Version 5.8: Enhancements

What's new

In this new version, we've gotten some improvements and fixed some bugs.

• General
  • Reduced download size by removing unused component dependencies
  • Upgraded referenced components
  • Small improvement of performance in some cases
  • Fixed some numeric values were not saved if modified by keyboard in the options page
  • Extracted web search options from Smart Bar to an individual page
  • Removed behavior of resetting comment tag labels and search engines if they were empty
• Symbol list
  • Used syntax highlight color in symbol list
  • ➕ Added new analysis command Find inherited interfaces
  • Allowed to restrict some code analysis commands by pressing Ctrl key
• Smart bar
  • Optimized behavior of Paste, Delete and some editorial commands
  • ➕ Added Find all reference command for C++ symbols
  • ➕ Added command to edit all matching
  • ➕ Added more shortcuts to open files in the output window
• Syntax highlight
  • Fixed incorrect classification of sealed members
  • ➕ Added auto detection of VS theme color and loading syntax highlight theme accordingly at the first run
• Navigation bar
  • ➕ Added new option to display members defined in base classes
  • Allowed using space delimited search keywords
  • Used incremental search for better performance when search symbols in project
• Super Quick Info
  • Made better compatible with the recent versions of VS 2019
  • Made <seealso> tag rendered inline within section elements
  • Fixed <seealso href/> tag could cause error
  • Allowed multiple <example/> tags
  • Fixed <example/> option was not regardled
  • ➕ Added right click selected text in Quick Info to bring out web search menu
  • Fixed content could be clipped off in VS 2019
  • ➕ Supported <hr/> tag in C# XML Doc

Version 5.7: We have Chinese interface now! More languages are welcome

New in this release:

• General Interface
  • Supported localization to other languages
  • 支持中文了！Chinese interface
    
  • Added an option to use compact menu like VS 2019 for VS 2017
    
• Syntax Highlight
  • Improved the working experience when customizing syntax styles, making the Selected Code section reflecting syntax settings in real time to user actions in editor
  • Fixed #72 improper highlight precedence of identifier
  • Corrected the syntax naming of local variable
  • Addressed #125 incorrect highlight for punctuation and some other elements in VS 2019 (still working in progress)
• Super Quick Info
  • Fixed VS Extension info could cause problem in some cases
  • Fixed incorrect color preview of HEX colors
• Navigation Bar
  • Fixed a crash when right clicking #region in drop down member list

Version 5.6.1

Version 5.6.1 is a maintenance release which has fixed the following issues:

• Syntax highlight of identifier has improper precedence
• Fixed containers in symbol list were not displayed with their specific style
• Added command to copy qualified member name
• Addressed a potential crash caused by C# members margin
• Fixed improper icon for readonly field; Added icon for readonly property

Version 5.6: Enhanced Syntax Highlight for Everything, Extensive XML Doc Support

What's new in this new beta:

• Options Pages
  • Fixed changing focus in Options Page of Codist Could Freeze Visual Studio
  • Rewrote the configuration modules, especially for syntax highlighting, created a Customize Codist Syntax Highlighting command in the Tools Menu
• Syntax Highlight
  • Allow customizing every syntax highlight styles
    How to use: Open a document, click on the syntax element you want to customize, then click the Tools/Customize Codist Syntax Highlighting menu, change the settings in the popped up dialog, click the Save button
    
    the above dialog can be opened from Tools/Customize Codist Syntax Highlighting menu
  • Made compatible to latest version of Visual Studio 2019
  • Slightly optimized the performance of the C# syntax highlighter
  • C# comment tagger not working in Razor documents
  • Fixed a crash caused by the Comment Tagger
  • Classified type of explicit or implicit operator as member declaration
  • Added an option to highlight find results in C# code files
  • Type cast parentheses highlighted with the same style of type related keywords
  • Updated syntax highlight to support C# 8.0
• Symbol Analyzer
  • Displayed usage kind icons and more results produced by the Find Referrers command
    
  • Tweaked the display of symbol menus
  • Changed the Find Methods by Signature command to find and match delegates as well
  • Fixed a crash when dealing with unsafe pointer access expressions
• Scrollbar Marker
  • Drew markers for C# constructors on scrollbar marker
  • Fixed a crash caused by C# Members Margin
• Super Quick Info
  • Supported <h1 /> to <h6 /> in C# XML Doc
  • Supported <a href /> in C# XML Doc
  • Support <see cref="http..." /> linking to web pages in C# XML Doc
  • Fixed incomplete display of some items
  • Fixed in some cases Color Quick Info was not working
  • Supported displaying <example /> in C# XML Doc
  • Displayed namespace in Symbol Location Quick Info for members
• Smart Bar
  • Enabled Rename refactoring command for type parameter declarations
  • Added a command for extension developers to discover classifiers and taggers results for selections
• Navigation Bar
  • Fixed a crash when dealing with unsafe pointer access expressions

Version 5.5: More Enhancements and Compatible with New VS

What's new in this new version:

• Symbol Analyzer
  • Added Find Method with Same Signature command (#106)
    
