PowerCommands 1.1 for Visual Studio 2008
Few months ago Microsoft released a set of useful extensions for the Visual Studio 2008. Here is a list of functions from version 1.1:
- Collapse Project - collapses a hierarchy in the solution explorer starting from the root selected node. It can be executed from three different places: solution, folders and project nodes respectively
- Copy Class - copies a selected class entire content to the clipboard. It can be executed from a single project item or a project item with dependent sub items
- Paste Class - pastes a class entire content from the clipboard. It can be executed from a project or folder node
- Copy References - copies a reference or set of references to the clipboard. It can be executed from the references node, a single reference node of set of reference nodes
- Paste References - pastes a reference or set of references from the clipboard. It can be executed from different places depending on the type of project. For C# projects it can be executed from references node. For VB and Website projects it can be executed from the project node
- Copy As Project Reference - copies a project as a project reference to the clipboard. It can be executed from a project node
- Edit Project File - opens the MSBuild project file for a selected project inside Visual Studio. It can be executed from a project node
- Open Containing Folder - opens a Windows Explorer window pointing to the physical path of a selected item. It can be executed from a project item node
- Open Command Prompt - opens a Visual Studio command prompt pointing to the physical path of a selected item. It can be executed from four different places: solution, project, folder and project item nodes respectively
- Unload Projects - unloads all projects in a solution. It can be executed from the solution node
- Reload Projects - reloads all unloaded projects in a solution. It can be executed from the solution node
- Remove and Sort Usings - removes and sort using statements for all classes given a project. It can be executed from a solution node or a single project node.
Note: The Remove and Sort Usings feature is only available for C# projects since the C# editor implements this feature as a command in the C# editor (which this command calls for each .cs file in the project). The Visual Basic IDE implements this functionality for Imports in an interactive way: Project properties, go to the References tab, then click the Unused References... button, then select which references you want removed via a listbox
You can (must) download the PowerCommands for Visual Studio 2008 from:
http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ProjectName=PowerCommands&ReleaseId=559