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  1. Make "Go To Definition" faster (C++)

    Clicking on that option often takes 5-10 seconds and it completely hangs the GUI.

    195 votes
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      6 comments  ·  Performance  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
    • Support IntelliSense and underlining of errors in F# Interactive

      It's a big annoyance to not have auto completion there. C# Interactive from Roslyn supports it, and even the Immediate pane of C# and VB also have it

      195 votes
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        5 comments  ·  Languages - F#  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
      • Add .Net Framework v. 4.5 support to Visual Studio 2010

        Since Visual Studio 2010 was originally built to support newer versions/future version of the .Net Framework, .Net 4.5 support should be added to Visual Studio 2010 since Visual Studio 2012 has significantly reduced the usability and productivity of the IDE by discoloring the UI as well as removing critical features such as "Creating Unit Test". Adding .Net 4.5 support to Visual Studio 2010 would allow developers who do not wish to upgrade to Visual Studio 2012 the ability to continue using their favorite IDE with the latest .Net technology.

        194 votes
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          6 comments  ·  Visual Studio Ultimate  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
        • Please update Visual Studio Metrics Power tool to support VS2012 and FxCop 11

          The Metrics Power Tool for Visual Studio 2010 is not compatible with the version of FxCop that ships with Visual Studio 2012. It looks like the interface changes that cause the break are minimal.

          We use the Metrics Power tool in our build process and derive a number of reports from the data gathered during the nightly builds.

          Please release an updated version of the Metrics Power tool which works with FxCop 11 or release an updated installer of the powertool that includes the correct dependencies so that it can be used without having to install Visual Studio 2010 alongside…

          193 votes
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            9 comments  ·  General  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
          • Fix it so that .NET apps can access HTTP thru authenticating proxy server by default

            If you run a .NET app that needs to talk to the web, and you're behind an authenticating proxy server, then that app will fail to talk to the web.

            Internet Explorer and Google Chrome work, Visual Studio and loads of other Microsoft apps will work. They can all talk to the web. But every .NET-based app or website I've ever seen will fail.

            The implications of this are profound. I've seen umpteen forum posts over the years where people are scratching their heads, wondering what's wrong. I've seen IT guys re-route their users thru special-case connections to the web,…

            192 votes
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              10 comments  ·  .NET  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
            • XML comments schema customization in C#

              Allow to customize the XML tags recommended for use in XML inline comments for documentation.

              Just as in VB, a CSharpXMLDoc.xml could be saved in AppData to pass C# editor the customized XML elements.

              192 votes
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                6 comments  ·  Languages - C#  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
              • Work with the R# team to make VS startup with R# inside faster

                R# is a super popular addin and dramatically slows down VS startup. This situation certainly impacts negatively the VS startup issue many are complaining about.

                Through he VSIP program R# guys and VS guys should meet and see how the R# bulk code (>40MB of dlls) load could be smartly deferred when the user is choosing a sln / loading a sln / starting work with a sln.

                190 votes
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                  1 comment  ·  Performance  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                • 189 votes
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                    10 comments  ·  IDE  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                  • Add a RowTest attribute to MSTest to facilitate parameterized tests.

                    It would be great to have a RowTest attribute (like in NUnit) added to facilitate parameterized tests, like:

                    [RowTest]
                    [Row(10, 10, 100)]
                    Public void Add_MultipleValues_ReturnsSum(int x, int y, int expected) { … }

                    187 votes
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                    • Add many-to-many relation support

                      Today it is a lot of manually coding to build a application with a many-to-many relation.
                      It would be nice to have more out of the box support for this.

                      187 votes
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                        0 comments  ·  LightSwitch  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                      • Add native support for GIT

                        Version Control

                        186 votes
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                          under review  ·  1 comment  ·  Team Foundation Server  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                        • Better code navigation in F#

                          Bring over the code navigation features found in the VB.NET/C# Visual Studio experience, such as Find All References and Call Hierarchy

                          185 votes
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                            2 comments  ·  Languages - F#  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                          • Add a report that shows the age of pending changes

                            This would show which files are currently checked out and how long they have been checked out. Would improve transparency within teams to see how long developers are going without checking in code.

                            185 votes
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                              2 comments  ·  Team Foundation Server  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                            • Centralized Build View & Management

                              Create an interface to centrally view and manage builds for administrators. As an admin that manages builds across team projects, I find it tedious that I have to navigate to each Team Project’s Build Explorer to see current build activity. It makes it even worse that you force each Build Explorer to open in the same VS Window.

                              Minimally, the interface would be the current Build Explorer without the Team Project filter, thus allowing admins to have a central view of build activity. Ideally, it would be a similar interface that allows for a centralized build activity view and also…

                              182 votes
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                                2 comments  ·  Team Foundation Server  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                              • Option "Show Always Intellisense"

                                Sometimes when I want to list all the methods of a function. I have to use 2 keyboard shortcuts to do this.
                                Option "Always show Intellisense" would make suggestions show ALL the time. If I click somewhere out the editing box, they will disappear, when I click back, they show again.

                                182 votes
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                                  10 comments  ·  IDE  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                                • Support Adding Workflow Activities to Toolbox Using Toolbox Controls Installer

                                  Third-party builders of workflow activities (like for TFS Build) would like to be able to add their workflow activities to the Workflow Designer Toolbox by either having end users install our activity package using a VSIX deployment (using the Visual Studio Gallery) or by an MSI Installer.

                                  This process would be similar to the way other third-party component vendors are able to add to the toolbox for WinForms, ASP.NET, Silverilght, WPF, etc. controls. We would like the same functionality for Workflow Activities.

                                  Original Forum Post with more details: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vsx/thread/410242a8-42ac-42b6-8fcf-08088bd5b31a

                                  179 votes
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                                    1 comment  ·  Windows Workflow Foundation  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                                  • Native .Net Compiler

                                    possibility to compile C# (for example) code to native .exe included framework library inside assembly (here more correctly - .exe)

                                    178 votes
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                                      8 comments  ·  .NET  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                                    • TFS to merge multiple, non-continuous changesets.

                                      It would be very useful if TFS has the ability to merge multiple, non-continuous changesets in a single operation.
                                      This would eliminate the need to create too many branches for each development project.

                                      177 votes
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                                        4 comments  ·  Team Foundation Server  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                                      • Show me all test suites/ test plans a test case belongs to

                                        I should be able to find out all the test plans/ test suites in which a given test case is used

                                        175 votes
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                                        • ADFS federated authentication for TFS in Azure (tfspreview)

                                          Allowing federated authentication for TFS in Azure (tfspreview.com) so that we can manage our users internally

                                          174 votes
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                                            13 comments  ·  Team Foundation Server  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
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