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  1. When collection contains more items than the limit in the rich text mode the header says "First n rows". If the object implements ICollection or IReadOnlyCollection it would be nice to show "First n rows of {dumpedObject.Count}"

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  2. The tool tips for the function signatures, such as Select, Join, GroupBy, take up screen space and obscures typing. Unlike other editors, the tool tips do not move properly when the cursor moves to new locations in the editor. These tool tips are obtrusive and require hitting escape key constantly so I can see what I am typing. Should be able to disable in Preferences.

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  3. NuGet is now such an important part of .NET development that crippling the feature even on a Pro license does not, IMO, make any sense. Please reconsider the pricing/tier of this feature. I'd argue it should be part of the Pro license, if not the basic product, due to how fundamental it is.

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  4. This is a followup to https://stackoverflow.com/q/53645547/2068635.

    I created a simple JWT decoder and I'd like to use it in a similar way as the Regex Evaluator. To achieve this, I'd like to have a way to register it either as something like [Ctrl]+[Shift]+[F2] or at least be able to automatically hide the query on execution (probably by exposing LINQPad.UI.QueryControl.ToggleFullPaneResults to the Util class).

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  5. Would be nice to be able to print out the Dump output, including the charts.

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  6. Is it possible to use linqpad 5 with odata driver using metadata stored on a local file ?

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  7. The "Export" feature currently supports Excel, Word and HTML. It would be nice if there was a way to extend this with our own, custom formats.

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  8. I would like to be able to debug inspect each step of linq queries.

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  9. Most of the time people dump one chunk of data but when modifying "live" data I need to track where a task is upto in case i need to pause/stop and resume at a later time.

    To do this I output myself (Console.Writeline) progress stats and the current ID im working on in my loop.

    I can't see an option to have the Output autoscroll on Writelines!

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  10. The sheer fact that I can make a point chart with one command is awesome, but the dots are very hard to see. Could you either make them bigger, or change colors to something that stands out more?

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  11. Assume that a user has a PDF of your book or Skeet's book. Think of using the Nutshell and In Depth (Skeet) books as help files by linking context help (F1) in LINQPad to topics in the PDF books. If manipulating the PDF is too difficult you could load the clipboard with the appropriate page number for the topic; the user could paste the page number in the upper left box of acrobat or PDF reader is used. I like LINQPad and I have the super-duper-expensive version but I use LINQPad as a C# and NET learning tool for my…

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  12. Give a checkbox option to disable encryption of connection string and database password. Or some ways to dynamically change like password from system variables. Because the portable version connections doesn't work by copying x-copying everything to other system in automation.

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  13. I'm writing some sample code for a class using AdventureWorks 2012. I created POCO's for the Person.BusinessEntity and Person.Person tables setup for TPT inheritance. The Person entity has a nav prop for phone numbers to the PersonPhone entity. When I run this in a C# program, it works perfectly. I've verified with DbContext.Entry(...).Collection(...).IsLoaded that the nav prop is not being eager loaded. When I access it in a LINQPad query (eg from person in Persons) it crashes with a MARS error. I have sample code.

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  14. If a Dump(caption) method was called on an object, and later that object was hidden, the green Dump envelope with the caption stays visible.
    Also, DumpContainer cannot be easily hidden, I had to use Style="display:none".

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  15. It would be great if replication objects and MS shipped objects could be excluded from the database object tree. I don't have the "Include System Views and SPs" option checked on the connection.

    Whether it's a new option or controlled by the same include system option, it would be nice to be able to exclude objects that are ismsshipped and replication objects (that don't have ismsshipped = 1 but do start with 'sp_MS') like the examples below.

    -- MSreplicationobjects
    -- MSreplication
    subscriptions
    -- MSsubscriptionagents
    select
    s.name,
    t.*
    from sys.tables as t
    join sys.schemas as

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  16. Only d is supported currently. ci( ca( vi( va( etc. Also, cit vit etc? Thanks much!

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  17. I have a table called Volume. It has a bigint column called Volume as well. Linqpad doesn't show it at all

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  18. Using Viasfora in VS2019 and have to say it's a brilliant extension. Would be great if you could implement something similar in LINQPad.

    Thanks
    Dave

    https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=TomasRestrepo.Viasfora

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  19. Many of our testing and production environments have well over 50 to 100 databases. Manually scrolling through the tree is tedious and scrolling through the Connection dropdown is not feasible. If the Connection dropdown was searchable, it would be far faster to hit alt+c, start typing, and hit enter to open that database.

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  20. There is no DatePicker control available and there doesn't appear to be a HTML5 implementation of <input type="date"> which would automatically show a DatePicker on clicking in the field. I expect it could be done with JavaScript, but a control would be nice.

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