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  1. conditional caching and cache querying

    If I want cross-execution (being able to F5, F5, F5) cache certain fetched web pages (only if they actually return a 200ish result). I can't make use of the existing very helpful cache method options.
    I don't want a failed attempt to be cached, and I want to be able to cache all
    successes.

    I'd like it if we could have the following signature off the existing Util class T CacheIf<T>(string key, Func<T> f, Func<T,bool> predicate, byref<bool> fromCache) also very useful IsCached(string key).

    A work around would be to litter the code with throws and try/catch.

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  2. option to keep the dialog 'navigate to query' open

    Can we have an option to keep the dialog "Navigate to query" open.
    It usally takes a few tries before I find the query I am looking for and it would be great if I could tick a box to keep it open after I dbl clicked to see the query

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  3. Improvements for running LinqPad from RD client on iPad with Magic keyboard

    I mostly use Linqpad from iPad, connected to my Windows laptop using MS Remote Desktop on iPad. (RD Client)

    I have a Ipad magic keyboard and works really well, but there are a few issues that is a bit enoying with LinqPad

    • There is no button in Linqpad for zooming the editor and it does not work using the keyboard. and as I use different zoom values on laptop and ipad this means I have to go to my laptop to change the zoom.

    • The ipad does not have F-keys so I need to remap these on windows and this…

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  4. Scroll through open tabs with the mouse wheel

    When there are many tabs open, they overflow and one must use the arrow buttons to view the hidden ones, which is a tedious and time-consuming process.

    When the mouse is hovered the scroll bar, the mouse wheel should scroll through the visible tabs, just as the arrows do now.

    I use this feature very heavily in the programs that support it (e.g. Visual Studio, Sublime Text, Firefox, etc.), and it makes finding the tab I need a way faster and easier process than repeatedly clicking the left and right buttons until the desired tab comes into view. It would…

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  5. Using EF typed data context from assembly without Dbset

    In most of the projects that I work on, we don't usually set DbSet<T> properties inside the DbContext and we rely on the IEntityTypeConfiguration<T> to set the names of the tables.

    It would be a great idea to support dynamic dbsets without the need for setting the dbset for each entity that I need to use in LINQPad

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  6. Expose CWD of LinqPad as `Util.HostCurrentDirectory`

    This would allow to start LinqPAD in a specific working directory and allow a script to do some work in there.

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  7. Query limit hit -> prompt to clear & continue

    When LINQPad hits a hard limit on output size, the query continues
    execution but no longer renders .Dump() output.
    The idea is to pause execution & add a 'clear output window' hyperlink to the "Limit of query" message to allow script to continue.

    This could be an option in case people dont want this behavior.

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  8. Inline CSS for LINQpad controls

    As it stands you need to define a style using Util.HtmlHead.AddStyles
    I would love to be able to say:
    new Button("Do Something", ...) { CssStyle = "margin-left: 5px;" };

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  9. Define keyboard events for output window

    I am a huge fan of the new ContinueButton().Dump().Wait approach found online

    however when using it for something that enumerates a large list, it would be really nice to be able to attach a keyboard event to it in the output window so i don't necessarily have to click to trigger it.

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  10. ScrollIntoView for LINQpad controls

    For LINQPad controls : add a ScrollIntoView() function. This would cause the query window to scroll to wherever it landed on the Dump() output.

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  11. Provide a Menu option for Clearing the Results Window

    The Results window gets cluttered as I debug my code, especially with the Dump results.

    Please provide a menu option to clear out the Results pane.

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  12. Ctrl + S shortcut does not work when the explorer pange is too narrow.

    When the Explorer View is too narrow (i.e. removed to occupy as less screen space as it is possible), I cannot save the code by pressing Ctrl + S. My LINQPad version is 7.4.9 (X64) for Windows. Please see the screen recording that shows the issue:

    https://1drv.ms/v/s!Asp69p7IB51WkAFhnqj9vmUw72JS?e=2JvozE

    Can this be fixed in the next version?

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  13. 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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  14. 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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  15. 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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  16. 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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  17. 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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  18. 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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  19. Have dropbox / onedrive integration for saved queries

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  20. DataType in Columnheader

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

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