Is there a 'scratch pad' window in Visual Studio

Question

I currently use notepad to store little notes to myself about my code. This is usually a mixture of code and requirements.

Is there a 'scratch pad' type window in VS where i could do this.

The other alternative is to use code comment blocks in the source files, but that's not quite what I'm looking for.

Copilot

Does this answer your question? VScode equivalent of Jetbrains/IntelliJ/Rubymine scratches (throwaway notes) – Staurolite

Answers here are quite outdated, while the [proposed] dupe has a 2021 working one. – Staurolite

Answer 1

I just found that visual studio has support for git style .md or markdown:

This provides good way of storing notes, requirements and developer instructions such as a readme.

• To use: Just add a file to your solution with a .md extension.

Copilot

This requires an extension, available here visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/… – Sago

Answer 2

Try the sticky notes add in

http://www.davidhayden.com/blog/dave/archive/2008/03/18/VisualStudio2008AddInStickyNotes.aspx

http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/StickyNotes

Valvule

Both links are dead now and the addon can't be found in VS marketplace. But found a Scratchpad addon: marketplace.visualstudio.com/… – Garwood

Answer 3

On "Solution Level" you can add files (text, html or code) to act as notes files.

Also in projects, you can add files, and set the Build Action to None.

Squatness

Answer 4

Most of the time I'd simply add a .txt file to the solution or abuse comments to do it. However, if you use the scratch pad to store todo lists et cetera you can use TODO: in your comments and visual studio will add them to the built in todo list.

Carpathoukraine

Answer 5

You can use "Bookmarks" window to scratch some notes regarding different parts of your code:

Darb

Answer 6

I think Stick notes wont support VS 2005. Anyway WinDBG rocks.

Couteau