Experience with Coderush XPress and Visual Studio 2010?

Asked 27/4, 2010 at 8:37 Answered 15/2, 2011 at 16:2

Solved visual-studio-2010 coderush-xpress

It is possible to use CRX with VS 2010: Can I use CodeRush Xpress in Visual Studio 2010?

Refactor Key works. (After assigning the shortcut)

What doesn't work is QuickNav and QuickFileNav. The Standard Shourtcut for QuickFileNav is CTRL+ALT+F, which is conflicted with VS View.F#Interactive.

But removing this shortcut or changing the shortcuts for QuickNav and QuickFileNav doesn't bring up the nav-windows.

NextReference (TABULATOR) doesn't work

Any solutions?

Other issues?

Macswan answered 27/4, 2010 at 8:37 Comment(0)

Sorry, but the following features are no longer included in CodeRush Xpress for VS 2010. This was a Microsoft requirement, and we (DevExpress) can't violate it.

Tab to Next Reference
Highlight References
Quick Nav
Quick File Nav
Declare Method
Declare Constructor
Declare Property (auto-implemented)
Declare Class
Declare Enum
Declare Enum Element
Declare Interface
Declare Struct
Declare Field

It looks as if the only thing we can suggest is to install the full CodeRush Pro version if you wish to use these features, sorry.

Geithner answered 27/4, 2010 at 14:33 Comment(10)

That's certainly a shame, but can I suggest making this much clearer on the DevExpress website? I had to find this out by searching and finding this answer. – Pelorus 16/7, 2010 at 11:46

Thanks for the suggestion, Kent. We'll make it clearer on the DevExpress website. – Geithner 19/8, 2010 at 14:39

Here’s a table of features of CodeRush Xpress for different versions of Visual Studio - bit.ly/jeYEms – Geithner 5/12, 2011 at 20:10

@Alex It seems like the flow of your site(and also links from MS as well as googling) most often took me to either of these two sites. Maybe update these two pages with a bold "For VS 2010" link to the top of these. community.devexpress.com/blogs/markmiller/archive/2009/06/25/… tv.devexpress.com/#CRX91FeaturesCS – Atrabilious 25/5, 2012 at 20:27

@Atrabilious I'm not sure I understand you correctly. Would you please clarify what's wrong and where? – Geithner 30/5, 2012 at 17:20

@Alex Imagine I'm a new user. I try to find out how to use coderush, those were the two pages I found most often either from links on Microsoft's page linking to your site, or googling. Problem: they demonstrate alot of features that don't actually work because they have been removed in 2010, and it is very confusing. I thought I was doing something wrong or thought maybe it was buggy. So I suggest adding a link on those pages with a note in bold indicating that many features are not available in the Express edition because MS provides them in VS2010, and link to the bit.ly/jeYEms page – Atrabilious 30/5, 2012 at 17:34

@Atrabilious Thank you very much for the clarification! I now see what you mean. We are going to make major changes in the CodeRush Xpress version and will take into account your suggestion if appropriate. – Geithner 30/5, 2012 at 19:17

@AlexSkorkin: I wrote a Visual Studio extension for finding files in a Solution that provides very similar features to CodeRush Xpress, I'd be interested in knowing whether you'd share some ideas about implementation as I've been unable to get symbol searching working with any sort of decent performance... – Cockneyfy 26/7, 2012 at 16:15

@AlexSkorkin so much for making this more clear on the website. I just wasted hours downloading DX Core and Code Rush Xpress only to find they don't do anything in VS 2010. – Breslau 20/9, 2012 at 13:58

@Max There are still many features working in Visual Studio 2010. Take a look at this comparison table - skorkin.com/2010/07/… – Geithner 27/9, 2012 at 15:32

VS 2010 replacements for CodeRush XPress features that don't work

Tab to Next Reference

Ctrl + Shift + UP/Down Next reference in current file!

Shift + F12 Find references in all files

Highlight References

done by VS per default

Quick Nav

Alt + F12 for Find Symbol

Quick File Nav

Ctrl + , Navigate To feature of VS (no filter for the Type of search: Classes, Files, Members...)

Ctrl + # type >open then you get auto completion for files

Declare things is done by VS

write sth. VS doesn't know, Ctrl + . create new type

I ended up using DPack for navigation (ALT+S, ALT+U...)

Macswan answered 27/4, 2010 at 16:1 Comment(1)

DPack rocks! It recommend it everywhere I go! One of the best free add-ons for VS! – Chaplin 6/7, 2012 at 15:26

I've written an extension that provides similar functionality to QuickFileNav.
Freely downloadable : VSFileNav

Cockneyfy answered 15/2, 2011 at 16:2 Comment(0)

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