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Make the output window show results as they're produced
For long-running queries that call Dump multiple times, it would be good to have the results from the earlier queries show immediately rather than waiting for the whole query to complete.
33 votesIt’s in V2.0
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multi monitor support
Add so that you can set the results in different monitors. Would be very nice when the result is very large.
30 votesThe shortcut key to undock results is F8 (Query | Undock Results).
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Disable automatic server connection
When Linqpad first starts, it automatically connects to every server you have added as a connection. Please add an option to disable this behavior and only make a connection after clicking on the server first.
27 votesGo to connection properties and in the database box, uncheck “Populate on startup”.
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Automatically Switch From Expression to Statement(s)
Upon detecting multiple statements: Automatically switch Language from Expression to Statement(s) for selected language.
26 votesThis is available from version 5.24
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Allow users to disable or change the upload to instant share hotkey.
Many code editors use Ctrl-Shift-U to toggle the case of selected text to upper case.
25 votesThe hotkey can now be disabled from the Upload window in the latest LINQPad 5 beta.
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Make Ctrl+W close current open document
It's faster than alt-F4, and works in many other applications with multiple tabs.
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Integrate web query sharing
Would be cool if we could share queries to frineds through instant messaging in a similar way that Small Basic does it:
http://blogs.msdn.com/smallbasic/
it will store the query on a server somewhere and give a short link you can hand out for people to use.23 votesDone! File | Upload to instant share.
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Support versioning of Nuget Packages
It would be great to have the ability to choose a version other than the latest version of a Nuget package. Oftentimes, we find that latest versions of packages can break functionality or we are just not ready to move to latest version of package yet and we are not in control of the Nuget package itself.
I would like to be able to add Nuget reference and optionally supply a specific version string (it can be manual entry and not a list).
23 votesNuGet versioning is now supported in the latest beta: www.linqpad.net/beta.aspx
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Ability to divide the panes vertically
As in VS WPF design.code window panes, I really like to have the ability to create vertical panes for coding and results whenever I want. Like to press some button and change their orientation from Horizontal to vertical or vice versa.
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Entity Framework Core RTM
Support Entity Framework Core RTM, which is not EF 7.
22 votesEF Core for .NET Framework or .NET Standard is supported in LINQPad 5.
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Allow tabs to be renamed (without saving)
Instead of a new tabs always being named "Query n", allow the tab to be renamed without saving it to a file first. I think it would also make sense to not allow renaming of a tab from a file that was loaded.
21 votesThis feature is now available in LINQPad 6. Use the context menu option, or press Shift+F2.
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Word wrap in text editor
I'd like an option for line wrap in the text editing pane. Other text editors have this option (notepad++, visual studio)
21 votesWord wrap is supported as of v4.48 (Edit | Preferences)
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NuGet v3.0 support
Allow upgrading LINQPad NuGet package to 3.0 independently
21 votesThis has been supported for some time
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Detect file changes
I love LINQPad, but I really, really wish it noticed if the files changed on disk while they were being edited. Currently the application will overwrite a changed file on disk when it has been modified by another editor. There are two scenarios where this happens, one is when the file is under version control and I have reverted it to an older version or otherwise changed it using some version control function and the other is when I have used some other editor to edit the file (such as SlickEdit or Visual Studio, both of which detect if LINQPad…
20 votesThis is supported in the latest LINQPad 5 beta (as of June 2019) and in LINQPad 6.
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Support IDbContextFactory with Entity Framework POCO connections
When using a DbContext for a connection, LINQPad currently only supports parameterless constructors or constructors accepting a string. Please consider supporting IDbContextFactory<TContext> with Entity Framework POCO connections.
20 votesThis is now supported in LINQPad 6:
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Support SQL Azure
SQL Azure won't allow you to use the same methods as an onpremises version, so it currently fails on connection. However, fundamentally it is SQL Server 2008 under the covers and would be easy to support. This would be the best cloud database mgmt tool.
20 votesThis is now available in the latest release.
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DumpHTML() to write Custom HTML to the Resultwindow
Would be a great addition imho.
This would enable the user to generate quick'n'dirty reports, add links for directing to (filesystemfolders/websites)
or mailto links to send an email20 votesCall Util.RawHtml, passing in either a string or an XElement.
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Search all "My Queries" or Samples for a string
A "find all" dialog that lets you search all samples or "My Queries" for a string.
19 votesCheck out the latest build – a ‘Find All’ option is now on the Edit menu.
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allow extension snippets
I would like to be able to also use LinqPad to just drop in an extension method for testing. I don't want to have to write windows class library project to test a simple extension idea.
18 votesThis is now available in v2.
To define an extension method, set the language to C# Program, and write a static class:
void Main()
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}static class Extensions
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Allow pasting of results into Excel without formatting
Pasting query results into Excel includes HTML formatting which is messy - could this be stripped away to get a more Excel-friendly output?
18 votesIt’s now available in V2
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