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Did you know... How to view Visible White Space - #003

ViewVisibleWhiteSpace

A simple, but very powerful, little feature, especially when you deal with white space as much as I did when I tested the editor.  The first time I saw one of our developers using it, I thought, “Yuck!”  But now I’m addicted, even when I’m not testing white space v. tabs.

From the Menu Bar, go to Edit – Advanced – View White Space

From the keyboard, press Ctrl+R, Ctrl+W (using the General Settings configuration)

Note: This command is only available when a file is open.  The visible white space state will persist across new files, reopening files, and, most importantly, Visual Studio sessions.

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Posted: Monday, July 30, 2007 9:00 AM by saraford

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Mike Dunn said:

It's also accessible with Ctrl+* (Ctrl+Shift+8 on a US keyboard), which is the same key combo that Word uses. Ctrl+* also works in VC 6.

# July 30, 2007 2:58 PM

Jason Haley said:

# July 31, 2007 11:51 AM

Секреты Visual Studio said:

Простая, но очень полезная возможность особенно, если вы имеете дело с пробелами и табуляцией так же

# June 24, 2008 1:31 AM

Visual Studio 2008 ワンポイント said:

これは単純ながら非常に便利な機能です。特に、私がエディタのテストを行ったときのように、スペースを確認する必要がある場合に役立ちます。チームの開発者がこの機能を使っているのを最初に見たときは「げっ」と思いましたが、今では、スペースかタブかをテストするときでなくても、この機能から離れられなくなりました。

# July 13, 2008 11:59 PM

xjb said:

VisualStudio2008每日提示(tipofday)是2007年7月SaraFord在她的博客里推出了VS2008每日提示系列,里面收集了许多使用VS2008技巧和诀窍,截至...

# November 30, 2008 7:57 PM

Benson-希 said:

VisualStudio2008每日提示(tipofday)是2007年7月SaraFord在她的博客里推出了VS2008每日提示系列,里面收集了许多使用VS2008技巧和诀窍,截至...

# December 9, 2008 3:41 AM

Korea Evangelists said:

개발 중에 공백 문자를 보아야 할 필요가 있다면, Ctrl+R, Ctrl+W를 연속으로 누르면 됩니다. 위 그림처럼 공백문자를 화면에 표시할 수 있습니다. 다른 방법으로는 메뉴 ->

# March 23, 2009 11:35 PM
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