CodeShot for Visual Studio

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Turn an editor selection into a polished, annotated PNG without leaving Visual Studio.

Highlights

• Captures the current selection with Visual Studio syntax colors.
• Copies immediately to the clipboard or saves a high-resolution PNG.
• Draws rectangles, arrows, expression highlights and text callouts.
• Redacts sensitive values before the image leaves Visual Studio.
• Customizes fonts, line numbers, title bar, window controls, colors, gradients, padding, shadows and export scale.

Annotate and redact before sharing

Use the Annotate menu to point at an expression, add a note, highlight an identifier or cover sensitive content. Click a line in Select mode to emphasize it and dim the surrounding code. Ctrl+Z and Ctrl+Y undo and redo each annotation change.

Redactions are baked into the exported PNG. When one is present, CodeShot also omits the unredacted plain-text clipboard format.

Getting started

1. Select code in the editor.
2. Choose Tools > CodeShot or press Ctrl+Shift+P.
3. Adjust the preview, then press Ctrl+C to copy or Ctrl+S to save.

Opening CodeShot copies the initial screenshot automatically. Later selection changes update the preview without replacing the clipboard.

Customize and export

The toolbar controls font, size, line numbers, title bar and indentation. Tools > Options > CodeShot > General contains appearance and export settings, all remembered between sessions.

• Follow the editor theme, choose a custom color or gradient, or export with a transparent background.
• Configure window title placeholders, controls, corners, shadow, line height, padding and export scale.
• Optionally copy searchable plain text alongside the image.
• Save directly to a configured folder with a file-name template, or ask where to save each time. Existing files are never overwritten.

Shortcuts apply only while CodeShot has focus: Ctrl+C copies, Ctrl+S saves, Ctrl+Z undoes and Ctrl+Y redoes. They can be rebound under the CodeShot scope in Tools > Options > Environment > Keyboard.

Credits

CodeShot was inspired by the excellent CodeSnap extension.

Get involved

Found a bug or have an idea? Open an issue or pull request on the GitHub repo.