Coding less using the VSDropAssist extension

A new extension brought to you by the Firefly Community is called VSDropAssist – it allows you to benefit from the drag & drop capabilities of VS, so you can have more useful dragging from the solution explorer.

This clip demonstrates the usage of this extension:

You can also download it from VS – go to Tools / Extensions and updates, click on the Online tab and search for “vsdrop”:

Please check for updates occasionally as we are improving this tool.

For instance, here are some improvements found in the latest version (1.4) :

  • The entity name is highlighted once dragged using Shift, allowing you to rename the object name of the entity in the controller:

  • When dragging the entity using Shift, the drop is location sensitive.
    Drop in the class will create the object definition.
    Drop inside a method will create a member of the entity:


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