aberus / stackoverflowquicklaunch

A Quick Launch search provider for searching Stack Overflow in Visual Studio

Stack Overflow Quick Launch Search Provider for Visual Studio

Stack Overflow Quick Launch Provider allows you to search Stack Overflow within Visual Studio.

Just press Ctrl + Q or click inside Quick Launch search box and start typing your question. When you select a search result you will be redirected to the Stack Overflow's site.

If you want to support the developement you could consider buying me a coffee.

Install

Install the latest version of Stack Overflow Quick Launch Search Provider for Visual Studio from the Visual Studio Marketplace.

Works with

• Visual Studio 2012
• Visual Studio 2013
• Visual Studio 2015
• Visual Studio 2017
• Visual Studio 2019

Changelog

All changes to each version that has been released are available in Releases.

Contribute

If you have any troubles and/or suggestions please log an issue on the GitHub issue tracker.

License

The Stack Overflow name and logos are trademarks of Stack Exchange Inc. The names and logos for sites and products operating on the Stack Exchange network are also trademarks of Stack Exchange Inc.

The source code is available under The MIT License (MIT)

stackoverflowquicklaunch's Issues

vs 2019 not available

Hi.

Despite the description on marketplace that the extension supports 2019 and a version of 1.0, the vsix wont show vs 2019 to install the extension, not sure there was a mistake or its something on my side?

Visual Studio 2019

Hi,

please add vs 2019 support

[Feature Request]OnHover/OnSelect of Search Result Entry show adjustable length preview of the question

Hi!

Was about to install the Extension when I saw that you only the the title of a search result. Maybe you could improve that.

Some of the things I could think of either alone or in some combination:

• Preview of the OPs answer (options: static length, variable depending on users question -up to a maximum-, variable depending on a setting the user can adjust)
• Preview of an answer (options: highest rated, accepted, newest) with above length restrictions.
• Use a dedicated window (un-/dockable) for searching and displaying results and previews; especially users with two screens would highly benefit from that since they could simply use some room on there second screen and it would minimize the amount of work somebody needs to do in order to get to the answer on SO he is looking for
• Include other relevant StackExchange networks or better yet let the user choose which of those are relevant to him and pick those

I feel that with these features there would be significant added value to the user. I also know these are no small things to ask for and aren't implemented during the coffee break but if you are serious and dedicated about your app I am sure that you will see the benefits of above proposals or realize they are quite detrimental to your app and you have your own ideas to improve your app. But the way it is right now it's use is sadly of a fairly limited scope.

Thanks for your effort and time!

StackOverFlowQuickLaunch does not show any result

Hello hello, Mi name is Ricardo

I'm using this awesome plugin for a short time and when i use without using a proxy it works perfect, but now a i'm using one and when i search i'm getting any result, here is my actual configuration.

I hope you answer my question.

Best Regards

Unable to install on VS 2019 Enterprise

I am trying to install this plugin on VisualStudio 2019 Enterprise v16.2.5 and get an error:

9/16/2019 1:08:55 PM - Found installed product - Visual Studio Enterprise 2019
9/16/2019 1:08:55 PM - VSIXInstaller.NoApplicableSKUsException: This extension is not installable on any currently installed products.

Full VSIX installer log:

