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How to disable zoom on Ctrl+scroll in Visual Studio 2010?

Visual Studio 2010 adds a zoom setting on the bottom left of the text editor (to the left of the horizontal scroll bar) and also adopts the Ctrl+mouse scroll idiom for zooming in and out. The former is fine, but I dislike the latter as I am…
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Qt Creator color scheme

I like the dark "FakeVim" color scheme in Qt Creator. However it only makes the editor part dark while everything else stays normal, which is a bit disturbing. Is there any way to make such dark scheme global for Qt Creator? Vim (dark) Color…
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Custom Project Type Templates

When you create a new project in WebStorm, you are given the option to create a new directory structure prepopulated with files: libraries, stylesheets, etc. for patterns like HTM5 boilerplate, Twitter boilerplate, etc. How does one create one's own…
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Integrating a Custom Compiler with the Visual Studio IDE

Background: I want to create a custom VB compiler, extending the "original" compiler, to handle my custom compile-time attributes. Question: after I've created my custom compiler and I've got an executable file capable of compiling VB code via the…
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Never hide tabs in Eclipse? I would like to have smaller tabs also

I cant find anything related in the settings while searching "tabs". I dont care about the hiding feature so much, because I always loose the context, when all the sudden a tab disappears. The order of tabs gets mixed up visually.
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Issue using Black formatter in PyCharm

I am trying to setup the formatter "black" to work with PyCharm. I have tried setting it up with both the standard External Tools preferences and using the Files Watcher Plugin. Neither has worked for me. I am getting these errors: I have it…
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Where does Visual Studio store toolbar and menu customizations?

Is there a file somewhere that I can use to do massive changes to the context menu in an easier fashion? The GUI: gives me no way to move a command from one menu to another, nor does it let me see what the command actually is (in order to add that…
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How to remove "Add to Source Control" button from the VS2022 status bar?

Is there a way to remove the button from the status bar in VS 2022? All the solutions I could find are for versions prior to VS 2022. I don't use any kind of source control and having that button linger in the status bar is visually…
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How can I customize the text editor or color tag parts of my code in Visual Studio?

How do I customize, extend the text editor, or color tag parts of my code? I would like Visual Studio to color code parts of my code. Can I use #region and give it a color? Is there any way to make the background between two parentheses have a…
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How to change Visual Studio 2022 IDE icons?

Is there a way to change icons that are used withing the Visual Studio 2022 IDE? I tried looking for DLL files or image files containing the icons I want to change, but with no luck. On the Internet I did find resources with icons for various Visual…
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Cannot customize Solution Explorer project context menu in VS 2010

I'm trying to customize that context menu which comes up when you right click the project in the Solution Explorer. When I goto: Tools - Customize - Commands - Context Menu (radio button) - Project and Solution Context Menus | Project (drop down) I…
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VSCode - Source Control Coloring

So by default if a change is made, VSCode Source Control sets a blue marker on the file and all directories that contain the changes. And it also colors the names, which for me in some situations, seems a bit distracting in bigger applications. Is…
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Moving an arbitrary setting to a toolbar in Visual Studio

I want to be able to modify a certain setting of Visual Studio right from the toolbar. Specifically, the number of parallel builds (Tools | Options | Projects and Solutions | Build and Run | maximum number of parallel project builds). It can be…
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Change Text Highlight Color in Eclipse Console

Question Is it at all possible to change the color of the text highlight in Eclipse console to something more visible in Manjaro Linux? Your time and help are both much appreciated. Important notes I am using the default GTK theme. I do not want to…
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How to remove toolbars in PhpStorm

I try to remove two things in PhpStorm but I can not remove them. Do you know if it is possible? A friend who works on Mac do not have these bars. And I'm on Windows and looking for some time for settings to remove them. View the attached…
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