Episode

Productivity Power Tools 2017

In this episode, Robert is joined by Justin Clareburt, who shows off the Visual Studio 2017 version of the Productivity Power Tools, a collection of 15 extensions that provide additional features for the Visual Studio IDE. Justin covers:

Productivity Power Tools installation[03:30]
Align Assignments[12:00]: Aligns assignment statements by typing Ctrl+Alt+]
Copy As Html[13:35]: Provides support for the HTML Clipboard format when cutting for copying code from the editor
Ctrl+Click GoTo Definition[15:40]: Enables clickable hyperlinks to symbols in source code in your code by holding down the Ctrl key when hovering with the mouse
Custom Document Well[18:45]: Allows users to change the behavior of their document tabs
Double-Click Maximize[22:00]: Maximize any docked window by double-clicking its title bar and restore/dock by double-clicking again
Editor Guidelines[22:45]: Draws a vertical line in the code editor to remind developers that their full line of code or comments may not fit one a single screen
Fix Mixed Tabs [25:25]: Helps to manage the whitespace inside your document and assists in keeping consistency in the use of tabs and spaces
Match Margin[28:10]: Highlights all the textual matches of token at the caret location in the Editor
Middle-Click Scroll[29:08]: Enables you to press down on your scroll wheel and move the mouse to quickly scroll through your document
Peek Help[30:05]: Brings up the F1 Help content inline in the editor
Power Commands for Visual Studio[31:40]: A set of useful extensions for the Visual Studio IDE, including Remove and Sort Usings, Copy Path and Open Command Prompt
Quick Launch Tasks[34:40]: Provides easy access to commonly used options (EG: toggling line numbers) as well as popular functionality (EG: collapsing/expanding regions)
Shrink Empty Lines[36:15]: Shrinks lines that contain neither letters nor numbers by 25% vertically, allowing more lines to be displayed in the editor
Solution Error Visualizer[38:00]: Adds error, warning, and message squiggles to Solution Explorer
Time Stamp Margin[40:25]: Adds the timestamp information to the Output Window in Debug mode

Productivity Power Tools installation[03:30]
Align Assignments[12:00]: Aligns assignment statements by typing Ctrl+Alt+]
Copy As Html[13:35]: Provides support for the HTML Clipboard format when cutting for copying code from the editor
Ctrl+Click GoTo Definition[15:40]: Enables clickable hyperlinks to symbols in source code in your code by holding down the Ctrl key when hovering with the mouse
Custom Document Well[18:45]: Allows users to change the behavior of their document tabs
Double-Click Maximize[22:00]: Maximize any docked window by double-clicking its title bar and restore/dock by double-clicking again
Editor Guidelines[22:45]: Draws a vertical line in the code editor to remind developers that their full line of code or comments may not fit one a single screen
Fix Mixed Tabs [25:25]: Helps to manage the whitespace inside your document and assists in keeping consistency in the use of tabs and spaces
Match Margin[28:10]: Highlights all the textual matches of token at the caret location in the Editor
Middle-Click Scroll[29:08]: Enables you to press down on your scroll wheel and move the mouse to quickly scroll through your document
Peek Help[30:05]: Brings up the F1 Help content inline in the editor
Power Commands for Visual Studio[31:40]: A set of useful extensions for the Visual Studio IDE, including Remove and Sort Usings, Copy Path and Open Command Prompt
Quick Launch Tasks[34:40]: Provides easy access to commonly used options (EG: toggling line numbers) as well as popular functionality (EG: collapsing/expanding regions)
Shrink Empty Lines[36:15]: Shrinks lines that contain neither letters nor numbers by 25% vertically, allowing more lines to be displayed in the editor
Solution Error Visualizer[38:00]: Adds error, warning, and message squiggles to Solution Explorer
Time Stamp Margin[40:25]: Adds the timestamp information to the Output Window in Debug mode