Do you know if there is any add-in for Visual Studio, that shows the content of any DataTable in a nice way when I hover on the relevant variable in Debugging?
I think Data Debugger Visualizer fits your needs.
It doesn't matter even if it doesn't. With Visual Studio's Debugger Visualizer feature you can easily create your own addin to handle your specific needs. You may want to start with the following article if you'd like to have a try:-)
DataTips, Visualizers and Viewers Make Debugging .NET Code a Breeze
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I am using dynamic objects in a project, and I'd like to provide intellisense for the object. I understand that Visual Studio can't know what to show for intellisense, but if I can plug into the intellisense, I do know what entries should show up.
Is there a way to extend Visual Studio's intellisense? If so, any pointers?
Thanks!
You can use Editor Extension Points.
You can find specific information for extending Intellisense near the bottom of this page:
Editor Extension Points
From this page you can get information about ICompletionSource and ICompletionSourceProvider which are the two interfaces you must implement to provide autocompletion.
Does anyone know if it is possible at all to filter the Toolbox's items in Visual Studio using an add-in?
Visual Studio 2010 introduced the ability to search but I want to filter, for example: type in button and it must show all items containing "button", same as on this on this Delphi XE screenshot:
This is a very good answer for this question. I copied from the VS blog:
In VS 2010 Beta2, we’ve added the ability to search for controls in the toolbox by name. To use it, put focus in the toolbox (by clicking in it, for example) and start typing the name of the control you want to find. As you type, the selection will move to the next item that matches what you've typed so far.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2009/10/26/toolbox-search.aspx
This is something not possible as microsoft does not reveal the secret of adding toolbox controls details completely. They make change the process for each platform and for each versions of visual studio. if we have a clear details of how they add, we can also do the similar kind of small application with search capability and add it as add-in.
Luckily Visual Studio 2012 now has that feature!
I want to customize the way the text is rendered in Microsoft's Visual Studio text viewer. The goal is to implement my own complicated algorithm for whitespace handling.
Note: I've already written "add-ins" to automate some tasks (include guards, copyright insertion in the file's header etc...). However, as far as I understand, "add-ins" cannot be used to override the kind of functionality I need.
Is it possible to override the default text rendering? If yes, where do I start?
(Visual studio 2005 is preferred.)
You should look at Visual Studio language services. Try Language Services on MSDN
Is it possible to make Visual Studio 2010's code completion window more like that of Eclipse (Java)?
In particular, I'd love the code completion window to give me a variable's type, and a method's return type and expected parameters, without needing to hover the highlight over that particular variable/method. Here's Eclipse's:
VS's code completion's little icons that indicate if something is a property, method etc are useful, but they just aren't enough.
Unfortunately, there's no built-in way to do this. Visual Studio offers only very limited options related to customizing its Intellisense display.
You'll have to turn to third-party solutions or add-ins, or settle down to write your own using one of the existing options as a guide. Here are a few that can be found around the web:
Visual Studio Intellisense Presenter (looks like it might be very close to what you're looking for)
CSharpIntellisensePresenter
Visual Assist X (commercial software with 30-day free trial)
I'm trying to edit my TFS 2010 build templates using the Visual Studio 2010 Workflow designer. I have this nice widescreen display, and the designer insists on displaying the activity blocks in itty bitty areas. How can I resize them so I can at least read the entire display descriptions?
EDIT: If this annoys you too, vote for this suggestion
The designer doesn't support resizing activities. You can collapse/expand them or zoom into the entire workflow but that is it.
Would be a nice future feature so I suggest adding it to connect as a feature request and if you post the link I will vote for it.