20 free add-ons for Visual Studio

About 900 add-ons have already been created for Visual Studio 2010. Many of them make it easier to solve routine tasks, add convenience. Below are twenty popular add-ons that you may find useful for your work.

01: Productivity Power Tools

Addon which practically needs no introduction. Quick search, improvements in code navigation, additions to Solution Navigator, new file navigation interface, new options menu of add-ons, simplified search for reference assemblies, creation of projects with a specific template into one command using, automatic placement of brackets, highlighting of the current editing line, Correction of incorrect tabs, line columns, additions to syntax highlighting - this is an incomplete list of what this addition is capable of.
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02: VSCommands 2010

Another very popular addition that can firmly settle in your IDE. In this addon there are a lot of additional functions to Solution Explorer, such as previewing images, excluding accidental Drag & Drop, grouping elements, searching source files, editing project and solution files, and much more. Additionally, we should note the color highlighting of the Output Window lines, improvements in work with the debugger and project builds.
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03: Icon Grid Creator

Very interesting addon allows you to collect images in a single file, with subsequent access to them by index. Very useful for website development. All your icons will be represented by one image:

Individual elements of which you can access using the generated CSS file:

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04: Indent Guides

A simple but nevertheless effective addon that adds vertical rulers to your code. Productivity Power Tools has similar functionality, but maybe someone will need it separately.
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05: JScript Editor Extensions

Add-on improves work with Jscript code. Improvements include highlighting of paired brackets, automatic creation of collapsing regions, highlighting of the highlighted word, Intellisence for the parameters specified in the comments of your code, and other improvements.
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06: Regex Editor

An indispensable tool when creating regular expressions. Of the nice features, the highlighting of RegExp syntax and paired brackets, syntax hints, and regular expression testing should be noted. The add-on is integrated into the code editor.
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07: Minifier

Supplement with the talking name Minifier allows you to compress your js and css files using the popular services Closure and YUI Compressor.
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08: devColor

A small but very convenient addition to working with numeric color values ​​in CSS files. Underlines the code in the appropriate color directly in the editor.
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09: Highlight all occurrences of selected word

A simple but nevertheless useful addition that highlights all occurrences of the highlighted word in the code.
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10: Xaml Styler

Addition allows you to format the XAML code for its greater clarity. Able to sort attributes by importance.
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11: Copy As HTML

Copies the code to the clipboard as HTML. String numbering and vrapping are supported.
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12: Remove Unused References

Addition allows you to automatically remove all unnecessary references to the assembly that are not used in your project.
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13: Hide Main Menu

If you like to see only the code in front of you, this addon will help you to hide the main menu of Visual Studio. You can return it simply by pressing the Alt button.
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14: Code Metrics Viewer

Add-on, enabling the ability to study the metrics of your code. It's not a secret that this functionality is included only in the older editions of Visual Studio, but now, even if you are the owner of the Professional edition, you can look in a convenient way at those metrics that are prepared by the Code Metrics Power Tool.
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15: Elastic Tabstops for Visual Studio 2010

A very interesting addon that allows you to enable the "elastic tabstop" mode - dynamic movement of code blocks depending on the position in several lines.
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16: Image Insertion

Addon allows you to insert images directly into the code! Your code can now be provided with illustrations that will allow better commenting on certain important points of implementation.
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17: Ultra Find

Replacing the standard search dialog Visual Studio. Allows you to search for classes, methods, exclude files from the search by templates and extensions, highlight the results. Very fast It is interesting because it is based on the technology of Windows Search.
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18: ItalicComments

Comments on the code after installing this addon will be displayed in Italic font. It seems a trifle, but for many it is very pleasant.
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19: WoVS Quick Add Reference

A supplement that inserts references into the code based on the keyword and its presence in external assemblies. Very comfortably!
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20: CleanProject

Cleans up your project from compiled binaries, test results and other unnecessary files before sending. It is irreplaceable when you need to send only a compiled Solution and eliminates the hassle associated with moving to directories and deleting these files manually.
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I hope that from this list you will find a few additions that will be useful to you and make your work easier!