I've just gotten really hooked on the Visual Studio Command Window, being able to type a lot of command rather than reaching for the mouse. Is there an equivalent in eclipse? Or is there another convenient way to go mouse-less?
The closest editor in Eclipse would be a Scrapbook page, where you can execute Java expressions without having to create a new Java program.
This is a neat way to quickly test an existing class or evaluate a code snippet.
But this isn't exactly equivalent to a Visual Studio Command Window, and more akin to an Immediate Window in Visual Studio.
Still it can be handy.
(source: eclipsezone.com)
(source: eclipsezone.com)
If you are looking for a quick, mouse-less way to type and execute commands, check out the Quick Access feature. Just type Ctrl+3 and start typing the name of a command.
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You can execute commands, however, it is lacking the parameters. Eclipse is missing the scripting capabilities. There are some plugins and projects that try to complement that, but nothing standard.
Window > Show View > Display
In the Display window, you can type whatever Java code you want, select it and evaluate the result clicking on the "Evaluate" button.
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Summary: Is there an easy way to save alternate command arguments used by the Visual Studio debugger?
Details:
Visual Studio has an option to set Command Argument that are used by the debugger. For example in the screenshot shown here I've set them to FOO BAR. Sometimes when debugging a project I want to switch the arguments to test different input sets. And often the arguments are much longer than just FOO BAR. It would be nice if there was a way to save the arguments that I've typed and switch between them quickly. Ideally it would also be possible to change the working directory at the same time. But I haven't found a way to do this yet so that's why I'm asking here. I'm using Visual Studio Professional 2012.
You can just create new configuration(s) for this project. I see that your current active configuration is Debug (top left corner of project settings dialog). You can create new configuration(s), which will be based on this one, and name them like Debug-Test1, Debug-Test2, etc. After you will do this you will have a choice to switch between this configurations in VS Debug Toolbar.
Although it most likely doesn't have anything to do with resharper... here's my setup:
VS2010 Ultimate 10.0.31319.1
JetBrains Resharper 5.1 (C# Edition 5.1.1727.12)
I've configured the shortcut via VS2010 Tools > Options > Keyboard > C# Scheme
Command Resharper_UnitTestSession_RunAll
Shortcut Ctrl+Alt+\ (Global)
Use new shortcut in Global
Now I open a unit test session using Resharper. I see the little "Run All Tests" button (in the toolwindow) has a tooltip which says (Ctrl + Alt + \). But the shortcut only works if the focus is within the Unit Test Session toolwindow.
I'd like it to work (at the bare minimum) from the text editor which is where I spend the most editor. But for some reason, it just won't work.
Maybe I am tired and someone else can point out what I am missing...
Set the ReSharper_Resharper_UnitTest_RunSolution to that shortcut, instead.
That will run all the tests in the solution - presumably what you're trying to do.
I didn't find much use for the Resharper_UnitTestSession_RunAll option, as I've usually just changed some code when I want to run the tests.
Hope this helps.
Is there a keyboard shortcut to quickly find and open a file in Visual Studio 2005/2008 like how they do it in TextMate?
In textmate Command + T in Textmate brings up something that you can type a few key which would display all relevant files and allow you to quickly select one, Command + T back and forth also allows you to quickly alternate between 2 files most recently used. This is extremely helpful.
I am aware that there is a Ctrl + Alt + ↓ which shows a list of all open documents which is almost there but not quite.
You can hit Ctrl+D to go to the search box, then type >of filename (with autocomplete).
You can also do this and other commands in the command window or the immediate window.
Or, if you don't mind buying, ReSharper has Go to File which I highly recommend. It's Ctrl+Shift+N and it brings up a nice search dialog that supports wildcards and other shortcuts.
Sonic File Finder is a free VS plugin which is basically the same thing, and quite well-loved by most people who install it.
http://www.jens-schaller.de/sonictools/sonicfilefinder/index.htm
I think the best solution is the following
CTRL + , (comma) then type your file/class/method name
I've made an extension that works exactly like Textmate's "go to file" feature: https://github.com/maxt3r/VS-CmdT
If you go to the search box in visual studio and type ">open " and then start typing, autocomplete will come up for all the files in your solution. This is in 2008, not so sure about 2005.
Out of the box in Visual Studio, Ctrl + Tab will toggle between the two most recent files.
Ctrl+Shift+T in Resharper works just like you describe. It provides a text box in which you type the filename and it generates a live list from which you can pick from. Nice features include wildcarding (e.g. Customer*xaml) and matching on camel case filenames (e.g. SVD will match SingleValueDecomposition.cs). At my work, if people use one feature of Resharper, it will be Ctrl+Shift+T.
If you code in C++ rather than C#, then Visual Assist provides some functionality. And in my opinion, works better than Resharper.
Sara Ford has a blog post about this: Did you know... How to open a file in the solution without using either a tool window or a dialog?
All the previous responses are accurate and are mentioned in her post and the comments. In addition, another approach is to launch the command window using CTRL+ALT+A then typing in "of filename" or "open filename" in the same way mentioned for the search field.
#Adam Neal mentioned ReSharper. Another popular tool is CodeRush/Refactor! Pro and it also has a file navigation window that can be launched (and searched) via the CTRL+ALT+F shortcut.
