Enable CodeLens in Visual Studio 2019
At the moment it happens to me more often that CodeLens is not active in Visual Studio. Unfortunately I couldn't find out if this is in bug in the current preview version or if a Visual Studio extension is responsible for it.
You can activate the CodeLens easily via the Visual Studio options.
Simply open the modal option window under Tools -> Options, search for CodeLens and activate the desired features accordingly.
What's CodeLens?
CodeLens is one of my favorite features in Visual Studio.
Above every important line of code like methods, classes or properties, Visual Studio inserts a line with helpful links:
- Latest Tests
- References used
- Last author
You can read more about CodeLens here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/ide/find-code-changes-and-other-history-with-codelens
Autor
Benjamin Abt
Ben is a passionate developer and software architect and especially focused on .NET, cloud and IoT. In his professional he works on high-scalable platforms for IoT and Industry 4.0 focused on the next generation of connected industry based on Azure and .NET. He runs the largest german-speaking C# forum myCSharp.de, is the founder of the Azure UserGroup Stuttgart, a co-organizer of the AzureSaturday, runs his blog, participates in open source projects, speaks at various conferences and user groups and also has a bit free time. He is a Microsoft MVP since 2015 for .NET and Azure.