In a video I watched, someone used an extension in Visual Studio called RockMargin. Basically what this extension does is it adds a bar next to the scroll bar that shows a minimized version of all of your code. I downloading the VSIX file and when opening it, it threw this:
This extension is not installable on any currently installed products.
This is very odd considering that I have Visual C++ 2012 Express installed on my computer. Even stranger is that in the install log, it states that it finds the program, but seemingly proceeds to ignore it. Here is the full install log:
10/12/2015 2:04:37 PM - Microsoft VSIX Installer
10/12/2015 2:04:37 PM - -------------------------------------------
10/12/2015 2:04:37 PM - Initializing Install...
10/12/2015 2:04:37 PM - Extension Details...
10/12/2015 2:04:37 PM - Identifier : 2fde119c-c777-469c-b39c-628d79ca8fd2
10/12/2015 2:04:37 PM - Name : RockMargin
10/12/2015 2:04:37 PM - Author : Kitty
10/12/2015 2:04:37 PM - Version : 1.3.1
10/12/2015 2:04:37 PM - Description : Reincarnation of famous RockScroll extension for Visual Studio 2010/2012/2013
10/12/2015 2:04:37 PM - Locale : en-US
10/12/2015 2:04:37 PM - MoreInfoURL : http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/1b0d7360-40dd-447e-8bef-90e2cf52f683
10/12/2015 2:04:37 PM - InstalledByMSI : False
10/12/2015 2:04:37 PM - SupportedFrameworkVersionRange : [4.0]
10/12/2015 2:04:37 PM -
10/12/2015 2:04:37 PM - Supported Products :
10/12/2015 2:04:37 PM - Microsoft.VisualStudio.IntegratedShell
10/12/2015 2:04:37 PM - Version : [10.0]
10/12/2015 2:04:37 PM - Microsoft.VisualStudio.IntegratedShell
10/12/2015 2:04:37 PM - Version : [11.0]
10/12/2015 2:04:37 PM - Microsoft.VisualStudio.IntegratedShell
10/12/2015 2:04:37 PM - Version : [12.0]
10/12/2015 2:04:37 PM -
10/12/2015 2:04:37 PM - References :
10/12/2015 2:04:37 PM -
10/12/2015 2:04:37 PM - Searching for applicable products...
10/12/2015 2:04:37 PM - Found installed product - Microsoft Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop
10/12/2015 2:04:37 PM - Found installed product - Global Location
10/12/2015 2:04:37 PM - VSIXInstaller.NoApplicableSKUsException: This extension is not installable on any currently installed products.
at VSIXInstaller.App.InitializeInstall()
at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.InnerInvoke()
at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Execute()
I would really enjoy to have this extension installed to aid in programming efficiency. Any help is appreciated!
I'm not 100% certain as to when this was introduced directly into VS, but with VS 2013 onward (maybe earlier), this functionality is build in. You just need to change the code editor's Scroll Bars feature to use "Map Mode" instead of "Bar Mode", via the Tools.Options dialog. Specifically, if you navigate to the "Text Editor"\"All Languages"\"Scroll Bars" category in the "Tools Options" dialog, you'll see an option called "Use map mode for vertical scroll bar". Set that, and you should be good to go.