I have the latest version of Visual Studio 2022 (17.4.1) and I am trying to use Replace All to replace text in all files within the project:
This function simply doesn't work (just says 0 occurrences replace). I am within the current project.
However when I use just Replace it works as expected albeit single replacements.
Any workaround to the Replace All functionality?
Pay attention to the area where you do the search and replacement.
Here in the picture you can see that the scope is set to "Current project" which means the replacement will not be done in the files that are out of the current project:
To fix the issue, just click on the "Current project" and change it to either "Entire solution" or "All open documents".
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I remember I used to rename in some old Visual Studio (VS) version just directly editing the item and hitting enter to confirm.
The newer version of VS requires the user to first "inform" that he wants to rename something ([CTRL+. or F2], VisualStudio: Shortcut for when Renaming Variable). Is there a way one can disable this requirement and go back to the "old days" behavior?
I'm working with Sublime Text for a while now and it works perfectly! But at my new work they're using Visual Studio, with some plugins and shortcut changes I'm now be able to work a little bit faster but I prefer Sublime Text.
Why I'm stuck to Visual Studio at my work is because of 3 things:
1. TFS: Team Foundation Server
I've found the Sublime TFS plugin, I haven't tested it yet but I think it works the same as the Sublime SVN plugin which I don't like (no status on checkout, just waiting until it's done). For SVN I'm using TortoiseSVN which works nicely. Is there something like TortoiseSVN for TFS?
2. Solutions
If I browse to the solution/product folder on my computer, add a new file and go back to Visual Studio I've to include that file into the solution/project. I'm used to exclude files which I don't like to use in my project instead of include. Is it possible to change this?
3. Build system
After every change I've to build. Instead of just save (F5) and go to my browser (ALT-TAB) which refreshes automatically after every change, I have to save (F5), build (SHIFT-F6), go to my browser (ALT-TAB) and refresh (F5) with Visual Studio. I'm pretty handy with it now, but I think this can be done easier. So is it possible to build automatically after saving?
What I did until now is searching on Google. I've found some interesting things but nothing which covers these 3 things. For example; here a simple tutorial for the build system. I hope someone can help me out with this so I can say good bye to Visual Studio and return to Sublime Text with love.
I have setup a shortcut key in Visual Studio to open my files in Sublime Text Editor. Below is a step by step guide to doing this.
Step 1:
Open Visual Studio, Go to "Tools" menu and Select "External Tools..."
Step 2:
Click on "Add". Set up a Title say "Open in Sublime" , browse to "sublime_text.exe" to the set the Command textbox. For the arguments fill them with $(ItemPath):$(CurLine):$(CurCol) - this will tell Sublime to open the Visual Studio's current file and go to the same location within that file. Set the Initial Directory to $(ItemDir).
Step 3:
Now if you go Menu > Tools you will find our newly added "Open In Sublime" option. Now let's take this one step forward and setup a shortcut key for this.
Step 4:
Go to Menu > Tools > Options, Under Environment select "Keyboard". In the "Show command containing:" field search for "externalcommand6" and press in your shortcut key combination you want to assing and click the "Assign" button. Avoid combinations that are already in use.
That's it you're done
Sublime text editing is now just a keystroke away.
You can use them both. Visual studio is an ide and manages a lot more then just editing the text files.
If you want to use your text editor of choice you just need to get familure with the command line tools that VS hides from you.
For TFS tasks you need to use TF
When you need to build just invoke MSbuild which is what Visual Studio more or less does anyway. You can also edit the project files by hand as there just msbuild files.
I've recently started following the recommendation to use $ as the first character in the name of all jQuery variables, so it's easy to differentiate them from normal JavaScript variables.
Unfortunately the JS editor in Visual Studio 2010 doesn't pick up the $ when I double-click to select a word, or when searching for "whole word".
I know some text editors (Textpad, for example) allow you to tweak which characters are included in words. Is there any way to control this in Visual Studio?
This doesn't really answer the question, but the problem has gone away as the $ symbol is included automatically in VS 2012 and beyond.
I changed some parameters in a Visual Studio C++ project, and now I don't remember how to "go back". Is it possible to reset the build settings?
I don't mean the IDE settings (menu Tools -> Import and Export Settings).
Am I the only person that can read?!
The only way I know how to reset a "Parameter in a Project's Settings",,,
Is to open the Project file(csproj, vcxproj) with a text editor, and remove the block defining that parameter.
If you wanted to reset the Allow Isolation value, you would delete this text.
<AllowIsolation>true</AllowIsolation>
When project files are loaded by visual Studio, values which are not explicitly defined in the file, are assumed to be using the default. This will only work if the property has a default value(can't change some).
NOTE: This is NOT the same as Deleting the value from the Project Properties Dialog in VS. That method writes a blank value to your project file.
The command "devenv /resetsettings" will restore Visual Studio back to its original factory state.
You can find list of devenv switches here.
You may be able to get the previous/saved version of your Visual Studio project (*.vcproj) from your software version control system.
As many wrote here before, there is a need to reset your visual studio to default settings. Just follow this: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms247075(v=vs.90).aspx
Here is the awful method I used in Visual Studio 2022.
In "Property" pages, expand the individual configuration you want.
Click "All Options" and find the bold options you had changed.
To restore the defaults, click the options and select "<inherit from parent or project defaults>".
Click "Apply", then it will recover its original value.
Otherwise, you can compare the *.vcxproj with the project templates.
The Eclipse IDE has a neat little feature that I really miss in Visual Studio.
If I place the cursor on a variable or method name, the IDE will automatically highlight all references to it in the current document within the relevant scope.
I can't seem to find an option to turn on similar behaviour in VS2008 or Resharper 4. I know VS has a Find Usages function, but I'd like to do it automatically on the fly.
Does anyone know of a free addin which will add this functionality?
If you're using ReSharper, you can highlight the usages in the file with Shift-Alt-F11. Place your cursor on the variable you want to find usages of, and press the Shift-Alt-F11 combination.
There is an add-in for Visual Studio that will do something similar called RockScroll.
When you double click on something, it will highlight all occurrences of the item you double clicked. It also changes the vertical scrollbar to a "syntax highlighted thumbnail view" showing an overview of where the item occurs in the file.
I know you mentioned ReSharper, but CodeRush has a nice references window that you can dock and let it search for things on-the-fly or on demand. As a bonus, you can select each usage and it will show you the context surrounding the usage. It also works for methods.
I mentioned CodeRush since they have an express edition, which looks like it includes that feature, but I haven't tried that edition.
Visual Studio 2010 has sorta implemented this, but the feature is somewhat lacking. There is a non-configurable delay between placing the cursor and highlighting.
The RockScroll Addin is not available for Visual Studio 2010 and above.
As a replacement, the free "Highlight all occurrences of selected word" plugin will highlight all occurences of the selected string after a doubleclick. There is no delay as with the native vs2010 highlighter.
It is string-based, which means it works inside comments and string literals.
Microsoft published a tool that sort of does what you want.
Some of my favourite features:
Enhanced Scrollbar
Auto Brace Completion
Ctrl + Click Go To Definition
Open Containing Folder
and the list goes on.
For Visual Studio 2010 and for Visual Studio 2012