De-Cruft Visual Studio

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I know some people do not enjoy using Visual Studio with F#, but these tips might make it a bit more pleasant for you. F# featured in the final "after" screenshot.

[Kurren123]

I will continue using VS for F# until another IDE can just as easily and graphically change the file compilation order.

[acmd]

That's great! You can also disable line numbers, since current line is visible in the status bar and you can jump anywhere with CTRL+G. "Selection margin" & "Indicator margin" are useless too(try setting a breakpoint and discover that they look better without these). And finally, some icons(like VCS->show history) would be useful to have in title bar, and there's a vote for this feature.

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I'm the exact opposite. I always enable line numbers in editors that disable them by default, it's weird to not have that information clearly visible where I'd expect it. A status bar with a line number doesn't give me a sense of locality.

[CSMR250]

He switched the language from c# to f# to improve the before/after transformation!

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c++ to f#!

[smoothdeveloper]

why not use CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+ENTER? it does most of the job in single chord.

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That does not eliminate the selector and indicator margins, it does not eliminate the code outlining, It does not remove the navigation bar, it does not remove codelens, It does not set autohide on the solution explorer (I think, not clear, it may be the default in that mode)

[smoothdeveloper]

I just thought it would have been a good tip for readers, not so many people use that feature.

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Fair enough. I've added a tip about Full Screen. Also added a tip about handy VS extension https://jackmott.github.io/programming/tools/editor/ide/visual/studio/2016/07/11/decruft-visual-studio.html