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  1. When i type Util.GetPassword(" and press Ctrl+Space it would be great to show all the available entry names in Password Manager.
    It would be a very nice QoL feature similar to the @"path" case.

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  2. In Windows 11 (maybe others too) you can change the system theme and programs (and even websites!) that have their theme set to "sync with system" will change accordingly.

    Make LINQpad switch between the light and dark theme depending on what the windows theme is set to.

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  3. When using Console.Write/WriteLine, the output written to the console should support ANSI escape sequences, especially colors.

    https://gist.github.com/fnky/458719343aabd01cfb17a3a4f7296797

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  4. Add shortcut for enabling/disabling word wrap to match Visual Studio Code's Alt+Z toggle word-wrap command.

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  5. The result of Util.Dif can currently (v 8.6.6) be only checked as whole by the "IsSame" property, or dumped in the output window.

    It would be useful to be able to traverse the differences programmatically.

    The diff tree already exists and is visible in Debugger view, but all the classes are internal and not easily accessible.

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  6. I really would like to see for each property whether it's a readonly or a writable property. Maybe you could give the gray background of the headings some red touch for RO ones?

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  7. Like Python and Ruby, this feature could be integrated with no pain. There is an hosting interface for boo. It's all about syntax coloring and intellisense.

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  8. I use linqpad to execute scripts on servers on the cloud. I copy linqpad.exe plus a few useful .net assemblies onto each server via script.

    I dont want to have to manually add in the references each time I load linqpad onto a server. It would be much more useful ( and mistake proof) if I can simply do a deploy to my server which included a linqpad.config with the references to my utility assemblies as well as extra namespaces. Please comment if this is not clear and I'll elaborate further.

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  9. It would be nice if the tabs had icons showing if they were SQL or code files. If you have mixed tabs of both, it would be much faster to find the query you're looking for.

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  10. like interactive shell, or csharp(1) on Mono, would be nice I think!

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  11. Make it clearer that autocompletion does not work with VB, before one commits to a purchase.

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  12. Don't block the UI thread when doing some expensive work. I'm using LINQPad at work and at home (ironically I paid for my home license but am using the unregistered version one at work) and at work I connect to large databases with thousands of tables and LINQPad takes a long time to "deal" with scripts connecting to these kinds of databases but it would help with a progress bar or at least some notion of "I'm busy" rather than the ghost whitening of the UI.

    Otherwise thanks for a superb product. :-)

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  13. For people with multiple projects with multiple folders of linq queries, you would have to use the "Set Folder" feature to change directories. One way to solve this problem is to default to the directory that you clicked on a .linq file. Another idea would be to keep a history of the project roots (folders) like Visual Studio.

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  14. 2 votes
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  15. Test for implementations of ICustomTypeDescriptor and use that interface to display results if it's implemented

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  16. It would be nice to be able to show the current editor line with a different background colour. The standard tooltip colour would be fine but make it customisable if you really want :-)

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  17. (Optionally) show a different icon for each language in the My Queries treeview. Also show different overlays for expressions, statements, programs, etc. for each language. Maybe filters can be applied to sort things out. Make logical folder (like search folders in Outlook) to distinguish the items.

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  18. groups1.OrderBy(x=>x.Key).Select((x, ixc)=> new {Iter = ixc, GroupName = x.Key})

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  19. 2 votes
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  20. It would be useful to organize a .linq file in multiple classes, exactly as in Visual Studio "Solution Explorer".
    LINQPad is becaming a new light version of Visual Studio for me :).

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