Show Active File In Solution Explorer
When working with big solutions and projects this is so useful. By default visual studio doesn't highlight the file that is active (i.e the one you are viewing) in Solution Explorer.
To activate this do the following:
Tools – Options – Projects and Solutions – Track Active Item in Solution Explorer
Credit for this tip goes to Ronald Widha's blog .
Use the Command Window to Search for Files
In Visual Studio I really miss the equivalent of Eclipse's CTRL - T shortcut to search for classes.
The next best thing I have found is to open the command window ( View > Other Windows > Command Window ) and type:
>open file you're searching for
and a little drop down will pop up of files that start with whatever you have typed in.
More Tricks
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