Make Visual Studio 2010 even better with Productivity Tools

By dsandor at August 07, 2010 06:38
Filed Under: Programming, Visual Studio

If you have not installed the latest version of the Visual Studio Productivity Power Tools (The LATEST release that is), you are missing out on some killer functionality.

Download them here:
http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/d0d33361-18e2-46c0-8ff2-4adea1e34fef

There is now a Solution Navigator:

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Advanced object information when hovering over an object or method with your cursor:

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Cool new color coded gradient backed tabs:

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Pinning of tabs is still supported:

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Check out more info on the Visual Studio Blog
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2010/07/20/solution-navigator-blog-post.aspx

Download the latest version of the Productivity Power Tools
http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/d0d33361-18e2-46c0-8ff2-4adea1e34fef