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  1. TypeScript intellisense

    WebMatrix is great and TypeScript intellisense would make it even better. Coloring is here, but without code completion it hardly can claim TypeScript support.

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      1 comment  ·  Editor  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
    • right click "format code" and right click "comment/uncomment code" options

      this could be easy to implement. another ideas is to allow us to customize right click context menu ourselves.

      25 votes
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        1 comment  ·  WebMatrix 3 Preview  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
      • FTPS Support

        Please add FTPS and FTPES support

        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FTPS

        19 votes
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        • Remove/Reconfigure source control settings

          Once you select a TFS server, for example, BOOM, thats it! Locked in. Cannot undo or change TFS settings for that particular site, even if you blow away the site files, appData, IISExpress settings, etc and try to re-establish the project fresh.

          WebMatrix seems to hide the config for this (for everything for that matter, very annoying). UNINSTALL is the only remedy, such that it will finally delete wherever the dang settings are hiding.

          8 votes
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            0 comments  ·  WebMatrix 3 Preview  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
          • TFS configuration cannot see changes of a modified project

            If you establish a site (pulled local copy from Azure in my case) and then configure the site to use TFS, it works as expected. If you then delete the local copy, and re-download the same site again, TFS is completely broken. Cannot check files in. "No files to check-in" is all you get. This is permanent and show stopping. Uninstall of WebMatrix and deleting every possible trace of the site in AppData, My Docs, etc, will NOT fix this problem.

            3 votes
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              1 comment  ·  WebMatrix 3 Preview  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
            • I want dark interface for webmatrix :)

              Almost every good software now come with Dark Theme. Like Expression Blend Visual studio , Photoshop, Sublime text, Expression web and many other.

              Can you make dark interface for UI part of webmatrix.

              4 votes
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              • TFS bugs galore

                With a project connected to TFS

                -Add a new file
                -Add to source control (dont check in)
                -Delete the file
                -Check-in

                Error, cannot add the file. No kidding, its not there, and we don't want it added anymore. Congrats, you are now in a stuck loop, as WebMatrix insists that this deleted file is to be added every time you check in.

                WebMatrix does NOT respect the actual activity that is going on in the project. TFS integration simply is not ready for prime time. Many issues like this exist.

                Here is another:
                If you get yourself into a situation…

                4 votes
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                • Copy-paste of table data

                  It would be nice if we can do copy-paste (or drug and drop) of the table data between two data bases (i.e. sdf files) including the format definition as well the contents. This is usefull when we import the table templates from multiple examples.

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                    0 comments  ·  Databases  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                  • One-click Prefix support for CSS

                    It would be great if I could add prefix easily without typing them all. For example, after writing the CSS in standard form, I will click a button, and all the necessary prefixes will be added to the CSS.

                    6 votes
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                      0 comments  ·  Extensibility  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                    • Sort alphabetically by priority code css

                      CSScomb

                      Tool for sorting CSS properties in specific order. Contribute to CSScomb development by creating an account on GitHub.
                      http://github.com/miripiruni/CSScomb

                      7 votes
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                        1 comment  ·  Editor  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                      • Auto Recognition of CMS Type on Open as a website in WebMatrix

                        It would be good if for example i download WordPress, or Joomla or ... have a site that is made in WordPress already for Webmatrix to automatically converts it to WordPress project when i open it so the folders are locked, wordpress intelli sense and all other stuff. This isn't possible with current projects just when you install new one from gallery.

                        48 votes
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                          5 comments  ·  Publish  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                        • 6 votes
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                            Under Review  ·  0 comments  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                          • Please fix myqsl

                            I have mysql database that i can change with any program.
                            I made new php simple site, connected mysql database, when im trying to create new database im getting en error about syntax. If im creating table in for example phpmyadmin and then trying to change in webmatrix everything is ok.
                            Any suggestion to this?
                            Thanks.
                            Alexei, best regards

                            10 votes
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                              Bug Under Review  ·  4 comments  ·  Databases  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                            • Ecommerce solutions (not NOPcommerce) for gateway/processor would be lovely!

                              Our company would like to start a small ecommerce solution. Our product line is small so NOPCommerce is overkill. We'd like a solution that can interface with a gateway/payment processor like Braintree. Possible?

                              4 votes
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                                Under Review  ·  0 comments  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                              • Multiscreen support ...

                                ... It's should be great to open files in separated windows.
                                And opening more than one project during same time.

                                15 votes
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                                  Under Review  ·  0 comments  ·  UI Framework  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                                • Horizontal Scroll bar for left hand side files tree

                                  I have a site that has folders 4-5 levels deep. it would be good if there is a horizontal scroll bar that allows me to scroll horizontally. I don't always want to decrease my editing area by dragging the splitter to the right.

                                  Thanks,
                                  Sid

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                                  • Installing the iTextSharp extension from within WebMatrix didn't add expected DLL to bin folder

                                    It just seems like a bug, but maybe I am misunderstanding how it is supposed to work.

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                                      Bug Under Review  ·  6 comments  ·  Other  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                                    • I've tried to checkin about 1100 files to tfs and it fails, looks like a problem with tfs extension webmatrix 3

                                      I've tried to checkin about 1100 files to tfs and it fails, looks like a problem with tfs extension webmatrix 3

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                                        Under Review  ·  1 comment  ·  WebMatrix 3 Preview  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                                      • Better PHP Includes

                                        When you move the top of your php/html document into an include file with <?php include "inc/header.php"; ?>, that include file generates the error "Element 'html' requires end tag.".
                                        It would be nice to detect that it is an include file and not generate those errors.
                                        To give some inspiration, WinLess (or the Mac equivalent Less.app) have smart including for Less files. I believe Web Essentials for VS2012 does that too. It should be possible to do the same in WebMatrix.

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                                        • TFS continuous deployment

                                          Even though you connect to TFS, AND you are using Azure, you cannot do continuous deployment. Azure has the ability to link the site to TFS. It's strange when you link to your TFS and it tells you it will deploy on next check-in. NOPE. Not when you check in to TFS from WebMatrix. No deploy happens. Oops.

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