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July 30, 2011

Tabs Studio v2.4.1 released

Filed under: Releases — Sergey Vlasov @ 8:33 pm

Tabs Studio v2.4.1 released:

  • Added the ability to export and import Tabs Studio settings.
  • Added the ability to highlight tabs with different colors to the Marker add-in.
  • Added the Re-sort tabs tab context menu command to the Sorter add-in.
  • Added Disable Tabs Studio option reset on reinstallation.
  • Changed the unfocused selected tab background in VS 2010 to be more prominent.

Download link: Tabs Studio v2.4.1.

Import and export settings

Filed under: Uncategorized — Sergey Vlasov @ 8:21 pm

I’ve added the ability to export and import Tabs Studio settings for backup purposes and to copy Tabs Studio settings to another computer:

Export settings and Import settings buttons

Export settings and Import settings buttons

Tabs Studio keeps separate settings for VS 2010, VS 2008 and SSMS. If you use several products, export saves all settings and the additional dialog lets you select which settings you want to import:

Products selection for settings import

Products selection for settings import

Settings are stored in a .tssettings zip file and mirror the directory structure of settings in “c:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Sergey Vlasov”.

Download link: Tabs Studio v2.4.1.

July 25, 2011

Favorite Documents

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: — Sergey Vlasov @ 9:42 am

If you often work on different parts of an application with different groups of document tabs opened, you may find my new Favorite Documents extension helpful:

Favorites menu in Visual Studio 2010

Favorites menu in Visual Studio 2010

Favorite Documents lets you create links to frequently used code files and then quickly open them as a group or individually from the Favorites menu in Visual Studio 2010.

Home page: Favorite Documents.
Direct download link: Favorite Documents v1.0.

July 17, 2011

Highlighting palette

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: , — Sergey Vlasov @ 8:38 pm

I’ve added the ability to highlight tabs with different colors from Tabs Studio context menu:

Highlighting colors in Tabs Studio context menu

Highlighting colors in Tabs Studio context menu


If you use just one color (still accessible with Ctrl+Click), but want to change it, the custom style is slightly different now (note the new HighlightIndex property):

<Style TargetType="TabsStudio:TabInternals" BasedOn="{StaticResource DefaultTabInternalsStyle}">
    <Style.Triggers>
      <DataTrigger Binding="{Binding Path=(TabsStudioMarker:Properties.HighlightIndex),
                 RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType=TabsStudio:Tab}}" Value="1">
          <Setter Property="Background">
              <Setter.Value>
                   <LinearGradientBrush StartPoint="0,0" EndPoint="0,1">
                       <GradientStop Color="Transparent" Offset="0.9"/>
                       <GradientStop Color="Green" Offset="0.9"/>
                   </LinearGradientBrush>
              </Setter.Value>
          </Setter>
      </DataTrigger>
  </Style.Triggers>
</Style>

In this Marker update I’ve also removed a small gradient transition in underline, fixed occasional loss of first tab highlighting after loading a solution in VS 2010, slightly changed highlight commands placement in the context menu.

Download link: Marker v1.0.4.

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