Top 10 VS.NET IDE annoyances
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Posted partly for fun, partly in case anyone has workarounds... 1) No confirmation when dragging and dropping project items - I like to drag the scrollbar on the project list, but sometimes I grab a file or folder instead. By the time I realise it, I have dragged something to somewhere and am not quite sure what. 2) Lack of tab group management - when working with web projects, the open windows quickly become unmanageable 3) Bookmarks only affect current files - there is a way around this I think, but it is still annoying default behavior. 4) No reverse F12 - the F12 key jumps to a definition, but there is no inverse key combination to go back to where you came from. 5) Wacky HTML Editor - various problems and annoyances, such as poor support for DIV tags, wierd swapping out of some HTML entity codes, etc. 6) No auto-reference fix - when I add references to COM objects, and I recompile my COM dlls, the references break and I have to manually delete and re-add them 7) Solution file locations - When adding multiple projects, the behavior is such that it wants to store the solution file with the first project. From a Source Code control point of view this is annoying, and can cause some funky SourceSafe project trees - it would be better if the solution defaulted to a parent directory. 8) Inability to view codebehind SCC history - you cannot get the history of a codebehind file, unless you show all project files and go directly to the .cs/vb file 9) Crappy XML editor - by which I mean the "data" editor, the "code" editor is fine. 10) Help/Check for Updates fails the first time I click it. The second time gives a different message, but I supect it does nothing really. (I think the reason MS has not yet released any updates for VS.NET is because they are too embarassed that the "Check for Updates" does not work).
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Posted partly for fun, partly in case anyone has workarounds... 1) No confirmation when dragging and dropping project items - I like to drag the scrollbar on the project list, but sometimes I grab a file or folder instead. By the time I realise it, I have dragged something to somewhere and am not quite sure what. 2) Lack of tab group management - when working with web projects, the open windows quickly become unmanageable 3) Bookmarks only affect current files - there is a way around this I think, but it is still annoying default behavior. 4) No reverse F12 - the F12 key jumps to a definition, but there is no inverse key combination to go back to where you came from. 5) Wacky HTML Editor - various problems and annoyances, such as poor support for DIV tags, wierd swapping out of some HTML entity codes, etc. 6) No auto-reference fix - when I add references to COM objects, and I recompile my COM dlls, the references break and I have to manually delete and re-add them 7) Solution file locations - When adding multiple projects, the behavior is such that it wants to store the solution file with the first project. From a Source Code control point of view this is annoying, and can cause some funky SourceSafe project trees - it would be better if the solution defaulted to a parent directory. 8) Inability to view codebehind SCC history - you cannot get the history of a codebehind file, unless you show all project files and go directly to the .cs/vb file 9) Crappy XML editor - by which I mean the "data" editor, the "code" editor is fine. 10) Help/Check for Updates fails the first time I click it. The second time gives a different message, but I supect it does nothing really. (I think the reason MS has not yet released any updates for VS.NET is because they are too embarassed that the "Check for Updates" does not work).
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Posted partly for fun, partly in case anyone has workarounds... 1) No confirmation when dragging and dropping project items - I like to drag the scrollbar on the project list, but sometimes I grab a file or folder instead. By the time I realise it, I have dragged something to somewhere and am not quite sure what. 2) Lack of tab group management - when working with web projects, the open windows quickly become unmanageable 3) Bookmarks only affect current files - there is a way around this I think, but it is still annoying default behavior. 4) No reverse F12 - the F12 key jumps to a definition, but there is no inverse key combination to go back to where you came from. 5) Wacky HTML Editor - various problems and annoyances, such as poor support for DIV tags, wierd swapping out of some HTML entity codes, etc. 6) No auto-reference fix - when I add references to COM objects, and I recompile my COM dlls, the references break and I have to manually delete and re-add them 7) Solution file locations - When adding multiple projects, the behavior is such that it wants to store the solution file with the first project. From a Source Code control point of view this is annoying, and can cause some funky SourceSafe project trees - it would be better if the solution defaulted to a parent directory. 8) Inability to view codebehind SCC history - you cannot get the history of a codebehind file, unless you show all project files and go directly to the .cs/vb file 9) Crappy XML editor - by which I mean the "data" editor, the "code" editor is fine. 10) Help/Check for Updates fails the first time I click it. The second time gives a different message, but I supect it does nothing really. (I think the reason MS has not yet released any updates for VS.NET is because they are too embarassed that the "Check for Updates" does not work).
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Posted partly for fun, partly in case anyone has workarounds... 1) No confirmation when dragging and dropping project items - I like to drag the scrollbar on the project list, but sometimes I grab a file or folder instead. By the time I realise it, I have dragged something to somewhere and am not quite sure what. 2) Lack of tab group management - when working with web projects, the open windows quickly become unmanageable 3) Bookmarks only affect current files - there is a way around this I think, but it is still annoying default behavior. 4) No reverse F12 - the F12 key jumps to a definition, but there is no inverse key combination to go back to where you came from. 5) Wacky HTML Editor - various problems and annoyances, such as poor support for DIV tags, wierd swapping out of some HTML entity codes, etc. 6) No auto-reference fix - when I add references to COM objects, and I recompile my COM dlls, the references break and I have to manually delete and re-add them 7) Solution file locations - When adding multiple projects, the behavior is such that it wants to store the solution file with the first project. From a Source Code control point of view this is annoying, and can cause some funky SourceSafe project trees - it would be better if the solution defaulted to a parent directory. 8) Inability to view codebehind SCC history - you cannot get the history of a codebehind file, unless you show all project files and go directly to the .cs/vb file 9) Crappy XML editor - by which I mean the "data" editor, the "code" editor is fine. 10) Help/Check for Updates fails the first time I click it. The second time gives a different message, but I supect it does nothing really. (I think the reason MS has not yet released any updates for VS.NET is because they are too embarassed that the "Check for Updates" does not work).
Here's one to add to the list: In Visual C++ .NET, when adding a new class, the implementation file includes the its header file with ".\header.h" instead of "Header.h". For me, this can be a pain. :~ Happy Programming and God Bless! "Your coding practices might be buggy, but your code is always right." Internet::WWW::CodeProject::bneacetp