Delphi features I'd like to see in Visual Studio
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For the past week, I've spent my days in Norway with Delphi trainings. Although I don't personally use Delphi much anymore (I've switched over to Visual Studio, C# and .NET mostly), there are still some things Delphi does better than Visual Studio.
Especially in the code editor, I'd like to see two features Delphi has: easy one-key shortcut keys for commeting and uncommenting lines, and a feature called Sync Edit.
Let me clarify. In Visual Studio's code editor, you can comment and uncomment lines with a keyboard shortcut combination like Ctrl+E,C (depending on your selected environment settings) and Ctrl+E,U. Although this is okay, it is not as convenient as Delphi's Ctrl+' (Ctrl and quotation mark). This is also a toggle, which is very easy to work with. Take heed, Microsoft.
Second favorite is Delphi's Sync Edit feature. Select an area in the code editor, activate the feature, and simply replace symbol names or text, and the symbol name is edited simultaneously in multiple places. Thus, Sync Edit is somewhat in between a true Rename refactoring and a search and replace, but faster and more intelligent and a dump search and replace.
If you are or have been using Delphi, what features do you miss in Visual Studio?