I am using Window 7. I have removed the shadows from my windows, but Visual Studio 2012 seems to ignore that setting and draws a shadow (or glow) anyway. Is there a way to remove that shadow/glow?
From here:
In some situations, you can improve your Visual Studio performance by changing your Visual Experience. To change these settings just go to Tools -> Options -> Environment -> General -> Visual Experience:
Untick "Enable rich client visual experience" and the shadows should go away.
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Visual Studio 2019
What is this feature called?
Can I use this feature in Visual Studio 2019?
This feature is called "Code Lens" and you can enable it in Tools -> Options, then select Text Editor -> F# -> Code Lens
But it only works in *.fs files for some reason, not in *.fsx
How to get rid of bar marked on below screenshot? Previously I had there some kind of code tracking, like code minimap, using which I could quickly move to specific part of my code, but I decided to remove it. It worked, but bar remained and it is misleading for me, as it cuts my code (it can also be seen on screenshot) and just waste space.
I remember that I saw this feature for first time in Visual Studio Code, but disabling it was easy as it required only to add one line to settings JSON file. Unfortunately, I can't see such a file for Visual Studio 2017. On the other side - last time Visual Studio 2017 and Visual Studio Code acted like two separate beings and that's fine for me. This time they act like Visual Studio 2017 inherits settings from Visual Studio Code. I had this code minimap though I never enabled it. I had ESLint enabled in Visual Studio 2017 though I never enabled it. However both of those were enabled in Visual Studio Code. Is there a way to separate Visual Studio 2017 and Visual Studio Code again? I would like my settings from Visual Studio Code to not be adopted by Visual Studio 2017.
Fixed. I had to enter Options -> Text Editor -> All Languages -> Scroll Bars and changed Behavior from "Use map mode for vertical scroll bar" to "Use bar mode for vertical scroll bar".
My question about inheriting settings from Visual Studio Code by Visual Studio 2017 is still up-to-date.
I have Visual Studio installed in one PC in which text editor is format redundant code by color (as shown in the screen shot).
I want to activate this in visual studio copy installed on another PC.
That is not a Visual Studio feature, it is one of ReSharper Code Inspection features, hence you'll need to install ReSharper on the computer where you'd like to see this code coloring...
This is a visual studio (mine is 2015) feature and should be enabled. By default it should be enabled, but am not sure what version of visual studio you are using. You can enable it by going to Visual Studio -> Tools menu -> Options
I have visual studio 2013 - professional and it keeps changing my theme from blue to dark.
Anyone have an idea why this is?
Yes, I was logged in with a corporate account that is shared between a couple computers.
It sounds like Synchronized Settings are enabled in your Visual Studio, therefore it is trying to sync theme and other settings across different machines.
Solution: In VS13, go to Tools -> Options -> Environment -> Synchronized Settings and then uncheck the "Enabled synchronization" box.
I could not find Quick Watch in visual studio 2010 express. Do we only have the option for watch option and not quick watch in express editions?
No, the Quickwatch feature is not available in Express editions of Visual Studio.
It is a myth that it is only available from C++. Here is a screenshot from Visual Studio 2010 Professional, showing the QuickWatch in use for an ASP.NET C# project:
It is a myth that the key can be manually bound in Express editions. The command Debug.QuickWatch, while available in for-pay versions of Visual Studio:
is not available in Express editions (tested in 2008, 2010, 2012):
it is a myth that pressing Shift+F9 will make the QuickWatch window appear in Express editions
it is a myth that selecting
2010 Express: Tools -> Import and Export settings -> Reset All settings
2012 Express: Tools -> Settings -> Reset
will restore the ability to have a QuickWatch in Express editions.
From MSDN: How to: Use the QuickWatch Dialog Box
Visual Studio Edition Visual Basic C# C++ J#
===================== ============ === === ===
Express No No No No
Standard No No No No
Pro/Team Yes Yes Yes Yes
Some users might, therefore, wonder why QuickWatch is useful. Why not simply add the variable or expression to the Watch window? Well, you could do that, but suppose you simply want to do a quick scratch calculation involving one or more variables? You don't want to clutter up the Watch window with such calculations. That's where QuickWatch comes in.
Another nice feature of the QuickWatch dialog box is the fact that it's resizable. If you want to look at the members of a large object, it's often easier to expand and look at the tree QuickWatch than it is in the Watch, Locals, or Autos window.
In Visual Studio Express 2010 the QuickWatch dialog is available only for C++, any other language does not support that feature.
See this topic on MSDN: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cyzbs7s2.aspx
The Quick Watch feature should be available even in express SKUs of Visual Studio. What's likely happening is the particular menu isn't visible by default for some reason in the current profile. You can verify this is the case by doing the following while debugging
View -> Other Windows -> Command Window
Debug.QuickWatch theExpression
The Debug.QuickWatch command will directly invoke the quick watch feature. It will act exactly as if you'd type theExpression into the quick watch window.