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  1. Praise from Claude Sonnet 3.7

    The way LinqPad handles containers and UI updates works really well for this type of admin tool. The separation of different UI sections makes the workflow intuitive:

    Enter a user ID and find the user
    See the current permissions
    Make your changes
    Save and see the results

    This approach could easily be adapted for other administrative tasks like:

    Managing user roles
    Configuring application settings
    Reviewing and approving content
    Batch processing operations

    It's impressive how much functionality LinqPad offers for creating quick utility tools like this. You get a lot of the benefits of a full GUI application without the overhead…

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  2. Allow DumpTell() or Dump (title) to dump to a DumpContainer

    var someValue = 123;
    var dumpContainer = new DumpContainer().Dump();

    // I don't know a way to put the content of someValue.DumpTell() or someValue.Dump("My title") to dumpContainer

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  3. LINQPad 9 - Show My Scripts location as just LINQPad Queries

    Currently, it displays the absolute path. Perhaps it could be shown on hover for those who might find it useful.

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  4. Add support for duckdb in Linqpad

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  5. close saved

    Add a new menu item for closing all saved tabs. This would be similar to vscode "Close Saved".

    I often find I am in a state where I open things up and there are 20 documents, some with (duplicate) etc. Cleaning them all up is a bit of a pain.

    Close all comes up with a dialog with four documents with Yes, No, or Cancel.
    Not sure what to do at that point.

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  6. add a "Close Saved" menu item - similar to vscode

    Often I end up in a state with 20 tabs open, some with conflicts ( duplicate ).

    I'd like to close all the saved ones, so I can sort out the four or five unsaved ones.

    Doh, I found it on File -> Close Unmodified Queries.

    It would be nice to have that on right clicking a document tab as well.

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  7. Detect links in the result set, starting with http(s), and allow users to click and navigate

    Detect links in the result set, starting with http(s), and allow users to click and navigate. This helps to form links and validate them.

    For example, SELECT 'https://www.nuget.org/packages/Newtonsoft.Json';

    The result should be a clickable link that opens in the browser.

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  8. Workspace Separation (Super-Tabs)

    I use Linqpad for multiple projects and usually have multiple queries open pr project.

    It would be really nice if i could visually separate each collection of queries with super-tabs

    I guess something similar to Postman which is able to handle multiple collections of API's

    If you are already working on a visual remake or upgrade - maybe have this in your mind when making it :)

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  9. LinqPad 8 does not work on MacBook Air M4

    I installed on my new Mac but the UI fails to start up.

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  10. Add #:sdk support

    I'm very pleased that LINQPad 9 includes some support for .NET 10 file-based apps. However, perhaps a fundamental ecosystem difference, that the SDK types that can be specified via #:sdk are not recognized.

    To bridge the gap between LINQPad scripts and file-based apps, and to enhance compatibility with various SDK types in the future, I'd like to see an option to explicitly select the major SDKs (Web, Worker, Standard, etc.) that are currently available in the LINQPad script properties, along with support for the #:sdk syntax.

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  11. Add Intellisense or Package Explorer support for the #:package directive

    This is a minor request, but it would be nice to have visualization or Intellisense support when exploring packages using the #:package directive. Currently, it would be even better if package additions in File-based App code were synchronized with the #:package directive.

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  12. Add a UI option to use native Windows titlebars and window borders in the LinqPad main window

    In LinqPad 9.4, I've been toggling the "Enable Mica background with Light theme" checkbox, which (for me, at least) seems to also control whether or not the LinqPad Settings window uses "native" Windows titlebars and window-borders - and I've come to prefer native Windows titlebars because I much prefer my specific Active Titlebar color - and I'm certain I can definitely feel UI actions (like dragging the window around) feels slighly more sluggish when the LinqPad Mica option is enabled - but much snappier when it's off.

    ...but regardless of the Mica switch, the LinqPad 9.4 main window seems to…

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  13. Get rid of 'delete save as/download' from linqpad UI.

    This is a very bad and awful feature. It's redundant with file explorer abilities which is the only place I would delete my saved files. All my saved files are now gone. LP should only allow clearing the history (which is what I thought I was doing) and NOT/NEVER/EVER DELETE/REMOVE/DISCARD any files saved or otherwise.

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  14. Ranny Meier

    Allow EF6 DbContext assembly to make connection in LINQPad V9. We are able to easily use our EF6 DbContext assembly in various NET 8 projects in Visual Studio.  We have yet to be able to do this in a LINQPad V9 query.

    I tried a NuGet driver.
    Peter-B-/Ef6.Core.LINQPadDriver: Entity Framework 6 driver for LINQPad 6 (.Net Core)

    InvalidOperationException: No connection string named 'JASContext' could be found in the application config file.

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  15. Automatically Collapse code to Definitions upon opening a script

    Add a setting to Automatically Collapse to Definitions upon opening a script. Especially useful for large scripts.

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  16. Support for SQL Server 2025 native JSON Data Type in LINQ to SQL Driver

    I would like to request support for the latest JSON data type enhancements introduced in SQL Server 2025 within the LINQ to SQL driver for LINQPad.

    Currently, when using LINQPad with a SQL Server 2025 database that contains tables with columns of type json (not nvarchar(max)), the LINQ to SQL driver does not properly recognize or display these columns. The JSON data is lost or not visible in the results when querying the table, which significantly hinders the ability to work with modern JSON data in SQL Server 2025.

    For example, in the StudentsJson table:
    - StudentId (int, PK)…

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

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  18. 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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  19. 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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  20. 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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