Why doesn't Visual Studio have any way of showing line numbers in a source file? Is there any way to enable it, or a plugin for it? I know that the number of lines of code in a program doesn't matter, but sometimes it is nice to know how long a program is or the number of a particular line for reference.
Though I tried, I can't seem to find a way to enable line numbering and I find that surprising.
This is Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate. (If you have read my older questions, I've been using 2008 Express until now.)
Tools -> Options -> Show All Settings -> Text Editor -> All Languages -> Line Numbers
For MS Visual Studio 2015 type "Text" in Quick Launch (Ctrl+Q) of top right corner. 1) quicklaunch
2) In the list select Text Editor->All Languages->General select_allLanguages
3) Now check on "Line Numbers" and click OK to get the line numbers.
Finally we get the line number in text editor.
Line numbers are not on by default. To turn on line numbers just go to Tools -> Options -> Text Editor -> All Languages -> General -> Display and check Line numbers:
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