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  1. Allow #region in inline markup

    If you're using the inline code model, the code editor does 99% of everything you could do in code-behind, but does not allow collapsing regions. For files with a lot of event handlers it would be great to be able to collapse them with a region.

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    • Make integration of mvc with web forms seamless

      Currently in order to add asp.net mvc to an existing asp.net webforms project is not exactly pain free. Here's an example

      http://www.devcurry.com/2013/05/adopting-aspnet-mvc-enhancements-in.html which actually includes having to add in some guid. Obviously lots of people have existing web forms sites/applications that are not going anywhere but would also like to integrate mvc into them as well. Currently, I would not call this user experience pleasant. I would be nice to be able to easily add mvc to an existing web forms site. It could be a NuGet package, a right-click on the web form site that has "add mvc to…

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      • Remove folder names from file tab captions

        In ASP.NET projects IDE shows folder names in file tab captions. They hides the file name and it's frustrating.

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        • Provide API or additional setting to control asp.net application restart on filesystem been changed.

          Here is detailed description of what happens and what can not be controlled at all - http://blogs.msdn.com/b/tmarq/archive/2007/11/02/asp-net-file-change-notifications-exactly-which-files-and-directories-are-monitored.aspx

          I'm running project that generates asp pages dynamicaly and then deletes unnecessary files using external tools, and sure it's not acceptable to run session start/end each time it happens. And I did not find any way to controll this process.

          Thank you.

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          • ASP.NET - Profiling using IIS Express

            Currently profiling doesn't work using IIS Express only the Cassini dev server. Would be nice to be able to do everything in IIS Express that you can do with the dev web server.

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              • New templating system using Razor to replace T4

                This would be a new, modern project tempting supporting Razor. It would be designed to replace both T4 tempting and MVC scaffolding, and completely abstract and overcome the limitations of wiring with the COM system currently in place. This is desperately needed for MVC to move to the next level.

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                • Remove the InitializeSimpleMembership attribute from MVC AccountController

                  Doing the initialization with the default code can often fail, i.e. moving projects between folders. Removing this attribute would help.

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                  • Allow Option to NOT minify a file in System.Web.Optimization

                    I find that if I include pre-minified files into my bundle I run into lots of errors on the front-end, where if I just took said minified script and included it manually in the head, it works fine.

                    I'd like to be able to tell the bundler "Chillax, this dude has already been compiled"

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                    • get the reach for source code repository

                      If I remember, ASP.NET MVC is one of open source product. So we hope we get the reach for source code repository, especially trunk.

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                      • Make the HtmlHelpers extendable

                        The HtmlHelpers are today closed for modification since they are static classes. There is probably not a way around that.

                        You can however define some interfaces which you resolve through the DependencyResolver so that we can modify the generated HTML. By doing so we can adjust the HTML outputted to fit our own needs.

                        I describe a similar approach here: http://blog.gauffin.org/2011/10/first-draft-of-my-alternative-html-helpers/

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                        • Razor Web Pages HtmlHelper Enhancements

                          Add a reference to the current executing web page (WebPage class) and HttpContext to the HtmlHelper for Razor web pages (not the MVC view page I'm referring here, but the web site template).

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                          • It would be awesome if you had a Gallery for websites built using MVC!

                            It would be great if you had a gallery of websites built using MVC so people could see the power of this great tool.

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                            • Razor Engine in Class libraries

                              I want to be able to use razor, views and models like this:

                              string htmlString = RazorEngine(myView, myModel);

                              I need to be able to do use this in class libraries, not just mvc projects.

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                                • More intelligent intellisense for overloaded methods based on parameter type

                                  Many a times there are a large number of constructors for a type in the .net framework. For example the System.IO.FileStream class has 15 constructors as shown to me by Visual Studio Intellisense. Now by default always the first overload of the constructor is shown. Now if I enter a parameter which is a string and then press , to enter the next parameter I should be shown only those overloads which have string as the first parameter. in case of the FileStream if I first entered string(which is the file path) then show only those constructors which have the…

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                                  • Refactoring for local URLs in hyperlinks

                                    VS seems to be the only web site IDE that doesn't refactor HREF links to local pages, when those pages are moved or renamed. I understand this might only be possible for non-server rendered controls or static HTML pages, but why completely ignore the other scenarios? I create thousands of pages of documentation in static HTML for compiled HTML help (CHM files) and am forced to use Dreamweaver.

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                                    • Improve Percieved Build Performance

                                      At work, our VS solutions are now fairly large. It seems to take forever for me to load a VS Solution. Can't we load all the files, let me open a file and edit, and then let VS do what it needs in the background?

                                      When I press F5, I really want the website to be running ASAP. If possible, I'd like to see it up instantly. I have lot of ideas I want to try when debugging and I forget them when I have to wait a long time.
                                      When you think about it, unless we are code generating…

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                                      • Masterpage separates css and js automatically

                                        When building an ASP.NET web page I would like to write my JS and CSS in the master page script and style tags, then by added attributes to those tags like <script language="javascript" runat="server" Filepath="virtual"> .NET will remove that tag and contents from the downloaded HTML, but will replace it with a script or link tag pointing to a virtual My.Master.js or My.Master.css file path which will return the contents of the tags, this will allow for in page design but automatically separate resources without maitaining a normal "template.js or template.css" usually done when designing a website template.

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