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# Make Intellisense transparent while typing in Visual Studio
- URL: https://irishdotnet.dev/make-intellisense-transparent-while-typing-in-visual-studio/
- Published: 2019-01-17T12:39:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-09-16T21:30:37.000Z
- Author: Richard Reddy
- Tags: Visual Studio

This weeks Friday Dev Tip is a quick one but very useful.

When using Visual Studio (2013 or greater), pressing and holding the Ctrl key when the Intellisense tooltip appears will make it go transparent so you can see any code underneath it.

No more pressing Esc and having to type again!

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