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  1. Add a keyboard shortcut to move / reorder tabs

    Suggest Ctrl+Shift+PgUp/PgDn, as that seems a popular choice, both in browsers and Notepad++.

    Thanks.

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  2. Add Empty or Blank as option for "Style sheet for text (HTML) results"

    There are some instances where I want to have more control of the HTML formatting in the results window. For example, I am testing generating some HTML emails and need a blank slate to see what it would look like. I would like the option to not have ANY of the default styles added to the results window. I can always copy the ones I need into the stylesheet editor. I hope this would be a simple feature to add :) A Util method to dump into a new Results window tab (like the data grid does) but with no…

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  3. Collapse Code: handle additional cases

    In LinqPad we can use the +/- buttons in the UI to hide blocks of code; whole methods, ELSE blocks etc.

    I would love to see this extended to the following:

    1. New Lists. I don't always want to see all the new items added to a new list, so seeing just Options = new List<Thing> is fine rather than
    Options = new List<Thing>
{
    new Thing(),
    new Thing(),
    .......
}
    1. Property Initialization. Similarly, I don't always want to see all the properties that are set during an object's initialization. So seeing it collapsed to Person p = new() is fine…
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  4. Top item in connection window would always be the item one level above.

    I have some databases that have hundreds of tables within them. When they are showing, it's very time consuming to have to scroll all the time to see other databases or connections. To alleviate this problem, I would suggest that the top item that is visible would always be the item one level above.
    For example, if I'm looking in the middle of a list of tables... the first line would always be "tables". If I scrolled up and selected "tables", the first line would then be the parent of "table", which would be the database.

    In other words, I…

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  5. RIGHT CLICK IN CONNECTIONS PANE

    Add right-click to connections pane to

    • Add folder
    • Sort by name (root level)
    • Sort All (root level then inside each folder)
    • Health Check - to see if any items at root level or in folders has lost connectivity
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  6. Add Dump parameter that will exclude properties having a null value

    There are many times that I'm using Linqpad to investigate sparsely populate objects, such as from a database row with 5/100 columns having a non-null value.

    In these cases, my results pane is littered with uninteresting information.

    I propose a feature allowing me to exclude rendering dump output for properties having a null value. For example: https://imgur.com/a/nkHqn47

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  7. Option for async Task Main() as default for C# Program

    Since so many developers do async programming now, could you add an option for the default Main method of a C# Program to be "async Task Main()" instead of "void Main()"?

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  8. Have dropbox / onedrive integration for saved queries

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  9. DataType in Columnheader

    It would be helpful, if datatype of based table-column is visible in datagrid.

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  10. Shortcut key to turn on Edit Data mode (Grid Results only)

    Provide a quick method to turn on Edit Data mode so that user can quickly edit data in the data grid, rather than raise a hand to click on the Edit Data button.

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  11. Use a different application icon for 4.x versions

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  12. Ctrl + E as alternative execute query shortcut

    It would be great if the Ctrl+E SSMS shortcut would be enabled as an alternative to F5. It's easier to reach and makes sense (E for Execute).

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  13. Provide more information about thrown exceptions (dump message, stack trace, etc).

    Provide more information about thrown exceptions (dump message, stack trace, etc).

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  14. Allow hitting Escape key to trigger 'cancel' like Shift-F5 does

    Since hitting Esc doesn't seem to trigger any other action, it would be useful for those of us with muscle memory to hit it when we accidentally ran something we shouldn't have. Much faster/simpler than the 2-key combo of Shift-F5. :)

    I'm not trying to ask for the larger-scope 'allow remapping keyboard shortcuts', just the Escape key. :)

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  15. Update the static driver sample code to detect Context properties of type IEnumerable<T>.

    The UniversalStaticDriver class does not detect the properties of the customType parameter that are directly of type IEnumerable<T>. If the customType inherits IEnumerable<T> (like say via IList<T>) then the property is detected. But if the property is actually declared as IEnumerable<T> then it is passed over.

    I changed the line that declared ienumerableOfT from:

                let ienumerableOfT = prop.PropertyType.GetInterface ("System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1")
            where ienumerableOfT != null

    to

                let ienumerableOfT = (prop.PropertyType.GetGenericTypeDefinition() == typeof(IEnumerable<>) ? prop.PropertyType : null)
                                ?? prop.PropertyType.GetInterface("System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1")

    Kinda hacky, but it fixed the problem for me. Probably a better solution would be to recurse through the type and all inherited types…

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  16. line numbers when editing Stored Proc (beta 4.37.11 has it for queries)

    Line numbers are present in a beta release , but only for new Query windows and not when viewing/editing Stored Procs in a DB.

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  17. connect color of editor with current database

    If i work o X DB i have lightred, but i i work on Y DB i work on limegreen editor

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  18. Update Microsoft.WindowsAzure.* assembly references to latest versions

    Obviously, features new to 1.7 (and later) will not be available as LinqPad seems to reference the 1.1 version. Also, I've been having this issue:

    Assembly 'MyAssembly, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' uses 'Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient, Version=1.7.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' which has a higher version than referenced assembly 'Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient, Version=1.1.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35'

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  19. When copying for Markdown/Stack Overflow, find a way to add in using-directives and references

    The menu item for "Copy for Markdown/Stack Overflow" ends up copying code that in most cases won't compile without manual intervention by the person who grabs it off of Stack Overflow.

    Specifically, these two things is on the query options tab, and has to be manually added for the query code to compile and execute:

    • References
    • Using directives

    It would be nice if those two things could be copied alongside the query code, for instance as specially crafted comments at the top, that would be recognized by LINQPad upon pasting back into it, and moved to the appropriate places.

    ie.

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  20. Always include codes outside of Main() into the selection in Program mode

    When the code fragment is selected and then F5 is pressed, LINQPad runs only selected code. I think this feature is nice.
    When I choose "C# Program" mode, of course I write some utility codes outside the Main() method.
    However, when I select the fragment of code in the Main() and press F5, the build fails, since the definitions outside the Main() wasn't included as "compile target codes".

    I think that the codes outside Main() method (in C# / VB Program mode) should be always included in compile targets to enable user-defined classes and methods,
    even if the code fragment…

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