Visual Studio

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.

ASP.NET Runtime/Web Tooling suggestions have moved! All your ideas, including your votes, have been transferred and are searchable in the ASP.Net Uservoice forum. Please submit any new ASP.NET Runtime/Web Tooling suggestions, or vote on existing suggestions by going to http://aspnet.uservoice.com.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Thanks – Deon Herbert
Visual Studio Team

I suggest you ...

You've used all your votes and won't be able to post a new idea, but you can still search and comment on existing ideas.

There are two ways to get more votes:

  • When an admin closes an idea you've voted on, you'll get your votes back from that idea.
  • You can remove your votes from an open idea you support.
  • To see ideas you have already voted on, select the "My feedback" filter and select "My open ideas".
(thinking…)

Enter your idea and we'll search to see if someone has already suggested it.

If a similar idea already exists, you can vote and comment on it.

If it doesn't exist, you can post your idea so others can vote on it.

Enter your idea and we'll search to see if someone has already suggested it.

  • Hot ideas
  • Top ideas
  • New ideas
  1. Allow sending whole outer scope to F# interactive

    Currently you can send the selection, or the highlighted line. Often you need to manually select the block that denotes full scope of a function you want to evaluate. Would save some time if there would be possibility to send the whole scope that the currently selected line belongs to.

    2 votes
    Vote
    Sign in
    Check!
    (thinking…)
    Reset
    or sign in with
    • facebook
    • google
      Password icon
      I agree to the terms of service
      Signed in as (Sign out)
      You have left! (?) (thinking…)
      1 comment  ·  Languages - F#  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
    • Fix EnsureClickable to run for all kinds of UI objects

      At the moment EnsureClickable is not working for all kinds of UI objects in the way that it is buggy. Sometimes it throws exceptions, and sometimes it just not scrolls the screen to show affected object.

      2 votes
      Vote
      Sign in
      Check!
      (thinking…)
      Reset
      or sign in with
      • facebook
      • google
        Password icon
        I agree to the terms of service
        Signed in as (Sign out)
        You have left! (?) (thinking…)
      • Can generate a basic implementation of a design pattern from within Visual Studio

        It would be great if there is a library of well known design patterns available in Visual Studio, in such a way that you can implement a design pattern by creating the basic code / classes / interfaces skeleton using a built-in set of design patterns in Visual Studio. Could be done in a way like adding a new item to a project.

        3 votes
        Vote
        Sign in
        Check!
        (thinking…)
        Reset
        or sign in with
        • facebook
        • google
          Password icon
          I agree to the terms of service
          Signed in as (Sign out)
          You have left! (?) (thinking…)
          0 comments  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
        • Possibility to build UIelements with different threads

          Multicore computers just use 1 core to build Uielements!!!!!
          that means only a small fraction of the coputer power can be used to build the UI elements.
          Creating a windows with a very complex number of controls is a total nightmare when only a fraction of the computer power can be used.

          1 vote
          Vote
          Sign in
          Check!
          (thinking…)
          Reset
          or sign in with
          • facebook
          • google
            Password icon
            I agree to the terms of service
            Signed in as (Sign out)
            You have left! (?) (thinking…)
            0 comments  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
          • I wish to have C# look and feel for desktop application for designing more realistic desktop application.

            Java programming language having a look and feel property for swings like the same i want to use look and feel properties in c# form that we can give new look and feel to our application on each time.

            3 votes
            Vote
            Sign in
            Check!
            (thinking…)
            Reset
            or sign in with
            • facebook
            • google
              Password icon
              I agree to the terms of service
              Signed in as (Sign out)
              You have left! (?) (thinking…)
              0 comments  ·  Languages - C#  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
            • cascading relationship mapping

              Much like Database Diagrams functionality in SQL Server (which would also be a nice addition to LS) I would like to have a display such as this for results of a query and have subsequent quiries run on the returned entities for x number of iterations then display as a connected diagram of all the relationships. For instance, tables store patient name, attending nurses, room check in out DT. I run a query on a patient to see what rooms that patient has been in, then another quiery to see all other patients and all nurses that have been in…

              0 votes
              Vote
              Sign in
              Check!
              (thinking…)
              Reset
              or sign in with
              • facebook
              • google
                Password icon
                I agree to the terms of service
                Signed in as (Sign out)
                You have left! (?) (thinking…)
                0 comments  ·  LightSwitch  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
              • help authoring functionality

                A means by which to create help files for the end users of my LS app. also adding an image next to a control that has information in the help file.

