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CodeLens is a code editor enhancement of Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 Ultimate and 2015 Professional and up to show code changes, references, bugs, work items and code review requests.

CodeLens is a code editor enhancement of Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 Ultimate and 2015 Professional and up to show code changes, references, bugs, work items and code review requests. For more info refer: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/ide/find-code-changes-and-other-history-with-codelens

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How to hide reference counts in VS2013?

Visual Studio 2013 introduced a new feature where it shows you how many times each of your methods are used. I don't find it very useful, and it messes up the spacing of my file. How do I disable it? Can't seem to find the option.
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How to turn off CodeLens-References

I recently installed Visual Studio 2013 Ultimate. Now, as you know, there is this "n references" above all methods. When I go to the CodeLens options, I can't disable this single feature, since the checkbox is grayed out. So how can I disable it?
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How to get list of zero-reference/unreferenced code in Visual Studio

In visual studio 2013 the number of references of a special Code(method, property, field,...) is shown by Code Lens. I want to get unused (zero reference) Code in visual studio. Is there any way to get them? I mean below reference:
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CodeLens not showing references

CodeLens stopped working for some reason in project solution that I'm dealing nowadays. It is not showing references instead "- references". However, when I open up Visual Studio with another project It works like charm.I can confirm that CodeLens…
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Missing CodeLens references count in Visual Studio Community edition 2015 and 2017

Is there a reason why the references count (code lens) is missing in Visual Studio Community edition? Is is possible to enable it in the options? Here is a screenshot of Visual Studio 2015 and 2017 Community edition: Here is a screenshot of…
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How to enable CodeLens for Visual Studio 2017 Community

I recently installed Visual Studio 2017 Community and noticed that there is no CodeLens. I had CodeLens enabled on Visual Studio 2015 Community so I'm hoping that its also available for VS 2017 Community. How can I do so? Or is it no longer…
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CodeLens style in-context information in IntelliJ IDEA

For a while now, newer versions of Visual Studio have been able to display in-line information for methods, fields etc relating to how many times they may have been referenced or changed and who changed the code last. This feature is known as…
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Display CodeLens above attributes

It is quite annoying to see codelens reference between the field and field's attributes. It requires to add a lot of additional spaces around to make everything readable. Is it possible to display CodeLens reference above the attributes?
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Visual Studio 2015 - CodeLens toggle on/off with keyboard shortcut

I would like to have a quick keyboard shortcut to turn on/off this feature. The feature is useful, but sometimes I want to look only at code and this feature distorts the code visual appearance. I have bound…
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How to move CodeLens references indicator?

I don't like it this way: It stretches code and reduces readability. Is there a way to move it to the right side and maybe even change "references" word to some icon, like this: I researched this question, this type of question has been asked…
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Visual Studio 2013 RC CodeLens not showing up

I installed Visual Studio 2013 Release Candidate and after opening a project I noticed CodeLens information is not showing up. In the preview versions you had to turn this on in the options menu, but I can't seem to find this option anymore. Why…
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How to extend CodeLens

I'm currently writing a tool to help maintain unit and integration tests (coded tests). I've started extending Visual Studio to make the developer experience nicer, which got me to notice the new-ish CodeLens feature. The stuff I'm currently…
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VS2013 - Can code lens appear above method attributes?

Visual Studio 2013 introduced a new feature, Code Lens, where it shows you how many times each of your methods are called/referenced, how many unit tests cover the method, and how many are passing. The code lens information appears above the method…
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Why does CodeLens always show "0 authors, 0 changes"?

I have a Visual Studio project/solution in a Git repo. Visual Studio's source control feature works a treat (second screenshot). Thanks "Microsoft Git Provider" HOWEVER CodeLens shows "0 authors, 0 changes" for every class and method (first…
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Is there any CodeLens add-on available that shows the git history of the given method?

The latest version of VS 2019 Community came out with CodeLens enabled. Is there any CodeLens add-on available for VS 2019 Community showing the git history of the given method, like this excellent one for Visual Studio Code:…
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