9/16/2019 1:08:54 PM - Microsoft VSIX Installer
9/16/2019 1:08:54 PM - -------------------------------------------
9/16/2019 1:08:54 PM - vsixinstaller.exe version:
9/16/2019 1:08:54 PM - 16.2.3073
9/16/2019 1:08:54 PM - -------------------------------------------
9/16/2019 1:08:54 PM - Command line parameters:
9/16/2019 1:08:54 PM - C:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio\installer\resources\app\ServiceHub\Services\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Setup.Service\VSIXInstaller.exe,C:\Users\2200903\Downloads\StackOverflowQuickLaunch.vsix
9/16/2019 1:08:54 PM - -------------------------------------------
9/16/2019 1:08:54 PM - Microsoft VSIX Installer
9/16/2019 1:08:54 PM - -------------------------------------------
9/16/2019 1:08:54 PM - Initializing Install...
9/16/2019 1:08:55 PM - Extension Details...
9/16/2019 1:08:55 PM - Identifier : 63E411F1-E531-44E8-8689-16B34600CF25
9/16/2019 1:08:55 PM - Name : Stack Overflow Quick Launch Search Provider
9/16/2019 1:08:55 PM - Author : Aleksander Berus
9/16/2019 1:08:55 PM - Version : 1.0.0
9/16/2019 1:08:55 PM - Description : A Quick Launch search provider for searching Stack Overflow in Visual Studio
9/16/2019 1:08:55 PM - Locale : en-US
9/16/2019 1:08:55 PM - MoreInfoURL : https://github.com/aberus/StackOverflowQuickLaunch
9/16/2019 1:08:55 PM - InstalledByMSI : False
9/16/2019 1:08:55 PM - SupportedFrameworkVersionRange : [4.5,)
9/16/2019 1:08:55 PM -
9/16/2019 1:08:55 PM - SignatureState : Unsigned
9/16/2019 1:08:55 PM - Supported Products :
9/16/2019 1:08:55 PM - Microsoft.VisualStudio.Pro
9/16/2019 1:08:55 PM - Version : [11.0]
9/16/2019 1:08:55 PM - Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community
9/16/2019 1:08:55 PM - Version : [12.0]
9/16/2019 1:08:55 PM - Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community
9/16/2019 1:08:55 PM - Version : [14.0]
9/16/2019 1:08:55 PM - Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community
9/16/2019 1:08:55 PM - Version : [15.0]
9/16/2019 1:08:55 PM - Microsoft.VisualStudio.Community
9/16/2019 1:08:55 PM - Version : [16.0]
9/16/2019 1:08:55 PM -
9/16/2019 1:08:55 PM - References :
9/16/2019 1:08:55 PM - -------------------------------------------------------
9/16/2019 1:08:55 PM - Identifier : Microsoft.VisualStudio.MPF.11.0
9/16/2019 1:08:55 PM - Name : Visual Studio MPF 11.0
9/16/2019 1:08:55 PM - Version : [11.0,17.0)
9/16/2019 1:08:55 PM - MoreInfoURL :
9/16/2019 1:08:55 PM - Nested : No
9/16/2019 1:08:55 PM -
9/16/2019 1:08:55 PM - Prerequisites :
9/16/2019 1:08:55 PM - -------------------------------------------------------
9/16/2019 1:08:55 PM - Identifier : Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.CoreEditor
9/16/2019 1:08:55 PM - Name : Visual Studio core editor
9/16/2019 1:08:55 PM - Version : [15.0,17.0)
9/16/2019 1:08:55 PM -
9/16/2019 1:08:55 PM - Signature Details...
9/16/2019 1:08:55 PM - Extension is not signed.
9/16/2019 1:08:55 PM -
9/16/2019 1:08:55 PM - Searching for applicable products...
9/16/2019 1:08:55 PM - Found installed product - Global Location
9/16/2019 1:08:55 PM - Found installed product - Visual Studio Enterprise 2019
9/16/2019 1:08:55 PM - VSIXInstaller.NoApplicableSKUsException: This extension is not installable on any currently installed products.
at VSIXInstaller.ExtensionService.GetInstallableData(String vsixPath, String extensionPackParentName, Boolean isRepairSupported, IStateData stateData, IEnumerable1& skuData) at VSIXInstaller.ExtensionPackService.IsExtensionPack(IStateData stateData, Boolean isRepairSupported) at VSIXInstaller.ExtensionPackService.ExpandExtensionPackToInstall(IStateData stateData, Boolean isRepairSupported) at VSIXInstaller.App.Initialize(Boolean isRepairSupported) at VSIXInstaller.App.Initialize() at System.Threading.Tasks.Task1.InnerInvoke()
at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Execute()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Telemetry.WindowsErrorReporting.WatsonReport.GetClrWatsonExceptionInfo(Exception exceptionObject)