In Eclispe you can do Ctrl+Shift+R and a Window popup where you can write the name of the file (or just the beginning of it) and to press enter to go directly to the file.
What is the equivalence in Visual Studio 2005? (Ctrl+Shift+F is not what I would like).
From Top 11 VS 2005 IDE tips and tricks:
This is the Find dropdown that is on the Standard Toolbar, not the Find dialog. Use the shortcut CTRL+D to activate the Find dropdown in normal mode. Use CTRL+/ to activate the Find dropdown in command mode
To quickly go to a file, type CTRL+D, >open <start of file name>. Intellisense works here just like in the Command Window. "of" (short for "open file") can be used instead of open.
I am not sure if there is a built-in command but there are some addons like VS File Finder
Hit Ctrl+D (Find Combo - the one in the toolbar), write ">of " and the name of the file.
I am using ReSharper, so I am not sure if the shortcut is exactly this one in your case.
I don't know if there is an equivalence, but you can probably do it with the macro editor. It's pretty powerful and you can do pretty much what you want with it.
In plain VS.NET 2005, Go to the command window (Ctrl-D), type "openfile" (or just "of") and the file name.
If you have Resharper (and you should have it), you can type Ctrl-N and type in the class name, or Ctrl-Shift-N and type in the filename.
Gulzar proposed VS File Finder that was the greatest solution here.
But I installed SonicFilFinder because the GUI was better. It works like a charm and you can use the HotKey you want. Really fast and no need of of the mouse. It's free.
In VS 2010, you can use Edit > Navigate To... (Ctrl+comma).
Pro:
Also searches objects/methods
Con:
Doesn't support * wildcards
Window isn't dockable
See: MSDN Blog
If you've ever used Eclipse, you've probably noticed the great keyboard shortcuts that let you hit a shortcut key combination, then just type the first few characters of a function, class, filename, etc. It's even smart enough to put open files first in the list.
I'm looking for a similar functionality for Visual Studio 2008. I know there's a findfiles plugin on codeproject, but that one is buggy and a little weird, and doesn't give me access to functions or classes.
Vs11 (maybe 2010 had it too) has the Navigate To... functionality which (on my machine) has the Ctrl+, shortcut.
By the way it understands capitals as camelcase-shortucts (eclipse does so too). For instance type HH to get HtmlHelper.
This isn't exactly the same as Eclipse from your description, but Visual Studio has some similar features out of the box (I've never used Visual Assist X, but it does sound interesting).
The Find ComboBox in the toolbar ends up being a sort of "Visual Studio command line". You can press Ctrl+/ (by default) to set focus there, and Visual Studio will insert an ">" at the beginning of the text (indicating that you want to enter a command instead of search). It even auto-completes as you type, helping you to find commands.
Anyway, to open a file from there, type "open <filename>". It will display any matching files in the drop down as you type (it pulls the list of files from the currently open solution).
To quickly navigate to a function, in the code editor press Ctrl+I to start an incremental search. Then just start typing until you find what you are looking for. Press Escape to cancel the search, or F3 to search again using the same query. As you are typing in the search query, the status bar in the lower left corner will contain what Visual Studio is searching for. Granted, this won't search across multiple files (I've never used Eclipse much, but that sounds like what it does from your description), but hopefully it will help you at least a little bit.
If anyone stumbles upon this thread:
There's a free plugin (created by me) for Visual Studio 2008 that mimics the Eclipse Ctrl+Shift+R Open Resource dialog (note, not the Open Type dialog). It works with any language and/or project type.
You can find it at Visual Studio Gallery.
Some of the neat features are available in Visual Assist X, though not all of them. I've asked on their forums, but they haven't appeared as yet. VAX gets updated regularly on a rough 4 week period for bug fixes and a new feature every couple of months.
If you are looking for an add-in like this to quickly navigate to source files in your project:
try the Visual Studio 2005/2008 add-in SonicFileFinder.
Resharper does this with the Ctrl-N keyword. Unfortunately it doesn't come for free.
Visual Studio doesn't have anything like this feature beyond Find.
Found this thread while searching for Eclipse's Ctrl+Shift+R, and after seeing the Visual Studio Gallery, found the DPack Tools (they are free, and no, I'm not endorsed in any way by them).
But it's exactly what I was searching:
- Alt+U -> File Browser (a la Eclipse Ctrl+Shift+R)
- Alt+M -> Code Browser (Method list in the actual class)
It has more features, but I'm happy with these ones.
I have been using biterScripting along with Visual Studio to do more flexible searching and manipulation.
It can search the entire workspace.
It can search within any project - EVEN IF THAT PROJECT IS NOT LOADED OR EVEN PART OF A WORKSPACE.
It can find things using regular expressions.
AND, ABOVE ALL, it can make bulk changes. For example, want to change the name of a class from CCustomer to CUser, I can do it in just a few command lines - Actually, I have written scripts for things like this I do often. I DON'T HAVE TO CLICK ON EACH INSTANCE AND MANUALLY DO THE CHANGE.
And, it is inexpensive ($0). I downloaded it from http://www.biterscripting.com .
I'm also comming from the Java Development side and was looking for the CTRL+T feature in the Visual Studio. The other answers refer to open file, but since in C# the class name and file name can be different this is not what i was looking for.
With the Class View or the Object Browser you can search for Objects and Classes
[View]->[Class View] or [View]->[Object]