Visual Studio Editor Blog

I just got an email from one of the readers of this blog wondering how to suggest new features for the Editor in future versions of Visual Studio. The easy answer to his question is to simply by responding to this post. If you have a great idea about...

In response to the large number of requests, the Editor team added Emacs and Brief emulations in Visual Studio 2005. These features are available in the Beta 1 but it is not obvious how to turn them on in the Beta. We are working on fixing this for Beta...

Regular Expressions is a great way to find what you're looking for. Unfortunately, it can be also be quite daunting for a beginner who's unsure where to start. Hence I started this post for tips and tricks of using Regular Expressions with Find &...

I’d like to welcome you to the VS Core Editor Team’s blog! First allow me to introduce myself. My name is Sean Laberee and I’m a Program Manager with this team. I work on the Core Editor, Find, Object Browser and Class View. I...

Hi - My name is Mynor Ivan Muralles. I am a developer in the Editor/Nav team. I have worked in different features of Object Browser and Call Browser. Call Browser is a tool for displaying call graphs. Given a function or method, Call Browser will...

In my last tutorial, I talked about some basic fundamentals. Let's move on to narrowing down search scope some more. Recall that previously, I had introduced: < - Matches beginning of a word > - Matches end of a word Now, let's introduce...

My name is Eric Mazurkiewicz and I'm a Tester on the VS Core Editor team, in which I own the testing of the Editor itself. This includes basic usage of the editor to more advanced features such as code snippets, intellisense, smart tags, bookmarks (and...

I'm David Pugh, a developer working on the editor/nav team. My passion (at least when it comes to work) is on making developers more effective. So, if you have a request for something you think would help you work more effectively, let me know. I'd...

My name is Fiona Fung and I'm a developer with the VS Core Editor team. I own the Find & Replace and File Extension Mapping functionality in Whidbey. I graduated from the University of Toronto in 2003. I was an intern with Microsoft in 2001. It...

Hi everyone! My name is Meghan Perez and I'm the development lead in charge of the Editor and Code Navigation space. I've been working on the VSCore Editor team for the past five years since graduating from the University of Notre Dame. I was also an...

Hi, I am Zach Anderson , another dev working on Editor/Browsing/Navigation in VS. I am primarily focused on browsing and navigation features like object browser, class view, etc. My role includes technical leadership for this area, as well as design...