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Welcome to the Visual Studio UserVoice site. Let us know what you would like to see in future versions of the Visual Studio suite of products. This site is for suggestions and ideas. If you need to file a bug, visit the Visual Studio Connect site: http://connect.microsoft.com/visualstudio.
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We look forward to hearing from you!
Thanks – Deon Herbert
Visual Studio Team
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It will be useful if Coded UI test can report system memory usage
Hi there
It will be very helpful if there is an option to monitor and report system memory usage using Coded UI test. At the moment it is not possible while testing a win 32 application
Thanks
1 vote -
ability to make a metro app using Lightswitch
ability to create a metro app (arm or x86) including metro UI elements in LightSwitch
96 votes -
Allow multiple work items added by id
The new Team Explorer allows to enter an id to attach a related workitem so a changeset. It would be nice if I enter multiple values seperated by a space that it adds all the specified work items at once.
Currently when we merge our changes between branches (say dev to main) we write the work item ids into the comment and so it would allow to copy and paste the id when the changeset is again merged into another branch (say main to release).
1 vote -
Better support for merging changesets and assosiate their work items to the new changeset
We have this setup for our branches dev - main - pre-release - release.
The problem is that when we merge the changes from main to pre-release that we merge several changesets each linked to some workitems. The merges are checked in and are linked to the workitems from the changesets we have merged. However there is no easy ide support to get all that ids. With say 20 changesets this is some reallly time eating action and I would like to have some support from Visual Studio here so that it provides me some easy way to get all…1 vote -
use navigation buttons on mouse for navigating
Many mice have a 'Back' and a 'Forward' navigation button. How about using these buttons to navigate in Visual Studio? (equivalent hotkeys: CTRL+ -, CTRL+SHIFT+ -)
1 vote -
Allow Test Result Reporting for multiple Manual Test Cases that are associated with a single Automated Test Method
While an Automated Test in Visual Studio can be linked to multiple Manual Test Cases in Microsoft Test Manager (MTM), only ONE of the associated Manual Test Cases is marked as run / passed / failed when the Automated Test is run.
[ Current Behavior ]
1. Link an Automated Test Method in Visual Studio / TFS with a Manual Test Case in Microsoft Test Manager (MTM) / TFS, via the Test List Editor or 'tcm.exe' tool
2. Link the same Automated Test Method from Step 1 with another Manual Test Case in Microsoft Test Manager (MTM) / TFS, via…5 votes -
Add 2012 Guidance for Walkthrough: Authoring a Custom Static Code Analysis Rule Assembly for SQL
Add 2012 Guidance for Walkthrough: Authoring a Custom Static Code Analysis Rule Assembly for SQL.
The guidance found here(http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd172127.aspx) works fine for a 2010 Database project but no custom rules are loaded when we upgrade or start a new 2012 project.
5 votes -
Add annotation entry when a line of code is deleted.
Currently, annotation entries are only added when a line of code is changed. It would be very beneficial to see when a line of code has been removed.
Thanks!
1 vote -
Be able to start compilation of several project in parallel when using the option Build only Project X.
The IDE should allow to start compilation of several projects using the Build Only feature.
1 vote -
Stop Debugger window shuffling when starting debug
When VIsual studio goes into debug mode, there is a different window layout that kicks in, watch window, solution explorer, locals and all other windows have different positioning when visual studio goes into debug mode, that can be annoying and distracting as all my windows are already in a good location. Keeping the windows in the same location for both debug and coding should be good enough. It seems to be a feature that doesn't help much and distracts me. At least turning it off would be nice and probably faster to start the debug session as it would avoid…
3 votes -
Allow different background colors for each screen
It would be great to be able to set certain screens to have a particular background tint without extensive code behind the application. Even a simple red/green/blue/orange/grey color palette would be nice.
For instance, if there are three similar-looking editable grid screens in an application, it would really help the user if each screen was a separate color. Having a color associated with certain screens would help the end user process what they are looking at a little bit easier.
0 votes -
The Schema Comparison utility. An great improvment would be to change the execution order of the "Write Updates" function. Now executing Sto
The Schema Comparison utility. An great improvement would be to change the execution order of the "Write Updates" function. Now executing Stored Procedures and then User Defined Functions, since UDF is often used in SP's it would make greater sense executing the other way round. Keep up the good work.
1 vote -
Load and parse files in separate thread
IDE hangs every time when i tried to load big xml file. It would be great if loading and parsing files was in separate thread.
3 votes -
Show all "My" unanswered feedback requests after starting Feedback Client
At this moment you can start specific Feedback Request from the link in your e-mail, or you can start voluntary type of feedback response.
It will be better when I start Feedback client to see all unanswered requests as a list and to choose one of them to continue with process, or i can choose to start just voluntary type of feedback.
Now you should search emails and click on the links to provide feedback.
4 votes -
Support RadialGradientBrush
I would really like to see RadialGradientBrush added. That would be very important for the parallel development for the desktop and Metro. In addition, radial gradients are another core piece of rendering that needs to be part of the framework.
52 votes -
Ability to disable 'class preview' in solution explorer
In Visual Studio 2012 Solution Explorer will now not only show solution files but also allows to drill down to the file contents.
I do not like this feature as it adds noise to SE and would like ability to switch it off.
11 votes -
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
167 votes -
Title bar takes up too much vertical space on my monitor
How come the title bar of the main window is twice as high as in VS2010? It feels like I'm back on a 10" netbook even though I have a 24" screen.
1 vote -
Add full support for debug registers or data breakpoints for value writes
It would be really useful if there was full support for debug registers, allowing users to set data breakpoints so execution breaks not only on value changes but on value/address writes or reads.
12 votes -
Provide built-in support for acceptance testing framework
Provide built-in support for a Microsoft-based Acceptance Testing Framework similar to Fitnesse (http://fitnesse.org/). This will integrate the entire user experience of creating User Stories, Storyboarding and creating Acceptance Tests during Agile development all into the Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server suite of tools.
2 votes
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