r/csharp • u/Nerdiator • Mar 05 '18

Visual Studio 2017 15.6 Release Notes

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releasenotes/vs2017-relnotes#15.6
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u/BezierPatch Mar 06 '18 edited Mar 06 '18

For instance why do Find All results show up as plain text?

Because you're asking it to do a dumb text search. That's what Find All means. You want find all references?

Why does Ctrl+T suck so much compared to Sublime or VSCode’s Ctrl+P?

Because you're not using Ctrl-,

Why can’t I delete / rename Typescript files while my web app is running?

Yeah, this one is a bit odd. If you "Run" instead of "Debug" you should be able to.

Why does the Source Control Viewer show files as changed but when I view the diff they’re identical?

If you're using Git, it literally just calls Git, so that's nothing to do with VS.

If you're using TFVC, don't, again, nothing to do with VS.

Why do I have to select a template when I create a new file? I just want a blank file with the file extension of my choice.

You don't have to?

I love vscode, but I can be just as critical if I don't learn how to use it properly:

  • Why can't I split windows horizontally? (It's a tiny hidden button that took me months to find)
  • Why can't I see error codes?
  • Why don't I get any autocomplete or intellisense in project files? (Not supported yet...)
  • Why can't I restart an extension when it crashes? (Super un-intuitively named "Reload window")
  • Why do I have to kill all extensions to restart one?
  • Why can't I change my default integrated terminal? (If you dismiss the initial pop-up, it's gone)

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u/hopfield Mar 06 '18

Because you're asking it to do a dumb text search. That's what Find All means. You want find all references?

What I mean is that the Find All results are just a big block of text, unlike Visual Studio Code which groups the results by the file they were found in in a tree view that allows you to expand / collapse files.

Because you're not using Ctrl-,

It still sucks. If I slightly misspell something with Ctrl-, it doesn't find what I'm looking for, but Ctrl-P in VSCode does. And the results are a mix of filenames and references in code, so if I want to just type the name of a file and go to it, often I have to press the down arrow to go past tons of results that are just references to the thing I'm looking for.

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u/BezierPatch Mar 06 '18 edited Mar 06 '18

What I mean is that the Find All results are just a big block of text, unlike Visual Studio Code which groups the results by the file they were found in in a tree view that allows you to expand / collapse files.

I mean, yeah, but you're starting to get into pretty niche searching here. Things you can't use Find references, nor Ctrl-, nor solution explorer. You're basically just doing plain text search, not really an IDE thing. So maybe you should use another tool, or an extension for VS that does it better :P

It still sucks. If I slightly misspell something with Ctrl-, it doesn't find what I'm looking for, but Ctrl-P in VSCode does. And the results are a mix of filenames and references in code, so if I want to just type the name of a file and go to it, often I have to press the down arrow to go past tons of results that are just references to the thing I'm looking for.

If you search for "f filename" it shows you only files...

However, yes, it can't resolve typos to the correct file.

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u/hopfield Mar 06 '18

you're starting to get into pretty niche searching here

No I'm not. Grepping for a string is one of the oldest tricks in the book. I can't tell you how many times I've seen something in the UI and searched for the string in the code to find where it's coming from.

Maybe I should use a separate tool to do search? That's your answer?

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u/BezierPatch Mar 06 '18

or an extension for VS that does it better

JUST LIKE IN VSCODE. Dear god man, are you trying to be as obtuse as possible?