  • Displayed source code of reference points in tool tips for symbol referrers
    
  • Fixed Find Type Referrers could fail if an identifier was prefixed by namespaces
  • Enhanced color preview for predefined colors and brushes
  • Displayed event arguments
• Scrollbar Marker
  • Fixed a crash in C# Member Marker (#111)
  • Used built-in syntax colors for C# member markers
• Super Quick Info
  • Fixed an error about inheriting XML Doc from property indexer parameters
  • Displayed inherited C# exception XML Doc
  • Fixed selection color was opaque
  • Used built-in syntax colors when Advance Syntax Highlight was disabled (#113)
  • Fixed syntax colors on Super Quick Info were not updated after syntax configuration changes
  • Fixed Super Quick Info for await keyword could cause error (#117)
• Syntax Highlight
  • Highlighted stackalloc and unsafe keywords in declarations
  • Classified parentheses of C# delegate declarations
  • Added support to C# 8 beta
  • Added separated style for C# Enum Fields
  • Made user code differentiation compatible with VS 16.5 preview
• Smart Bar
  • Tweaked the behavior of Smart Bar
• Navigation Bar
  • Fixed a crash after splitting code document window (#115)
  • Reworked to be compatible with VS 16.5

Version 5.4: Various Enhancements and Crash Fixes

What's new in this release:

• Super Quick Info
  • Display XML Doc for containing type for constructors (#91)
  • Display constant evaluation result (#105)
  • Fully override the builtin C# XML Doc
  • Displayed XML Doc summary in tool tips for symbols in Super Quick Info
  • Fixed a potential crash of the C# XML Doc override
• Syntax Highlight
  • Applied declaration syntax style to operator declarations
  • Tweaked performance of highlighter
• Symbol Analysis Commands
  • Added command to find type usages
  • Fixed crashes in inline diff view
• Smart Bar
  • Fixed a crash caused by the Expand Selection command
• Options page
  • Added Copy and Paste command to pick color buttons in syntax highlight style options page
  • Fixed adding comment tags could crash VS

Version 5.3: Performance Enhancements and Experience Tweaks

Quite a few new features and improvements are introduced to this new version.

• General
  • An info bar would be shown after version update
• Symbol Analysis
  • Made Find Callers command work for fields and attribute constructors
• Syntax Highlight
  • Enhanced highlight for type cast related keywords and parentheses (#96)
  • Highlighted C# overload operator and destructor punctuation
  • Fixed hanging and performance problem during syntax style changes (#100)
  • Significant performance boost by reducing redundant classification operations in C# documents
• Smart Bar
  • Customizable web search engines
    
    
• Navigation Bar
  • Neighbor types Types referenced by current member (optional)
    
  • Optional display of #regions within type members (#97)
  • Themed foreground text of active function for better textual contrast (#98)
  • Fixed crashes after drag&drop operations between partial type files (#99)
  • Optimized scrolling speed when dragging Navigation Bar items within drop down menu
• Super Quick Info
  • Dimmed similar parts in method overloads
    
  • Shift+Click to open source code file for symbol in new window
  • Compatible with VS 2019.3 preview 2, suppressed VS hyperlinks in Quick Info in Alternative Style (#102)
  • Click and Go worked on imported symbols (symbols from metadata)
    
  • Fixed duplicated Selection Quick Info in the C# Immediate window
  • Option to display <seeAlso> of overridden XML Doc in Super Quick Info
• Symbol List
  • Clicking on imported symbol in the list could jump to its definition too
• Scrollbar Marker
  • Fixed an occasional crash (#101)

And many bug fixes and enhancements

Version 5.2: Pinnable & Draggable Symbol List, Context Menu for Quick Info, Markdown NaviBar, Selection Web Search

Many changes and bug fixes have taken place since version 5.1.1:

• Navigation Bar for Markdown
  
• Symbol List and Navi Bar
  • Symbol Lists can be pinned and dragged around
    
  • Fixed incorrect locations in symbol list
  • Displayed numeric forms in tool tip for constant fields
  • Added context menu for items on Navi Bar
  • Fixed items in root item menu on Navi Bar jumping to wrong position of a partial type or causing crash
  • Fixed implicit constant values of enum members not displayed on Navi Bar
  • Fixed member list on Navi Bar of enum fields could not be correctly filtered
  • Fixed root items on Navi Bar not updated after drag & drop operation
• Quick Info
  • Context menu for C# Quick Info symbols
    
  • Added context menu for copying selected content in Quick Info
    
  • Added support for namespace XML Doc on Super Quick Info via auxiliary class NamespaceDoc
  • Fixed duplicated color preview panels in Super Quick Info
  • Corrected captured variables info
  • Enhanced <inheritdoc> support for nested XML Doc referencing
• Others
  • Added search commands for popular search engines in Smart Bar
    
  • Fixed some initializer punctuations were not highlighted
  • Fixed unsynchronized marks on scroll bar margin

Version 5.1.1: Multi-location Menu for Symbols

This version has enhanced the jump list of Click and Go function for symbols which are defined in multiple locations. (#84)

Also, it has fixed an issue which caused the builtin Find dialog not working properly (#86).

Version 5.1: Symbol Analysis Commands on Navigation Bar Items

Version 5.1:

• Added Analysis Symbol commands into context menu of Navigation Bar
• Made Tab and Shift + Tab key in drop-down menu of Navigation Bar to bring out adjacent menus (#77)
• Fixed tool tip on Navigation Bar menu could cover the menu
• Fixed region marker not working in some cases
• Fixed several crashes