I discovered a small change from Visual Studio 2003 to VS 2005 today that I hadn’t noticed previously.
As you know, when using the Format menu in Visual Studio, you select a number of controls and you can then choose to change various formatting elements such as:
Align Lefts
Align Top
Make Same Size
and so on.
In the earlier versions of Visual Studio, all of the controls were re-aligned or resized in relation to the position or size of the last item which you selected. Although this may have been ever so slightly counterintuitive, it was something you quickly got used to doing.
So I was a bit confused the other day when my formatting seemed to be going a all awry. You know how it is, you get so used to a particular set of key and mouse actions that you hardly stop to check that it’s gone as it should. It always has, so you just kind of take it for granted that you do it a particular way and it will work.
Anyhow, as I discovered, in Visual Studio 2005 the procedure has now reversed. Instead of the last control being the one that wields the power and all other selected controls comply with its settings, it is now the first control you click that sets the standard, alignment and/or size for the others to follow.
Certainly more intuitive for beginners in VS.NET, but a minor curve ball for those of us who thought we'd been through the pain barrier.
No biggie, but worth knowing and keeping in mind as you flit between versions as I’m still doing.