WoVS Quick Add Reference VS Extension helps you say goodbye to the Add Reference Dialog

World of VS -  No more “Add Reference” dialog

“(You may want to read this previous intro to the Quick Add Reference extension.)

We’ve just released it to the Visual Studio Gallery for free!.

Don’t waste any more of your time firing up the “Add Reference” dialog and browsing or even searching for an assembly through the assemblies list, add it from the code editor, right from where you’re typing:

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Visual Studio Gallery - WoVS Quick Add Reference

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The “Quick Add Reference” extension augments the smart tag that VS shows for unrecognized types giving you a chance to add the corresponding assembly reference for that type plus corresponding “using” clause if needed in a single shot.

Let’s say I’m working on a Web Application project and I just happen to want to use a type from ASP.NET MVC 2 which by default won’t be referenced by regular web app:

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Funny how I was just looking for something like this this weekend…

 

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