                1 vote
                Vote
                Sign in
                Check!
                (thinking…)
                Reset
                or sign in with
                • facebook
                • google
                  Password icon
                  I agree to the terms of service
                  Signed in as (Sign out)
                  You have left! (?) (thinking…)
                  0 comments  ·  LightSwitch  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                • support visual j# again

                  please support visual j#again,then we can develop winphone application using java, andriod applications can be converted to winphone applications easily!!!

                  3 votes
                  Vote
                  Sign in
                  Check!
                  (thinking…)
                  Reset
                  or sign in with
                  • facebook
                  • google
                    Password icon
                    I agree to the terms of service
                    Signed in as (Sign out)
                    You have left! (?) (thinking…)
                    0 comments  ·  Phone  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                  • NuGet Out-of-the-box

                    Why not make Visual Studio comes with NuGet out-of-the-box? It's a GREAT tool and should be already installed!

                    6 votes
                    Vote
                    Sign in
                    Check!
                    (thinking…)
                    Reset
                    or sign in with
                    • facebook
                    • google
                      Password icon
                      I agree to the terms of service
                      Signed in as (Sign out)
                      You have left! (?) (thinking…)
                      0 comments  ·  Extension  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                    • 3 votes
                      Vote
                      Sign in
                      Check!
                      (thinking…)
                      Reset
                      or sign in with
                      • facebook
                      • google
                        Password icon
                        I agree to the terms of service
                        Signed in as (Sign out)
                        You have left! (?) (thinking…)
                        0 comments  ·  .NET  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                      • Add the ability to restart all agents in a test rig from Lab Manager

                        Add the capability to restart all of the agents in a lab from test manager. This functionality current exists in Visual Studio. This functionality would come in handy in situations where a previous test run fails and the agents get stuck in "limbo" and are not able to run subsequent tests. In labs comprised of a large number of machines manually restarting all of your agents can be very time-consuming.

                        1 vote
                        Vote
                        Sign in
                        Check!
                        (thinking…)
                        Reset
                        or sign in with
                        • facebook
                        • google
                          Password icon
                          I agree to the terms of service
                          Signed in as (Sign out)
                          You have left! (?) (thinking…)
                        • curly-brace formatting

                          the formatting options for the various "C"-like languages should be more closely aligned.

                          please make the indentation/spacing/new-line options for C++ & Javascript more powerful - similar to what's available for C#.

                          3 votes
                          Vote
                          Sign in
                          Check!
                          (thinking…)
                          Reset
                          or sign in with
                          • facebook
                          • google
                            Password icon
                            I agree to the terms of service
                            Signed in as (Sign out)
                            You have left! (?) (thinking…)
                            0 comments  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                          • Add multiselection treeview

                            A Treeview for Windows Forms and WPF with a handling like the Windows Explorer, there have a multiseletion possibility of the treenodes.

                            9 votes
                            Vote
                            Sign in
                            Check!
                            (thinking…)
                            Reset
                            or sign in with
                            • facebook
                            • google
                              Password icon
                              I agree to the terms of service
                              Signed in as (Sign out)
                              You have left! (?) (thinking…)
                              0 comments  ·  Windows Forms  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                            • Caller Info attribute [CallerMemberNamespace]

                              Just have seen the "Future Directions for C#" video.

                              The Caller Info attributes

                              [CallerFilePaht]
                              [CallerLineNumer]
                              [CallerMemberName]

                              are very helpful, but missing the

                              [CallerMemberNamespace]

                              attribute.

