
You can change the shortcuts associated with the macro menus in Tools > Options > Environment > Keyboard. So the idea is that you start recording, make some edits, stop recording, and then replay the edits.įor example, here's what you would do if you just copied a few signatures from an interface that you have to implement: It has 5 submenus: one that toggles the recording of a macro (Start/stop recording macro), one that replays the last recorded macro (Playback macro), one that can repeat the macro any given number of times, one that saves the current macro for future use, and one that opens the directory where macros are saved in the explorer.

It will only be visible when there is an active text or code editor. How does it work?Īfter installing this extension, you will find a menu called Text Macros in the Tools menu.
#VISUAL STUDIO 2022 VS 2019 HOW TO#
If you have, then you already know how to use this extension. Indeed, macros used to be supported and removed in Visual Studio 2010.Īlthough macros used to be very sophisticated at the time, letting you control almost any feature of Visual Studio, this extension only aims at supporting the text editing part of macros.Īnd if you have not used Visual Studio macros before, you may have used them in other text editors such as Notepad++ or Sublime Text. You may have used such macros in previous versions of Visual Studio. These macros can be used to automate repetitive text editing tasks.


THE CURRENT VERSION WORKS WITH VISUAL STUDIO 2019-2022įor Visual Studio 2012 to 2017, please download and install this version:Īn extension for Visual Studio 2012-2019 that brings back support for macros in text/code editors.
