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  1. Add support to specify references in text.(May be like comment with references inside, or any other style)
    There are many very similar suggestions about references.
    Just combine them all into one and implement.
    My opinion: The simplest way with in comment description style is the best.

    Details:
    Just add support for parsing comments like
    /* ===Automation===
    AddReference: mycode.dll
    AddReference: somedll.dll
    */

    This looks like comment and could be freely copy-pasted. But also this is reminder to add such references for code testing. LinqPad could automate adding references by parsing this simple text.

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  2. When opening a connection across environments, it would be useful if a script could instead of introducing a new connection, it would first try to switch to and reuse any existing connection in LINQPad with the given name. Obviously this should be configurable if made into a feature.

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  3. Typically, I have 2 copies of linqpad open, the regular and anyCpu (depending on the referenced assemblies) and it would be nice to be able to see which version of linqpad it is. I'm suggesting AnyCpu in the title, but any demarcation should work.

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  4. Due to the availability to HyperLinq's, it's actually possible to prototype a fairly decent "developer tools" UI with quick shortcuts. However it would be nice if it were possible to start up such a script without the other LINQPad UI, such that only the output panel was visible by default (or it was possible to customize which panels should be visible). This makes sense for both Web and WPF (or other visualizer) panels.

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  5. I frequently find myself using plain SQL instead of LINQ (some queries are just easier and faster to write). It would be great to have an option that if the result set only contained one row to format it as a single entity in the vertical format instead of the horizontal format. Essentially, it would look the same way if you were to call Table.First(), where all the properties are listed vertically and you only have to scroll down. This would make it much easier to scroll through tables that have many columns when I'm only selecting one row from…

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  6. When in MyQueries - pressing F2 key allows rename

    Linqpad is a really fantastic product - thank you!

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  7. 2 votes
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  8. Name resulting query dll from QueryName + unique DateTime

    Currently: query_gppfcs.dll

    Suggested: AwesomeStuff20180927164537.dll

    Where AwesomeStuff is the name of the user .linq query.

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

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  11. Show IL Code Description not just as Tooltip but optionally behind the IL code in each line

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  12. I love the new feature where you can load other linqpad files with the #load directive this makes my linqpad file way more reusable and modular, however...

    When I have 3 files where file 1 includes file 2 and file 2 includes file 3 then file 1 also have to include file 3 even when not using any functionality from file 3 in file 1.

    It would be great if file 1 does not have to include file 3.

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  13. Sometimes the natural grid display is too short to display the sort indicator after the header is clicked. This requires the user to expand the column header manually in order to see the hidden indicator. This could be done automatically when a column header is clicked.

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  14. 2 votes
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  15. Support color settings besides basic dark/light or theme choice. Some people are colorblind and util.dif output uses red/green which could be tough. Allow customization of different color values like visual studio does.

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  16. We share queries extensively at work using a synchronization tool. I've always wished Linqpad build this in so I could keep some of my personal queries from view more easily. In addition, I love the samples. I'd like to see a public repo where anyone could save queries or simply share their libraries via Github.

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  17. The result of an async operation is NULL according to Linqpad Watch and mouseover.

    HOWEVER - the program continues executing with the real value underneath.

    eg:

    var b = await GetBoolTRUE()

    // stopping debugger here shows b = null
    if (b == true)
    {
    // this code executes
    }

    PS: The async method I'm calling is located in an imported DLL

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  18. It would be great to have an option to generate entity framework core's dbcontext and entity classes from tables and views.

    The option can be added on right click on Table(s) or schema. Or by right clicking and selecting the tables/schemas.

    This should generate Db Context class containing DbSets for entity types generated along with mapping in OnModelCreating override.

    The dbcontext and entity classes can generated in single file or multiple files in the linqpad.

    Moreover, almost all the commands in dotnet ef utility can be added e.g. dbcontext scaffold, migrations (add, remove), update database etc.

    These would help increasing…

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  19. As an avid user of Jetbrains, I'm always looking for things that are integrated with jetbrains (mostly for my key/vim bindings). Would it be reasonable to make this a plugin so we could use some of the functionality from within the IDE?

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  20. Add ability to have pinned tabs show in a separate row.

    This allows easier navigation between queries when you have many open at one time.

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