                              40 votes
                              Vote
                              Sign in
                              Check!
                              (thinking…)
                              Reset
                              or sign in with
                              • facebook
                              • google
                                Password icon
                                I agree to the terms of service
                                Signed in as (Sign out)
                                You have left! (?) (thinking…)
                                4 comments  ·  Languages - C#  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                              • Ensure that all data entered is present in the Description View. I sometimes have to put a Return in manually.

                                Sometimes, when I paste a description into the description field, not all of the information shows in the description box. I have to go in and put Returns in manually.

                                1 vote
                                Vote
                                Sign in
                                Check!
                                (thinking…)
                                Reset
                                or sign in with
                                • facebook
                                • google
                                  Password icon
                                  I agree to the terms of service
                                  Signed in as (Sign out)
                                  You have left! (?) (thinking…)
                                  0 comments  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                                • Create an Office 2010 Ribbon in VC++

                                  I will can create an Office 2010 Ribbon with VC++

                                  12 votes
                                  Vote
                                  Sign in
                                  Check!
                                  (thinking…)
                                  Reset
                                  or sign in with
                                  • facebook
                                  • google
                                    Password icon
                                    I agree to the terms of service
                                    Signed in as (Sign out)
                                    You have left! (?) (thinking…)
                                    1 comment  ·  Languages - C++  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                                  • Add possibility of attachments when sending an email

                                    This would be great for easily send small pieces of data generated by apps (e.g. thumbnails, GPS coordinates, ink drawings, etc.)

                                    1 vote
                                    Vote
                                    Sign in
                                    Check!
                                    (thinking…)
                                    Reset
                                    or sign in with
                                    • facebook
                                    • google
                                      Password icon
                                      I agree to the terms of service
                                      Signed in as (Sign out)
                                      You have left! (?) (thinking…)
                                      0 comments  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                                    • Divide write access to different levels like checkin/checkout files, add/delete files,folders.

                                      Hi,

                                      It would be nice to seperate write access to different levels to
                                      - Checkin/Check out of files
                                      - Add / Delete Files and Folders.

                                      We have some projects where we don't want to give access to add / delete files and folders to developers. Please review it and it to your future releases.

                                      Thanks,
                                      Ravi Bavanari

                                      7 votes
                                      Vote
                                      Sign in
                                      Check!
                                      (thinking…)
                                      Reset
                                      or sign in with
                                      • facebook
                                      • google
                                        Password icon
                                        I agree to the terms of service
                                        Signed in as (Sign out)
                                        You have left! (?) (thinking…)
                                        0 comments  ·  Team Foundation Server  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                                      • Customize the display name of test methods

                                        Customize the name of test methods so they appear in Test View and Test Result windows with the customize name because, we don't want to name the method good name and we don't want to break the code rules of naming the methods and it also become not readable at all

                                        0 votes
                                        Vote
                                        Sign in
                                        Check!
                                        (thinking…)
                                        Reset
                                        or sign in with
                                        • facebook
                                        • google
                                          Password icon
                                          I agree to the terms of service
                                          Signed in as (Sign out)
                                          You have left! (?) (thinking…)
                                          0 comments  ·  Visual Studio Ultimate  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                                        • Screenshot function support for Windows Phone in ACTUAL device

                                          Why Windows Phone only support screenshot funtion in emulator only?? That's really odd. When user wants to report a bugs to developer and wanna show actual screen shot, do they have to being a camera and take actual photo?? It would be really good when they have a screen shot function, so when user has noticed there is bugs, make them report to developers directly via outlook app in windows phone

                                          6 votes
                                          Vote
                                          Sign in
                                          Check!
                                          (thinking…)
                                          Reset
                                          or sign in with
                                          • facebook
                                          • google
                                            Password icon
                                            I agree to the terms of service
                                            Signed in as (Sign out)
                                            You have left! (?) (thinking…)
                                            1 comment  ·  Languages - C#  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                                          • Don't see your idea?

                                          Feedback and Knowledge Base