I have a file (just a file. It is not in a solution) that is a Windows Work Flow file.
When I open it I get the GUI interface for WF. How can I show the xaml under it? (With out making a solution and adding my file to the solution.)
Try the File / Open / file menu item. In the Open file dialog, do not click on Open, but on the arrow to the right of the open button. There, choose Open with... and choose the XML editor.
You can also simply press f7 (or whatever your mapping for "View Code" is).
Unlike with clicking f7 on a WPF .xaml file, which opens both the xaml and code-behind next to each other, for Workflows Visual Studio will close the designer view to open the xaml.
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When I click on a C++ project in Visual Studio, I get this menu:
And so I can quickly press Alt+F,F(Command ProjectandSolutionContextMenus.Project.OpenFolderinFileExplorer) to open the folder of the project.
I also found that I can open containing folder if I open the file in the Text Editor in Visual Studio:
I bound it to Alt+F,F as well. I set it to only be active in Text Editor, it's the File.OpenContainingFolder command.
But when I click on files inside the project in the Solution Explorer, there is no context menu:
I tried to make the File.OpenContainingFolder command global, but it still doesn't work in the Solution Explorer when I just click on a file once. If I double click it and open it in the text editor, it works.
And I can't find a command in the Keyboard section in options of Visual Studio to open containing folder of a file selected in the Solution Explorer.
Maybe someone knows how to do it?
You can create an external tool menu item, and then bind a shortcut to that item.
Go to Tools > External Tools.
Click Add.
In Title edit box type Show in Explorer.
In Command edit box type explorer.exe.
In Arguments edit box type /select, $(ItemPath). There is a space between a comma and a dollar sign.
Click OK.
Make note at the position of the new command in the list. It could be first, it could be fifth, or something else. Let's assume it's the fifth one.
Assign a shortcut to the command Tools.ExternalCommand5. Restrict the shortcut to Solution Explorer.
That's it.
I am switching from visual studio to clion and find one thing annoying - when I select a file in a project window and press "enter", the selected file opened in the editor but, unlike in visual studio, the cursor stays in the project window and don't jump to the editor. However, if I use mouse and double-click on the selected file, the cursor jumps to the editor, same as in visual studio. I wonder if there is a way to configure "Enter" in project windows to go to editor as well.
We have PDF (and other) files attached to TFS Work Items and in Source Control under TFS. They are not opened correctly (they show up as ASCII, basically) in Visual Studio.
The problem seems to be that until you use the 'Open With..' dialog from the Solution Explorer, VS doesn't properly associate a program with extensions like '.pdf'.
If our users had a full installation of Visual Studio, that would be an ok work-around. However, many of them only have Visual Studio 2013 with the Team Explorer component - no Solution Explorer at all.
I'm guessing that there must be some workaround for this case. Perhaps setting the proper registry value? Since VS properly remembers the association if you can tell it (through the Solution Explorer), it must be stored somewhere.
Ideas? Suggestions?
If you've got a PDF file in a project you can right-click in the solution explorer and choose "Open with..". Now you can choose which editor you want to use. If Acrobat isn't already listed you can add it and after that click the button "Set as default".
After that, your PDF's will always open with Acrobat Reader regardless if you open it from source control browser or elsewhere in the Visual Studio. But you need to configure that for all your Studios.
Reference: Answer in MSDN "Source Control Explorer Doesn't View PDF Files"
"Open with" is not available in context menu. But I found solution - well better said workaround:
You have to create external command to open this pdf file in you pdf viewer.
Go to Tools/External tools.
In command section, enter path to your PDF viewer (exe file)
In Arguments, choose "Item path". Save it under preferred name
Put this new command you created in some of existing toolbars or create new one for it. This is also little complicated, so here is how:
Hit the small arrow next to the existing toolbar, choose customize
In the new window, choose "Add command"
In the new window, your new command is hidden under the category "Tools" as command "External command 1". Add it and confirm.
Now here comes the nasty trick. This command will not work in the browser window with PDF file selected, the argument is empty :(
So you have to OPEN the pdf file into that ASCII window and THEN hit the new command. Now the file will open in you selected pdf viewer.
Hope this will help someone
I'm using Microsoft Visual Studio Sourcesafe 6.0.
When edit *.js(JavaScript) File Type, the default text editor is notepad.exe, but I want to use another text editor.
How to change *.js File Type default text editor?
By default, you can use notepad to view JavaScript source code. To change it, follow these steps:
Quit Internet Explorer (if it is running).
Double-click My Computer.
On the View menu, click Options (or Folder Options).
Click the File Types tab. In the Registered File Types box, find JavaScript, click it, and then click Edit. Then select your editor.
Note: If it is not works, you may need to type a space and %1 at the end of the command. For example, if you want to use Notepad to be your default HTML editor, type the following command: c:\windows\notepad.exe "%1"
OK, click Close, and then click Close again.
Reference: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/163606/en-us
Does it really work? I don't know. But try it, please.
this can be easily done via Tools->Options menu in Visual SourceSafe Explorer. How to: Change the Default Editor
Every time I open up an aspx page it splits my screen between the source and design screens. I can change it over manually each time but it's starting to drive me nuts. Is there a way to make it only open the source window by default?
Right click on any .aspx file in the Solution Explorer, and choose "Open With...". In there, you can choose "Source Code (Text) Editor", then hit "Set as Default".
Tools > Options (Its there somewhere) I managed to change so when I open vb.net forms that the code view opens rather than the designer.