# Trim Copy
Trim Copy is a Visual Studio extension to copy selected code block to the clipboard trimming leading white spaces while keeping indentation structure. It allows the user to copy the code in text editor of Visual Studio, trim unnecessary white spaces and paste it into a document in Markdown or other format by one step.
Requirements
- Visual Studio 2017, 2019, 2022
- .NET Framework 4.8
If you have only installed older version of .NET Framework, use VSIX package which is built for .NET Framewrok 4.6.
Keyboard shortcuts
The keyboard shortcuts can be assigned by Visual Studio's options settings. See Identify and customize keyboard shortcuts in Visual Studio.
Open Options, go to Keyboard and find this extension's commands by searching TrimCopy in Show commands containing box.
Set shortcut keys as you wish.
Development
Each version of Microsoft.VisualStudio.SDK meta-package is compatible with corresponding version of Visual Studio.
| Microsoft.VisualStudio.SDK | Compatible Visual Studio |
|---|---|
| 15.x | 2017 (15.x), 2019 (16.x) |
| 16.x | 2019 (16.x) |
| 17.x | 2022 (17.x) |
Thus each project is compatible with corresponding version of Visual Studio as shown below.
| Product name | Project name | Microsoft.VisualStudio.SDK | Compatible Visual Studio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trim Copy 2019 | TrimCopy.VSIX.2019 | 15.x | 2017, 2019 |
| Trim Copy 2022 | TrimCopy.VSIX.2022 | 17.x | 2022 |
Do not accidentally update Microsoft.VisualStudio.SDK of TrimCopy.VSIX.2019.
When updating project version, edit productId parameter of InstalledProductRegistration attribute of TrimCopyPackage class as well.
To run an extension in debug mode inside experimental instance of Visual Studio, the following settings are required in Debug pane of project properties.
- In Start Action, select Start external program and input the path to Visual Studio executable. The typical path would be
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe. - In Start Options, fill Command line arguments with
/rootsuffix Exp.
These are default for Extensibility VSIX project and written in csproj.user file but that file is not included in the repository in principle.
History
Ver 2.4 2021-12-1
- Improve method to format text
Ver 2.3 2021-11-23
- Divide projects to support Visual Studio 2022
Ver 2.2 2021-8-1
- Sort out references
Ver 2.1 2019-12-15
- Modified settings in Options
Ver 2.0 2017-2-19
- Converted to be compatible with Visual Studio 2017
Ver 1.2 2016-5-28
- Fixed default values in the settings
Ver 1.1 2016-4-24
- Modified vsix manifest for Visual Studio "15"
Ver 1.0 2016-1-6
- Initial release
License
- MIT License