Modify “Dirty Indicator” – Using Visual Studio 2010 Productivity Power Tool

“Dirty Indicator” is nothing but the indication of “Modified Unsaved” file in Visual Studio IDE. In Visual Studio 2010, by default, dirty icon shows as “*”. Using productivity tool, we can customize this icon.

To launch the VS 2010 productivity Tool, from Visual Studio IDE, Go To Tools > Option > Productivity Power Tool.

You will find the Dirty Indicator under Document Tab Well > General Settings. Dirty Indicator having 4 different values, by default sets to “Default” which means it will indicate unsaved modified file as “*” .

Now you can easily change the indicator value from the dropdown list. There are four different options of Indicator.

• Default
• Small Dot
• Dot
• Disk

Below is the list of icons that are represented by each indicator.

I have set my dirty indicator to “Small Dot”. What’s yours?

Below are the list of posts by me related to the Visual Studio Productivity Tool 2010:

• Use “Shift+Enter” to add “;” automatically at end of the line – Visual Studio 2010 Productivity Power Tool
• “View this as root” – A Solution Navigator features in VS 2010 Productivity Power Tools

And some best articles from web blogs and MSDN which will definitely help you:

• http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2010/07/19/vs-2010-productivity-power-tools-update-with-some-cool-new-features.aspx
• http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2010/07/18/new-version-of-the-productivity-power-tools-is-available.aspx
• http://weblogs.asp.net/nmarun/archive/2010/07/20/vs-2010-productivity-power-tools.aspx

Cheers !!

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