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Where is the "Create Unit Tests" selection?

Asked 2012-03-03T14:55:47.493
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I have installed the new Visual Studio 2012 Ultimate.

I have created a Test Project with my solution and it contains some default unit tests. However right clicking on new Methods doesn't show the "Create Unit Tests" context menu any longer.

See Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate: enter image description here

And Visual Studio 2012 Ultimate: enter image description here

Any idea why that could be?

UPDATE:

Solution for Visual Studio 2012 and 2013:

Microsoft has acknowledged it here and offers an official work around patch to fix it. Download, install and Enjoy!

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Here is how to to enable it again :

Method 1 - Command Window

If you find hard enough, you will discover that the command to invoke the Create Unit Tests... is actually:

EditorContextMenus.CodeWindow.CreateUnitTests

You can actually type that in the Command Window to invoke the Create Unit Test Wizard. If you find it too verbose, you can actually create an alias for it.

alias ut EditorContextMenus.CodeWindow.CreateUnitTests

Then just type ut to launch the wizard.

Method 2 - Keyboard Shortcut

The next method is to go to Tools->Options->Environment->Keyboard and set a shortcut key of your preference.

Method 3 - Re-enable the Create Unit Tests... Context Menu.

To re-enable the Create Unit Tests... menu, go to Tools->Customize... to launch the Customize dialog. At the Customize dialog, go to the Commands tab, select the Context menu radio button and choose Editor Context Menus | Code Window.

You will realized that the menu item is actually available in the context menu. The VS developers were kind enough to leave it there for us.

Click on the Create Unit Tests... menu item and click Move Down until it's on/under the "Run tests.." Command. Then click Close.

Restart Visual Studio 2012 and that's it ! The context menu will be available!

You may discover that using any of the above methods may not work. i.e. The Command Window will tell you that the command is not available, the keyboard shortcut will not fire or the Context menu will be available but disabled.

To allow all these to work, you will first need to have a Unit Test Project in your solution. After creating the Unit Test Project, you will need to manually Add a Unit Test item to the project even though the project unfolds with one on its own. After you have done this, everything will function as it is like back in Visual Studio 2010. You ca

answered 2013-03-14T12:09:53.007

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