameter list of a method, Left and Right will rearrange individual parameters (and then Alt+Enter can invoke the Change Signature refactoring).
More details in the help pages.
When editing C# code in Visual Studio 2010, the ENTER key makes IntelliSense complete the current suggestion, without adding a new line.
In VB.NET, the default IntelliSense behavior for the ENTER key is to add a new line after completing the current suggestion.
How can I configure IntelliSense to change the VB.NET behavior to the C# one?
I already know that I could press TAB or SPACE, but out of habit I always end up hitting ENTER (and changing line).
UPDATE VISUAL STUDIO 2017:
Now with Visual Studio 2017 you can change it. Tools -> Options -> Text Editor -> Basic -> IntelliSense.
In Enter key behavior select Never add new line on enter
ANSWER FOR VISUAL STUDIO 2015 AND PREVIOUS:
If you want to avoid inserting new line on enter with autocomplete suggestion, just don't press enter. Instead of Enter press Space bar which completes your autofill and just inserts a space.
Or you may use this third party app:
Resharper makes it possible overriding Visual Studio intellisense and using its own intellisense. It is the only way I've found.
It has a 30 days free trial if you want to test it.
Unfortunately the set of trigger keys for intellisense completion is not a configurable item for VB.Net. There is no way in the default Visual Studio environment to change this behavior.
It would be possible to develop a plugin of sorts to accomplish this. However that's a pretty extreme measure.
EDIT
As of Visual Studio 2017, it is now possible to change this. See the answer below