Visual Studio 2010 Minimap - What happened to it and is there a plugin?

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Visual Studio 2010 Minimap - What happened to it and is there a plugin?

Visual Studio 2010 was projected to have a minimap feature for scrolling through code files.

What is a minimap? A skinny map on the left side where you can click to get to different parts of the file.

http://www.sublimetext.com/

There were screen shots of this being implemented in Visual Studio 2010, but it would appear that the feature did not ship with the product.

Is there a plugin available for VS2010 that has this?

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Well, there's something there. I see a colored bar next to my code, usually green, between the left rail that you can click to set breakpoints and the vertical line with +/- nodes to allow collapsing regions. From 10,000 feet I suppose it could resemble a "minimap". Haven't figured out what exactly it means yet though. Maybe I haven't zoomed small enough yet.

See it?

Hans Passant 2010-06-23 21:34:18

Hans, I see it, but sometimes it's yellow and sometimes it's green. I think that reflects whether the code is new or has been saved... helps one keep track of changes that have either not been saved or possibly committed to source control. I could be completely wrong.

hamlin11 2010-06-23 21:59:27

That sounds good, I do see yellow when I type. I didn't know I needed it. Ever saw another color?

Hans Passant 2010-06-23 22:04:33

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The RockScroll-like document map feature was apparently dropped from the VS2010 release.

I've been giving the AllMargins extension a go, and so far I'm liking it. I'd love to see a full port of RockScroll/MetalScroll to VS2010 though.

ZoogieZork 2010-06-23 21:40:56

We can always fall back on regions to pseudo-accomplish this, but as a starcraft player I really would like a minimap!

hamlin11 2010-06-23 22:00:08

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