Microsoft just released the Visual Studio 2010 Pro Power Tools extension and it is awesome. A summary of all the features can be found here and it is available in the Visual Studio Gallery here. There are a bunch of great features but, in my opinion, the best one is the replacement for the Add Reference dialog. This gives sub-string search capabilities as well as the ability to add multiple references without having to continually re-open the dialog. For this feature alone, you should install the Pro Power Tools right now. There are a few blogs posts that do a good job describing all the features but what I wanted to do here was to post a quick screencast (7 minutes) that shows the features that I think are really cool. I show most (but not all) of the features focusing on the ones I think are the best. The features I cover are:
- Installation with the Extension Manager
- Add Reference Dialog replacement
- Tab Well including pinned tabs, pinned tabs in second row, fixed close button, colorized tabs, dirty indicator
- Highlight current line
- Triple Click for full-line selection
- Ctrl + Click for Go To Definition
- Colorized Parameter Help
Enjoy!
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