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Why are there two different tabs for solution and projects? #4177

Open tomkuijsten opened 7 years ago

tomkuijsten commented 7 years ago

You can open the NuGet manager in two different ways, as "solution" manager and "project" manager. I don't see why it's beneficial to have both as a separate window. Why not one single window?

Answers I can think of...

Performance This could be an argument, but I really hope that's not it (you should fix the performance, not split the window).

Clarity The "project" view is not that much more clear that it should have a separate window.

rrelyea commented 7 years ago

Good food for thought.

tomkuijsten commented 7 years ago

Another thing that's bothering me, why can't I start the NuGet manager without opening a project/solution (see footnote why)? NuGet is such an important part of developing software, I want the manager docked all the time with or without opening a solution and showing me the information that is useful in the current context, eg:

Without a sln:

With a sln (1 project):

With a sln (multiple projects):

I use the NuGet manager not only to install/update packages, but also as a viewer for our internal repository. I know the manager is not build with this use-case in mind, but I think it's a very common scenario now NuGet is so widely used.