Using Macaque Tip of the Day add-in

The Macaque add-in provides useful tips and tricks inside the IDE. To add it to Xamarin Studio, do the following:

1. In Xamarin Studio, browse to the Add-ins menu item:

   

2. On the Gallery tab, search for Macaque in All Repositories:

   

3. Select Macaque Tips, and press the Install… button:

   

4. Confirm the installation:

   

5. Once installed, the Tips window will display:

   

6. Access the Tips window at any time, by browsing to Help > Macaque Tips:

   

Source Editor Common Keyboard Shortcuts

Show Code Generation Window

This contextually generates code.

⌘ + 1

Autocomplete

ctrl + /

Quick fixes and Actions

Displays refactoring context actions.

Option + Enter

Find in files

⌘ + Shift + F

File Switcher

Allows quick switching between files

ctrl + tab

Move Lines Around in Editor

alt up / alt down

Use the Alt-Up command to move the current line or current selected lines up, and use the Alt-Down command to move the lines down. If the language addin supports it, the lines will be re-indented to match the context when they move in and out of scopes.

Word Navigation

Moves the caret to the next or previous word.

⌘ + Left/Right

Expands the Selection

Expands word, subexpression, statement, and line member selection in a logical way

alt shift up to select alt shift down to de-select