There seems to be no built-in support for case preserving find/replace in VisualStudio (see also a respective feature request). What I mean is: searching for 'BadJob' and replacing with 'GoodJob' w...

I had to take over a c# project. The guy who developed the software in the first place was deeply in love with #region because he wrapped everything with regions. It makes me almost crazy and I wa...

Currently VS has a very useful feature: sort usings (C#). I want the same functionality for any random text, for example - XML nodes in config files. How complex to implement that? VS addin, righ...

I've got an addin that I developed and used with earlier versions of Visual Studio, and I've managed to develop an interface between it and a VS Package for VS 2015. From my "Command" class, I have...

From a visual studio package (VSIX) how do I detect a solution or project build?

What's different between the two? JetBrains lists some differences here, but I heard there might be some inaccuracies in the list.

I've created Qt project using Visual studio 2012 32 bit and Qt5 SDK with the help of Visual studio Qt addon. I'm using Windows 7 ultimate OS. I have created QApplication GUI Project which basicall...

Is there any Visual Studio addin/thing that will save the current set of open windows, bookmarks, and breakpoints, etc? Whenever I return to an issue, it takes a while to find reopen the appropriat...

I can't find where to install the Qt addin for Visual Studio from the package manager that comes with Qt SDK. Does the addin come with the module "Desktop Qt 4.8.1 - MSVC 2010"?

When creating a new extension for visual studio, there are two project options: "Visual Studio Integration Package" and "Visual Studio Add-in". What is the difference between the two project types ...

It's common for me to have 20+ files opened in Visual Studio (I use VS 2008 now, but we will migrate to VS 2010, soon.). Is there any add-in which could help organize actively opened files? I mea...

I have an add-in that works with Visual Studio 2008, 2010 and 2012. All I have to do is to copy some files to c:\users\username\documents\Addins folder, and then check the relevant line in VS Add-i...

I want to add functionality when the user creates project \ solution in Visual Studio 2010\2012. i.e. I need to perform C# code when a new project is created. I googled a lot but didn't find any ...

Question says it all. I'm trying to write a Visual Studio addin (2012), and the experimental instance always launches without running anything in the addin. No breakpoints are hit in the main insta...

I'm writing a simple Visual Studio 2010 Add-In to do a common copying job here at work (getting dlls from libs sln). I want the progress of the copying to be written to the output window. I tried...

I am building a Visual Studio extension and I am stumped on how I would show a dialog when visual studio is started. The main use for it is going to be when Visual studio starts my extension will...

I'm evaluating Visual Studio Add-ins for Mercurial. Currently, I've identified 3 potential candidates : VisualHg http://visualhg.codeplex.com Mercurial Toolbar : http://mercurialtoolbar.code...

I'm messing around with the Visual Studio add-in API trying to see if something I want to do is possible. One thing I am doing right now is something like: public void Exec(string commandName, vs...

While trying to develop my first VS Addin, I am having issues in firing DTE2 events. Basically, the DocumentOpened and LineChanged events don't fire for some reason. What important part did I miss...

Im looking to write a visual studio addin that can intercept the default online help command and grab the MSDN library URL when F1 help is called on a class or type. For example say I place my cur...

I have a scenario where I have a fairly complex object that I load from a database. That object has several nested objects. While I am debugging I find an instance of this object that I would like...

I have an add-in loaded, and a solution loaded, how would I find the folder path of that solution programmatically in C# in my addin?

Are there any add-ins available that let you customize the UI look and feel for Visual Studio 2012 IDE?

I wrote a simple add-in for Visual Studio 2008 that opens a dockable window pane. You can download the source and a binary installer by clicking here. The nature of the add-in means that it is i...

Does Visual Haskell for Visual Studio 2008/2010 exist? Or what are the alternatives to try it? EDIT: I've got a lot of alternatives but it seems that there is no Visual Haskell right now.