Shortcuts And Features Of Visual Studio 2015

IDE Features

1. Task List: can be used to keep track of comments like TODO, UNDONE, HACK or even customized tokens.
   
   To open the task list go to View -> Task List.
   
   
2. Lazy Code Snippets: Allows you to drag and drop the selected code to toolbox and place it under one of the sections or create one of your own. Now this piece of code will be available in all of your projects and you won't have to retype it, a simple drag and drop as required will be enough.
   
   So, now you why it's called LAZY.
   
   
3. Quick Launch: is a search tool, but instead of searching through code, it searches through the visual studio itself.
   
   Let's suppose you want to turn on the line numbers, but you can't find the option. All you have to do is type line numbers in the quick launch bar, which is situated at top right corner of the VS window and it will display all the results it could find after searching menus(@menu), most recently used(@mru), options(@opt), open document(@doc) and NuGet packages(@nuget)
   
   
   
   As you can see, the search result returns the location of line number, Options, Text Editor, All Lanuages, then General.
   
   
4. Preview Tab: allows you to quickly glance at file without actually opening it in a new tab.
   
   
   
   However, if you decide to open the file, you can do that by clicking on the Keep Open icon which is on the left of the cross for closing the file.

Bonus Tips

1. Display Number of Lines: Go to Tools, Options, Text Editor, All Languages, then Line Numbers.
   
2. Offline Help: Go to Help, Set Help Preference, then click Launch in Help Viewer
   
3. Feedback: Next to the Quick Launch Bar is a feedback icon, which allows you rate product, send suggestions and report a problem.