{"id":4146,"date":"2015-12-26T17:49:56","date_gmt":"2015-12-26T14:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitycoder.com\/blog\/?p=4146"},"modified":"2015-12-28T00:42:39","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T21:42:39","slug":"useful-settings-for-visual-studio-2015-unity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitycoder.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/26\/useful-settings-for-visual-studio-2015-unity\/","title":{"rendered":"Useful Settings for Visual Studio 2015 + Unity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Finally installed VisualStudio with unity, 2015 community edition (update 1) seems pretty good so far (new monodevelop was too bugged..)
\nHere’s some common settings to go look for when customizing the vs editor.<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

SOURCE CODE MINIMAP<\/h3>\n

Quick launch command: scroll bars (select text editor > c# scroll bars)<\/em>
\n\"vs_source_scrollbar_minimap_2015\"
\n\"vs_source_scrollbar_minimap\"<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

LINE NUMBERS<\/h3>\n

Quick launch command: line numbers (select Text editor > all languages > general)<\/em><\/p>\n

\"vs2015_line_numbers_enable\"<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

CUSTOM SHORTCUT KEYS<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Feature: F1 for Unity API help search
\nQuick launch command: shortcut (select environment > keyboard)<\/em><\/p>\n

\"vs_unity_api_help_shortcut\"<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

Feature: \u00a7 key for “Go to Declaration” (the key before “1”, its\u00a0 ` key in most keyboards).
\nQuick launch command: shortcut (select environment > keyboard)<\/em>
\nNote: Cannot assign \u00a7 as Global shortcut, so need to select “Use new shortcut in: Text Editor”
\n\"vs_unity_go_to_declaration_shortcut\"<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

Feature: Shift+\u00a7 key for “Find All References”
\nQuick launch command: shortcut (select environment > keyboard)<\/em><\/p>\n

\"vs_unity_find_all_references_shortcut\"<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

Feature: F12 shortcut key for “Format Document”
\nQuick launch command: shortcut (select environment > keyboard)<\/em>
\n\"vs_unity_format_document_shortcut\"<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

SOURCE CODE FORMATTING<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Feature: Keep “} else {” braces in same line
\nQuick launch command: formatting (select text editor > c# > formatting)
\n<\/em>Deselect those 3 options below:<\/p>\n

\"vs_unity_source_format_else_braces_shortcut\"<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

Adding support for Unity shader syntax highlighting<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Download NShader<\/strong> for 2015 here: http:\/\/www.horsedrawngames.com\/shader-syntax-highlighting-in-visual-studio-2013\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Installing NShader: Unzip “NShader_2015.zip” double click the “NShader.vsix” and its done
\n\"vs2015_unity_shader_highlight\"<\/p>\n

Those default colors are quite horrible, but can adjust them at Fonts and Colors settings
\n\"nshader_syntax_highlight_colors_unity_vs2015\"<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

Tip: Removing unused extensions<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Quick launch command: extensions (select tools > Extensions & updates..)<\/em><\/p>\n

Then uninstall anything that you don’t need (i only left NuGet and that Unity package)
\n\"vs_2015_remove_extra_tools\"<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

Fixing “Inconsistent Line Endings” warning<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Quick launch command: documents (select Environment > documents)<\/em>
\n\"vs2015_check_for_inconsistent_line_endings_1\"<\/p>\n

Or convert line endings for the current document
\nQuick launch command: save (select File > advanced save options..)<\/em><\/p>\n

\"vs2015_fix_check_for_inconsistent_line_endings_2\"<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

Other things:<\/strong>
\n– There is no UnityScript support anymore, learn c# \ud83d\ude42
\n– I unistalled all the SQL server related packages, silverlight, helpviewer etc. from add-remove programs in windows, they come with VS minimum install..
\n– Unity installer doesn’t allow installing VS to other drives, its forced to C: drive, which is annoying.. tried to uninstall VS, re-install by manually downloading VS + unity plugin, but it didnt allow changing the target folder, its grayed out.. still have to look for some solution to that, there is no proper full uninstaller for VS2015 community update 1 either..<\/p>\n


\nWhat i’m still missing:<\/strong>
\n– API help should open to separate browser, not inside VS and not IE
\n– Duplicate line shortcut (i think in mono CTRL+D used to work), although currently you still can do CTRL+C, then CTRL+V (without anything selected it duplicates the current line)
\n– Would be nice to have that “Refactor\/using system.io..” in right click menu, instead of the slow dropdown.. (when you write File.Exists(), right clicking File would allow adding the using System.IO..)
\n– Pressing F5 in VS would compile scripts, and hit play in unity..<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

Separate VS Downloads <\/strong>*These are also included in unity installer if you select [x] Visual studio there
\n– Visual Studio Community (free) : https:\/\/www.visualstudio.com\/en-us\/products\/visual-studio-community-vs.aspx<\/a>
\n– VS Tools for Unity (free) : https:\/\/www.visualstudio.com\/en-us\/features\/unitytools-vs.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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