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  1. app.config custom path - provide for relative references

    allow for relative reference to a config file.... something like.....

    [QueryPath]\app.config

    and/or

    currently if no path info is supplied (just file name) the LP app assumes the file location to be the folder of LP.... maybe look in query path folder first?

    This would allow for more portability of scripts... might be able to just package up the folder... relative references will allow things to run on the other end without having to make path tweaks.

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  2. SelectBox selectedIndexes ctor overload

    Since a SelectBox can have multiple selections, it would be useful to have a constructor overload which takes in a List<int> to specify multiple SelectedIndexes.

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  3. Compiler error CS0570 - referenced .NET Standard assembly method returns value tuple

    For example, trying to use the following method defined in a .NET Standard assembly:

    public static (object o, string objectName, string category)[] GetTestObjects() => ...

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  4. outline code in the top of the query editor in a dropdown

    in visual studio when A file is opened in the top of the window for the current file there's a dropdown that you can easily navigate into functions / procedures / etc, like a outline of your current file
    anyhow, in linqpad the unique dropdowns are to code (C#, VBNET, …) - that In my case I just use C# or sql and another one for connection -> both I believe that are useful - but I don't even use/change in most scripts
    so having a 3rd one (since connections takes a lot of space - or choose between connections…

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  5. Auto scroll doesnt work with a changing DumpContainer

    Updating content of a DumpContainer doesn't trigger an auto scroll.

    Run this code in c# statements or c# program mode:

    Util.AutoScrollResults = true;
var container = new DumpContainer().Dump();
var builder = new StringBuilder();

while (true)
{
    container.Content = builder
        .AppendLine($"{DateTime.Now:fff}")
        .ToString();
    Thread.Sleep(150);
}
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  6. Command to insert a new GUID into query text

    Add editor command to insert a new GUID into the query text.
    The current workaround requires opening another tab and running Guid.NewGuid() command there, then copy-pasting back to original query.

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  7. Set Default Zoom

    I thought earlier version of LinqPad allowed for setting the default font size, and has removed it in light of allowing use to zoom in. While it would be nice to allow both options actually, the default font size, and/or the default zoom. Also it seem the result in the Dump() don't pick up the font size in the query window. Might assert if one need to zoom the font to see the query, 99.999+% (or more) we will need to zoom the results from the dump as well? :)

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  8. pin column names

    It would be nice to allow pinning the column names for the dump results such that when you scroll the results down, the column names stay put. A good example is what Excel does. I'll import data into Excel then "Format As Table, and specify the first row contains a header.... As long as i'm within the table defined area in the table the column headers will remain visible. This way when scrolling through results with a few 100 rows and just as many columns, one isn't lost with "What column was that...?" Okay i might have a short attention…

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  9. Embed-able LINQPad

    Similar to the "embed linqpad as a control" suggestion, which would be nice, but I'm looking for a formal method of embedding LINQPad in the same AppDomain as the host. I've been running LINQPad embedded in Rhino3D for years, not as a user control but via the ExecuteAssembly method on the AppDomain (with process isolation disabled in LINQPad). Simply invaluable. Ever since the new separate process architecture was implemented in LINQPad my previous hack no longer works.

    It would be great if there was a simple hook in LINQPad.exe that we could call to run LINQPad in the host applications…

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  10. Starting editor line breaks with a tab (or spaces) when breaking long statements

    When writing long statements (Specially Linq fluent statements) we tend to break them into multiple lines. However the first line break in LP starts at the same position as the first line and we always need to tab (or spaces) so that lines from 2nd onward appears nicely.

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  11. LINQPad for Linux

    Since LINQPad has been migrated to dotnet core, would it be possible to provide a Linux build?

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  12. Implement or give examples of Dbus (with dbus-sharp) integration

    Dbus is a cross platform desktop integration bus, and has properties similar to Activex and Com. This would be to allow LINQpadto glue windows applications (when run in wine) to a Linux Desktop, or Mono application with Dbus support on a mac.

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  13. Exclude #region/#endregion from code indents

    The indent command shouldn't indent the #region/#endregion statements just like it doesn't indent #if/#endif.

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  14. connection

    I am trying to creat connection but i am unable to connect.
    Let us know what exactly the parameter here for http://{MachineFQDNORMachineIP}/ Citrix/Monitor/OData/v1/Data
    MachineFQDNORMachineIP}/ --- Database server on which monitoring database is residing or Desktop director server name.
    Citrix---?????
    Monitor ---- is the instanse name

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  15. Make the "Production" flag configurable at a server level

    I often connect to databases individually on a Production server because of the way our security works. These connections are temporary and transient for security reasons.
    Rather than marking a connection as Production each time it would be helpful if I could configure the server as a Production server and then each time I connect to an individual database it is automatically marked as Production.
    Thanks!

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  16. Include total number of items if dumped object is collection

    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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  17. Provide option to disable tool tips in C# editor

    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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  18. fix

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

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  19. linq debugging

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

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  20. F1 link to page in your books

    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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