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  1. For people with multiple projects with multiple folders of linq queries, you would have to use the "Set Folder" feature to change directories. One way to solve this problem is to default to the directory that you clicked on a .linq file. Another idea would be to keep a history of the project roots (folders) like Visual Studio.

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  3. Test for implementations of ICustomTypeDescriptor and use that interface to display results if it's implemented

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  4. It would be nice to be able to show the current editor line with a different background colour. The standard tooltip colour would be fine but make it customisable if you really want :-)

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  5. (Optionally) show a different icon for each language in the My Queries treeview. Also show different overlays for expressions, statements, programs, etc. for each language. Maybe filters can be applied to sort things out. Make logical folder (like search folders in Outlook) to distinguish the items.

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  6. groups1.OrderBy(x=>x.Key).Select((x, ixc)=> new {Iter = ixc, GroupName = x.Key})

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  7. 2 votes
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  8. It would be useful to organize a .linq file in multiple classes, exactly as in Visual Studio "Solution Explorer".
    LINQPad is becaming a new light version of Visual Studio for me :).

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  9. Currently, all the snippets provided as native LINQ statements and method calls only, irregardless of the nature of the connection/provider. It would be useful to have these snippets in all languages supported by LINPad and (more importantly) applicable to the specific connection/provider, like for instance ESQL or plain SQL. The snippets could be organized in sub-menus by language.

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  10. Since LINQPad is an OData client, it be great if we could configure it to use the latests WCF Data Services libraries, which are now released out of band from the Framework. e.g. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29306 is a release that supports Any/All queries, but LINQPad will throw a NotSupported exception when using the exact syntax explained here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/astoriateam/archive/2011/05/31/any-all-support-in-wcf-data-services.aspx

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  11. be able to query a net.tcp hosted service

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  12. 2 votes
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  13. Often I copy a method or class to LinqPad and then change the language to C# Program, which wraps all the code inside Main().
    It would be nice to not do this if LinqPad detects the existing code contains methods/classes.

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  14. It would be nice to export the result to xml. Two possibilities XML-Node and XML-Attribute. If the user chooses XML-Attribute one Data record is one XML node with all fields as Attribute, Nesting Levels are Nodes.

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  15. In this case i can use LinqPad as ODateClient, see nice result and can export the result to Excel ...

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  16. Add a tab to the "Preferences" dialog for "New Connection Defaults". Allow the user to specify certain defaults for creating new connections. I often create a new connection (with the program defaults), then have to delete the connection and re-created to turn off "Pluralize EntitySet and Table properties" and "Capitalize property names". It would be nice if I could turn those off by default.

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  17. It would be cool to be able to add our own items in insert special (the top right of the data grid in premium), I suppose this is a super-feature of having a date picker

    http://linqpad.uservoice.com/forums/18302-linqpad-feature-suggestions/suggestions/3894320-date-picker-on-data-grid

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  18. Allow tree structure in editor to allow say #region and #define to be minimised similar to VS. Small scripts for users could be hidden from "users" easily enough using #region #endregion or if based on defind label around the whole thing

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  19. Short version:
    I would like to have an option in LInqpad that would stop it from displaying a SecureString as plaintext in the results pane so that my ActiveDirectory password is not revealed when I .Dump() an object that contains an ICredentials member.

    Longer description
    So, Linqpad has become my favorite c# test/scripting/training workbench. I often use it to explore new API's

    I noticed something today was kind of a bummer -- I was working with a co-worker on the TFS API. I .Dump()'d a TFS object that contained credentials, and there was my AD password in the results grid,…

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  20. When defining a connection, have a check box that allows you to state that the connection is to a production database. Each time you select this connection, it will then somehow warn you that it is dangerous.

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