Did you know… There is an Open Source command in Visual Studio? - #380
A while back, when I was collecting Visual Studio tips, the “Open Source” command was pointed out to me. Considering my day job (I’m the Program Manager for CodePlex.com), I couldn’t wrap my head around this command, even after the 2 second demo. After a few minutes, it clicked that it was “open” as in “view,” and not as in “Open.”
In honor of my day job, I decided to showcase this command as a tip. (My blog title made you look, didn’t it?)
In DExplorer (Documentation Explorer), whenever you do a search, you’ll get results by different search providers.
The above example shows a CodeGuru article result. Selecting open will take you directly to the article, but selecting open source will take you directly to CodeGuru.com. In other words, it will open the source of the article.