WebMatrix Suggestions
We’re looking for your feature ideas to make WebMatrix more awesome! One idea per entry, please.
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/ make /> are missing in webmatrix
if I write <link / then it's will change to <link/> (automatically close after / ) in v1. it's not worked in webmatrix 2 rc.
42 votesIf there is enough interest, we can add this back
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Ctrl+click on a method, a la Eclipse or Netbeans that leads to a method or variable declaration/implementation. But don't make the IDE slow!
Both Eclipse and Netbeans, or even Zend Studio, have the possibility to press Ctrl and click on a method/variable and this will pop-up a choice of files where this method/variable is defined/implemented.
It is really useful, but I think also one of the reasons why these consume so much memory and are so slow. If you can bring this feature without hurting performance, please do!
40 votesWe like this idea too. Bring on the votes!
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Add support for markdown files
markdown - very popular format for documentation. It would be convenient to edit projects like NuGet Docs or Orchard Docs without VS. I think it would add WebMatrix popularity among developers.
38 votesgreat idea! We would love to add this. Bring on the votes!
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Custom PHP function access
Hi, I have installed webMatrix 2. and made wordpress website. I made a custom php function e.g. myfunc($var,$var2) in php file. When I write function name in another PHP to call it it does not show any code intelliSense. it must show that myfunc($var,$var2) consider tow variables. Why Microsoft doesn't take intellisense architecture from NetBeans and do the right stuff.
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32 votes
To be clear – you’re looking for a browser preview built right inside of Webmatrix?
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bookmarks
I could bookmark a row so I could find it later very fast.
I could press right click on a row number and there would be option "Add bookmark". Clicking on it would change row number or background color to red for example. Zend studio has this option and i belive netbeans has this too ( http://wiki.netbeans.org/FastBookmarking )
A simple little thing to make navigating in code bit easier.32 votesCool idea! Let’s see how many votes it gets!
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make webmatrix a windows store (metro style) application
Webmatrix lends itself perfectly to being a metro style application and would make windows RT (and surface) a viable web development platform. Obviously we're not going to visual studio, but fingers crossed for Webmatrix taking the lead.
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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.
31 votesgreat idea!
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Auto complete/suggest image src path, classes, and more
It would be nice to have WebMatrix completing image source paths, classes, etc.
Image source path: example
typing: <img src="/"
then
automato complete suggesses folder <img src="/images/ "
suggestions files in folder: /images/1.jpg, /images/2.jpg, /images/cat.png, etc..
Classes: example
typing: $ig = new
then
automato complete suggesses: $ig = new index1, $ig = new dbsel, $ig = new jumpline, etc..
Also, typing: $ig->
then
automato complete suggestions: $ig->goDate(), $ig->ticketSell(), $ig->FlightTime(), etc..
28 votesLet’s see how many votes this gets!
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Manual File Publishing
Rather than detecting modified files at publish, I'd like a system similar to Coda on the mac which flags files modified since the last publish and allows you to right click one or more files and publish them manually.
28 votesThis is a good idea; we’ll consider it in future releases.
—Simon
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Fully support .SCSS (Sassy SASS)
Bring full support for .scss files. At this moment it is treated as a plain text file. I think support should have been included by default (why support .sass and not .scss is beyond my understanding), especially when WebMatrix2 lets you create .scss files by default.
27 votesGreat idea!
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mongo db
It would be nice if we could manage mongo db inside webmatrix
24 votesgreat idea!
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Backup
A feature which allows you to backup your site manually or automatically at set intervals/take snap shots at set intervals.
This would be extremely handy in the development phase!
23 votesGood idea!
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FTPS Support
Please add FTPS and FTPES support
22 votesIf there’s enough interest, this is something we could do.
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Phonegap support
So developers creating mobile hybrid and crossplatform (iOS, Windows, and Android) apps and have access to native device features using JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS, provide support for the PhoneGap libraries and be able to create packages that can be deployed to the various app stores.
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New tabs should open in right of the current tab instead of the left.
We always open the most important files first, so it makes sense they still on the left because if we open more files with the actual system the important files will go to right and with more and more files open they will become less visible. So new tabs should open in the right instead of the left.
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Add Scaffolding support
I would like to see scaffolding support added to Web Pages asper maybe the MVCScaffolding package but for Web Pages.
21 votesLove the idea.
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Multiscreen support ...
... It's should be great to open files in separated windows.
And opening more than one project during same time.20 votes -
wysiwyg
Not everybody is Cody Goldy..
Please let me see what I get, drag and drop stuff.
If I got a picture I put it where I want it, I got some Lorem Ipsum I copy/paste it.20 votesThis could potentially be an extension.
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HTML Snippets
To be able to add HTML snippets and download more snippets online.
20 votes
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