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  1. Allow Summary Property target screen to be determined by code

    If you add an EditSelected button and override the Execute method to choose a particular screen to display then the screen no longer corresponds to the one shown via the Summary Property Target Screen.
    It would be good if both button and link could be routed throught the same code.
    Use Case:I want to display a view only screen for an order when the order status is Placed otherwise the user can edit the order.

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      0 comments  ·  LightSwitch  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
    • Add more columns to Source Control Explorer

      Source Control Explorer list only fice columns (Name, Pending Change, User, Latet and Last Check-in).
      Please add more columns, like Last Modified Date, History Present, etc. that will allow us to see the last modifeid date of the file and not just the date when the file was checked in to source control.
      The excellent example is, when you move the files/folders around within Source Control, you are forced to check in the changes, which is every file in the project. Resuling into the same check in date for all files and folders within the project. Now I have to…

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        1 comment  ·  Team Foundation Server  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
      • Populate Test Impact View Asynchronously

        All of Visual Studio hangs for a long time when the user opens Test Impact View and the number of impacted tests is large. I should be able to keep working while the list of impacted tests fills up.

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        • Add option to copy the names of selected controls into the clipboard (so they can be pasted into a textfile for easy reference)

          The ability to select multiple controls in the render window then rightclick and select 'copy names to clipboard' would be very handy when want to do work with a particular set of controls as could paste the list of control names into a textfile so dont have to keep going into the render window time and time again.. many thanks

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            0 comments  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
          • Alt+Up and Alt+Down shortcuts to move a line of code up and down

            The Productivity Power Tool already provides this feature. It would be nice to have it natively in the VS11 editor.

            Pressing Alt+Down moves the current line of code down.
            Pressing Alt+Up moves the current line of code up.

            27 votes
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              0 comments  ·  Editor  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
            • Add pacing and ramp down setting to conduct better load test in VS 2010 ultimate

              We are using VSTS 2010 ultimate for web performance testing and engineering purpose. So for conducting load test and some other trye of performance test.It is better to use if you add below setting.
              1. Add pacing properties for webtest to achive target
              2. Ramp down setting for uses aftrer competion steady state
              3. Constant user load for individual webtest.(% available there)
              4. help file for function used in coadded uI

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                0 comments  ·  .NET  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
              • add the option to close and save all

                Within the MTM there is no option to close and save all open queries, test cases, etc. The work around at present is to close MTM and then re-open it.

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                • Disabling the container panel of a bunch of validators should also disable the validators

                  Setting enabled=false of a panel current sets child textboxes to enabled=false, but not validators. Would probably make sense to set enabled=false to ALL controls within a parent panel (if the panel is set to enabled=false).

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                    0 comments  ·  .NET  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                  • shortcut for opening the parent bug

                    I am a regular user of TFS. Many bugs are resolved as duplicate of other bugs. Do we have a shortcut to directly open the master bug.
                    If not , this will be a good idea to do so.

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                      0 comments  ·  Team Foundation Server  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                    • Move a file in TFS, which is dragged from on project to another instead of remove and add it

                      Until now, Visual Studio removes and adds a file in the TFS if it get traged/moved between different projects. Visual Studio should move the file instead to prevent the CC history.
                      The same could also be used for cut & paste a file.

                      55 votes
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                        1 comment  ·  Team Foundation Server  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                      • allow me a way to bulk move work items and source control content from one tenant to another

                        Allow me a way to bulk move work items and source control content from one tenant to another. This way if I start a project planning and implementation cycle in one tfs SaaS tenant and later it needs to be moved to another one for another group of resources to pick it up and run with it, and own it from that point forward, there is an easy way to do so.

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                          0 comments  ·  General  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                        • allow me a way to rename my tenant dns address

                          allow me a way to rename my tenant dns address so I can change it when the existing name used becomes no longer applicable

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                            0 comments  ·  General  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                          • add XAML base report designer for .net developer

                            like any recently Microsoft products like WWF 4, WPF,Silverlight, Metro style, I suggest you, Implement Reporting in XAML, or porting RDF file and provide (native xaml base) controls, for using in WPF and silverlight application.

                            12 votes
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                              1 comment  ·  Visual Studio Ultimate  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                            • add lambda/Linq Pane to Server Explorer for viewing query result and (T-SQL/LAMBDA/LINQ) equivalent

                              there is a big gap in SQL server syntax and .net querying language.
                              please provide facility in both visual studio and sql server management.

                              6 votes
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                                1 comment  ·  SQL BI Tools (SRS, SSIS, SSAS)  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                              • Optimize Team Explorer 2011 for keyboard use

                                1. Too many TABs or Arrow Key keys pressed before getting... well anywhere.
                                2. Cannot collapse file tree when standing on a subtree or leaf with Left Key.
                                3. Alt+Left Key does not return to previous view of team explorer.

                                3 votes
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                                  2 comments  ·  Team Foundation Server  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                                • Add SQL Server 2012 Native Client Support for System.Data.SqlClient

                                  Currently to ensure you are accessing the SQL Server 2012 Native Client you need to use the OdbcConnection provider. The problem with this is a number of systems are built around using the ADO.NET providers themselves. This leaves us vulnerable to missing out on features like subject alternative name support for SSL encrypted SQL Server connections. Either keep pace with the SQL Server Native Client when it comes to SqlClient or provide a clear set of examples on how to use it.

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                                    0 comments  ·  .NET  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                                  • Put "Header File" at the top of the add new item dialog

                                    Creating new header files is probably one of the most common things you use the add new item dialog for. In VC11 (at least the beta), you actually have to scroll down to find the option. I don't really care about the WinRT stuff, and even if I do, there seldomly are projects that have more UI classes than business objects (read: headers).

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                                      0 comments  ·  Languages - C++  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                                    • Build progress on taskbar button

                                      ChrisTorng commented · April 25, 2012 11:13 · Flag as inappropriate · Delete

                                      I would like the progress showing on taskbar button. That let me start the build, go to other program to do something, seeing the progress on taskbar button has done, then go back to IDE, or refresh the modified web page on IE.

                                      4 votes
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                                        1 comment  ·  IDE  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                                      • Eyedropper / Spy++-like "Find Window" "smart selector" for Fonts and Colors

                                        While I realize that there have been other suggestions to fix the problem that is that there are a gargantuan number of items in the "Display items" listbox, and the window is not resizable, and the items are only grouped at one level ("Show settings for"), I would like to propose a solution to the madness.

                                        Add a component-aware eyedropper-like tool, something like Spy++'s "Find Window" tool with the target button, so that the user can just move the Options window aside, click the "eyedropper"-ish button to start the selection process, and just click on the component to be selected…

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                                          1 comment  ·  IDE  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                                        • fix intellisense in the context of "For i as integer..."

                                          In the context:
                                          Dim a(10) As Integer
                                          For i As Integer = 0 To 10 : a(IncompleteBeta)
                                          what I typed was a(i), and at close parenthesis, it didn't know that I meant the For i variable. If i were already dim'ed, it works as expected.

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                                            0 comments  ·  Languages - Visual Basic  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
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