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  1. Support column mode editing and possibly multi editing

    The LINQPad code editor currently supports column mode selections (shift+alt+cursor) which is cool. But I really miss the column mode editing support known from VS or Notepad++ (http://notepad-plus-plus.org/features/column-mode-editing.html)

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  2. organization

    Support authentication using Azure Active Directory. This is necessary for OData endpoints in services tied to Office 365 such as CRM Online and Microsoft Dynamics Marketing. Please see http://community.adxstudio.com/blogs/shan/2014-12-10-using-odata-feeds-with-mdm/ and how Power Query authenticates against OData using Microsoft Organization Account for authentication.

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  3. Add claims based Authentication.

    I really need to use LinqPad to access our Microsoft CRM system, and we use OAuth to authenticate our users.

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  4. Allow theme to sync with system

    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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  5. enter a lambda and see the LINQ (reverse of current functionality, where linq can be seen as lambda)

    Basically I want to reverse the current built in process, where you can enter a LINQ statement and down in the results window click the lambda tab to see it converted over. I would like to be able to enter a Lambda expression and in the results window see the LINQ version of it.

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  6. Tab Context menu options

    Similar to notepad++ add some context menu items for the tabs to include

    -> Copy full filepath to clipboard
    -> Copy filename to clipboard
    -> Copy DirectoryPath to clipboard

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  7. Generate POCO classes from right click on tables

    It would be handy if LINQPad could assist in quickly generate POCO classes for a table

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  8. Recognize type when exporting to excel

    Currently when you have a dataset and you export it to excel, it works great except for field types. Excel likes to assume what data type is in each cell, and in cases where there are string values with padded zeros (e.g. 0012345) excel thinks it's a number and drops the padding.

    Is there any way you can apply column formatting (even the most primitive like Double=>Number, String=>Text, Decimal=>Money, etc.)? This would preserve data during the transition to excel making the export a true 1:1.

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  9. Split multiple output panels

    Now, we can dump GUI controls, XMLs, and other custom outputs, as a new output (tabbed) panel.
    However, LINQPad can show just only one panel currently. I think it's inconvenient.
    If there are support to split tabs vertically or horizontally, it should be very useful when using multiple visualizations or interacting with custom GUIs.

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  10. Dump object to separate panel

    I would like to be able to dump arbitrary objects to a new or secondary panel, the same way we can call DumpFormatted on XDocuments.
    Ex: new[] { 1, 2, 3 }.DumpToPanel("PanelName", <other dump options>);

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  11. HTML export should contain expandable tables

    The LINQPad output window allows tables to be collapsed/expanded. Especially in nested tables this is very useful. Having everything expanded makes it difficult to read the tables.

    The HTML export should have the same expand/collapse feature.

    Both the export from LINQPad GUI as well as LPRun html should accept two different dump levels. One for the actual data and one for the default expand level when the html file is loaded into browser.

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  12. Allow drag/drop reordering of Connections

    Often, connections (live, staging and test) for similar project don't all get added in consecutive order, but for simplicity, it would be nice to be able to drag and drop the connections to reorder them in the left-hand list.

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  13. Provide a method to select a database (from the droplist) via code in c# statements mode

    I'd like a method (maybe exposed via the LINQPad object) to change the data context to any of those present in the 'Add Connection' pane.

    As we know linq cannot perform cross database (cross data context) joins. To cope with this, in Visual Studio, I often use one data context, obtain data into a table or array, then switch to another data context, obtain more data, then fuse the result sets.

    This is simple enough in VS, but in LINQPad I cannot work out how to change the data context via code in C# Statements mode; the only way I…

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  14. Add history (searchable) of executed statements/expressions.

    A list of previously executed statements and expressions is a useful addition to the My Queries pane or as a separate tab entry. It would be nice that this history can also be queried like the examples.

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  15. put the name of the current active file in the window title

    I use ManicTime to track my day and it keeps a list of the current active window and the title of that window. For Linqpad, that's just "Linqpad". It would help with time tracking if the document that had current focus would show up in the title of the window.

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  16. Add support for Microsoft Portable Class Libraries

    Portable Class Libraries helps developers write cross-platform libraries which can be very useful for things like DTOs, service/client code, extensions... etc

    http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/b0e0b5e9-e138-410b-ad10-00cb3caf4981

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg597391.aspx

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  17. Support for multiple databases (EF/L2S) on different servers

    I would like to be able to query multiple databases, that are on different servers. Possible use would be "server.database.table" or something like that.

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  18. Fix Copy Paste from Editor Window When Using a Dark Background

    I love how setting the background to a dark color in LinqPad just works. But when I copy and paste code from LinqPad to Outlook, Word, etc., the result is unreadable. I have to change the background back to white to copy then change it back to black. It would be nice if the default color scheme (white background) was used when copying text from the editor to clipboard.

    (I have noticed that the same is not true for the results window. I have changed my results to use a dark background and other colors, but when copying the results…

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  19. Allow SQLServer + OData connections together in the same C# Program

    I have a LinqPad C# Program that pulls data from a SharePoint List via an OData connection and I want to be able to cross-reference those items with some data from a SQLServer database.
    But LinqPad does not allow me to mix those two types of Connections.

    Please add support to be able to have both types of connections either by allowing OData sources to be added via the Additional Databases dialog in connection properties or perhaps introducing something similar to SQL's USE statement. Then we could USE one connection, enumerate the results into a variable, then USE the next…

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  20. Option to change the font for grid view

    At present, LINQPad doesn't have the option to change the font for grid view.
    The default font for grid view is not well-readable for some characters (such as Japanese).
    I hope a new option to change the fonts (font family and size) for grid view.

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