Task Canvas
What's New
Task Canvas v3.0.6 - August 15, 2023
- Fixed AmbiguousMatchException when creating a note in Visual Studio 2022 v17.8.
Task Canvas v3.0.5 - August 24, 2022
- Fixed MissingMethodException FindAndLockDocument in Visual Studio 2022 v17.4.
Task Canvas v3.0.4 - April 18, 2022
- Fixed ArgumentOutOfRangeException when adding C++ definition.
Task Canvas v3.0.3 - April 8, 2022
- Fixed toolbar button colors for Visual Studio 2022 blue theme.
Task Canvas v3.0.2 - March 30, 2022
- Fixed Task Canvas window not automatically opened on solution load in Visual Studio 2022 v17.2.0.
Task Canvas v3.0.0 - November 23, 2021
- Added support for Visual Studio 2022.
- Added filtering of invalid XML characters when saving notes.
- Fixed NullReferenceException from GetLocalPath when adding text from an .html file to the canvas.
- Fixed rare ObjectDisposedException from WindowBase.get_Visible when exiting Visual Studio.
Task Canvas v2.6.4 - October 13, 2020
- Disabled waiting for Intellisense for Task Canvas window opening.
- Fixed rare floating window position reset on VS opening.
Task Canvas v2.6.0 - July 19, 2020
- Added support for custom styles.
Task Canvas v2.5.1 - April 5, 2020
- Added the "Store task information outside the solution directory" option.
Task Canvas v2.5.0 - March 5, 2020
- Improved startup performance and reliability.
Task Canvas v2.4.6 - February 8, 2020
- Improved startup performance.
Task Canvas v2.4.5 - January 25, 2020
- Fixed NullReferenceException in CreateTaskCanvasWindow on solution opening in VS 2019 v16.5.0 Preview 2.0.
Task Canvas v2.4.2 - January 9, 2020
- Added a workaround to enable Edit.MoveSelectedLinesDown/Up commands to work in a code fragment in VS 2019.
Task Canvas v2.4.1 - December 31, 2019
- Added the Add Outlining context menu command.
Task Canvas v2.4.0 - December 31, 2019
- Add Method now adds the current outlining block when a method can't be found.
- Added Visual Studio commands for keyboard bindings to corresponding Task Canvas toolbar commands.
- Removed line and column margins from code fragments.
- Removed occasionally visible navigation bar from code fragments.
- Fixed a rare ObjectDisposedException in WindowBase.get_Caption when closing Visual Studio.
Task Canvas v2.3.0 - December 25, 2019
- Added support for the open folder mode.
- Fixed a rare ObjectDisposedException in WindowBase.get_Caption when closing Visual Studio.
- Stopped support for Visual Studio 2015.
Task Canvas v2.2.0 - April 24, 2019
- Added a new option "For each task, maintain Git branch".
- Fixed a crash on loading an uninitialized Task Canvas solution file.
Task Canvas v2.1.1 - March 20, 2019
- Added support for code fragments in VS 2019 RC.3.
Task Canvas v2.1.0 - March 13, 2019
- Added the ability to rename the code block title.
Task Canvas v2.0.0 - March 1, 2019
- Added support for VS 2019 RC (without selection, method and definition code fragments, see CreateProjectionBuffer no longer works in VS 2019).
- Increased task list width for long task names.
- Removed horizontal and vertical scrollbars from code blocks.
- Added the "Move to Other Task" context menu command.
- Activated a newly created note.
- Removed prompts to save a modified note file when deleting a note or switching a task.
- Improved resources cleanup after closing a code block.
Task Canvas v1.9.0 - December 31, 2018
- Added the "Go to Associated Task" context menu command to go from a document to the canvas.
- Added a confirmation dialog before closing a note.
- Improved layout correctness for multiple large code blocks.
Task Canvas v1.8.0 - November 8, 2018
- Added maximize, minimize and restore buttons for each code block.
- Added the "Add Note" dialog to choose a note name and syntax coloring.
- Removed the horizontal scrollbar in a code block when the wrap mode is turned on.
- Increased minimal code block height from 100px to 120px.
Task Canvas v1.7.0 - November 2, 2018
- Implemented a new canvas layout algorithm that takes into account number of lines in a code block and more intelligently distributes code blocks over several columns.
- Added a new option "For each task, maintain open documents".
- Renamed the option "Save startup projects configuration" to "For each task, maintain startup projects configuration".
- Renamed the toolbar button "Open source document" to "Go to source document".
Task Canvas v1.6.0 - August 22, 2018
- Added the ability to copy notes, code blocks, tabs and startup projects from the current task to other tasks using the "Copy to Other Task" dialog.
- Redirected message box notifications for missing source files to the Output window.
- Fixed a NullReferenceException when switching tasks and missing a source file for a code block.
Task Canvas v1.5.4 - July 12, 2017
- Fixed startup projects reset when "Save startup projects configuration" is not set.
Task Canvas v1.5.3 - July 12, 2017
- Added the option to automatically save and restore the startup projects configuration for each task.
- Fixed the conflict with ReSharper generating NotImplementedException in JetBrains...GetModifiedFiles.
Task Canvas v1.5.1 - January 27, 2017
- Added support for Visual Studio 2017 RC.3+26124.
Task Canvas v1.5 - January 1, 2017
- Added task notes.
- Added the ability to export and import a task.
- Added the ability to reorder code blocks by dragging.
- Added existing comments to method blocks.
- Added support for Visual Studio 2017 RC build 26014.
- Fixed COMException in EnvDTE.Documents.GetEnumerator on adding a code block when an inactive project properties tab is opened.
Task Canvas v1.4.1 - December 5, 2016
- Added support for Visual Studio 2017 RC.
Task Canvas v1.4 - September 28, 2016
- Added support for ReSharper in file blocks.
- Added the ability to open definition blocks for C++.
- Added support for autonomous find in code blocks.
- Added support for opening find in files with the selected text from code blocks.
- Added build selection context for code blocks.
- Added support for opening method and selection blocks from peek definition when target is another file.
- Added the ability to close a code block with the middle click on the tab name.
- Added support for scrollbar navigation points in code blocks with projection.
- Added current caret position to new file blocks.
- Added scrolling to the caret when opening a file block.
- Improved reliability of opening standard documents in the main Visual Studio window.
- Disabled Task Canvas for html files.
- Disabled automatic opening of the Task Canvas window for temporary solutions like single file editing.
- Removed window splitter from file blocks.
- Removed zoom control from code blocks.
Task Canvas v1.3 - August 24, 2016
- Added the window position option to open Task Canvas in a standard document tab in the main Visual Studio window.
- Added the startup option to selectively open the Task Canvas window with a solution.
- Added the before closing confirmation option.
- Added the menu and keyboard commands to open and activate the Task Canvas window.
- Added support for project reloading.
Task Canvas v1.2 - June 27, 2016
- Added a tab tooltip with the full document path.
- Fixed missing underscores in a tab title.
- Prevented find in files results opening in a code block in the Task Canvas window.
Task Canvas v1.1 - May 31, 2016
- Added the ability to directly open a method definition from method name as a code block for C#/VB.
- Added the Task Canvas context menu to html and xaml editors.
- Added automatic scrolling of the code block view on creation past empty left space.
- Added the ability to open the source document for the selected code block.
- Added a convenience toolbar button to write an email to support.
- Removed outline and breakpoint/bookmark margins from code blocks.
- Fixed loss of keyboard focus when opening a new code block from an existing one.
- Fixed selection of the first code block when activating the Task Canvas window.
- Fixed old tasks when creating a new solution.
Task Canvas v1.0 - May 23, 2016
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