Visual Studio Annoyance of the Day

May 30, 2007 12:21

This one has been bugging me for a long time, and I'm sure a number of you will know what I'm talking about as soon as you see the image below:

Now, why on earth is this list not alphabetized? Adding new items to a project shouldn't feel like a scavenger hunt. In Orcas, the situation is slightly better, as the items are at least categorized, but remain, as with every Visual Studio version to date, unsorted.

Grrr....

Update: Mark (sorry, I don't know your last name) pointed me toward a nice PowerShell script that sorts templates. You can see the results below. Thanks Mark!


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May 30. 2007 13:38

Mark

You might try the PowerShell script from

odetocode.com/.../10505.aspx

YMMV
-mark

Mark

May 30. 2007 13:49

Jason Kealey

www.flickr.com/photos/jasonkealey/212238011/

Jason Kealey

May 30. 2007 15:15

Eric Kemp

Great link Mark! Thanks for posting this... I'll give it a go...

Eric Kemp

May 30. 2007 17:52

Remmus

@Eric - That is some strange alphabetical order in the second pictures.

@Jason - I had the same problem. To fix it I reset my environment back to one of the defaults. Like when you first run VS and you pick what type of developer you are.

Remmus

May 30. 2007 20:34

Eric Kemp

I thought it was strange at first too, but there seems to be some logic to it (though I haven't figured out exactly what rules it's following). Still, it's significantly better than before, and the main thing is knowing that there's a way to actually control the behavior...

Eric Kemp

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