In Eclipse, when a program is run the output is displayed in a tab in the bottom portion of the screen. Is there any way to do this in Visual Studio?
For example if my program prints Hello World I want it to show Hello World in some sort of console tab instead of opening up in a totally different window.
Visual Studio also have Output Panel, where you can view debug process and console output etc.
you can access this from View Menu -> Output or Debug Menu -> Windows -> Output. Debug menu will let you to see the printed console output while you are debugging or running the program.
or using keyboard shortcut Ctrl + W,O.
To print some thing in output windows use System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine() or System.Diagnostics.Debug.Write() methods.
Navigate to Debug -> Windows -> Output
You can use System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine method.
On the right of VS2010, there is normally a group of tabs, like the solution explorer and the property pages tab. It seems that the tab to access the property pages is missing.. How can I get it back? This must be easy.
The tabs will only appear if more than one window is docked at the same spot. If you don't see them then you either have undocked the window or closed them. Closing be the more likely case here, use the View menu to get them back. Or Windows + Reset Window Layout if you're completely lost.
Click on the Project name in the Solution Explorer and then press F4. The Properties window/tab should now appear.
Note that this Properties tab is different than the one shown if you right click the project name and then click "Properties."
Under View Dropdown menu, should be there.
Or right click on the app in design mode and click properties.
Close your visual studio and open the Visual Studio Command Prompt (from window Start -> Programs -> Visual Studio XXXX -> Visual Studio XXXX Tools) and enter "devenv /setup".
If you want to dock one below the other it's a two step operation. You need to start with the two windows not connected together at all.
1) dock the first window on the right hand side of the application. This should fill all of the vertical space available.
2) make sure the second window is floating then drag it towards the first. When the arrows appear move the mouse over the down arrow and the second window should snap below the first.
I am new and stupid. I closed this window:
How this window is called and how to activate it. Make it pop up.
It is the Locals window.
You will find it under Debug -> Windows.
Alternatively, use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + D + L.
It is only available during a debugging session and is not available on Express editions.
Go to the Debug menu then windows then locals and it will show up. You must be in the middle of debugging to have it show in the list.
The Locals window comes up with you start debugging (hit F5). If you need it back, go to Debug > Windows > Locals while debugging.
Note, you can also get it back if you click Windows > Reset Window Layout (which I've had to use on occasion when windows get really messed up!) Be warned that this will erase any changes you've made to the layout. But sometimes it is worth it!
Every Time I launch a Debug Session VS 2010 pops the Watch/Debug Windows on the left Screen. I then move it manually to the Right One. After ending the session, going back to code, and relaunching a debug session, that damned Watch window pops on the left again. It turns me crazy ! Why isn't VS memorizing where I have put that window ???
Do you stop debug session with Shift+F5 or by quitting application which is being debugged? VS seems to forget window positions if debugging process was stopped by Shift+F5.
I tried the solution I found on this post. Did not work.
Seems like it's the exact same problem as with the find dialog (see this post)
Ended-up docking the heck out of the Watch/debug window into a more "stable" panel (Class view in my case).
This still looks like an annoying known bug in VS 2010. This sucks.
Visual studio 2010 has at least 3 screen modes.
Normal
Full
Debug
You should export the window settings after entering into the desired screen mode(in your case, debug).
Steps
Start 'debug' your project
Move the desired windows(watch/debug) to the 2nd monitor on right
Goto Tools>Import and Export Settings>Export selected environment settings>General Settings>Window Layouts and export it into a file.
Load the settings by using the import settings in the same window
Visual studio would remember your settings and would move the window to the 2nd monitor on the right, whenever you enter 'debug' mode.
As a tip, it is a great idea to create macros to load window settings and to assign keystrokes to switch between window modes, depending on the kind of development you are on.
code to create a macro to import a vssetting file:
DTE.ExecuteCommand("Tools.ImportandExportSettings", "-import:Path to VSSetting File")
I have a file, xyz.cpp. I want to open two instances of this file in Visual studio (BTW, I am using Visual Studio 2005). Why would I want to do so? I want to compare two sections of the same file side by side. I know workarounds such as:
Make a copy of the file. But the problem is that it's not elegant, and I don't want to make copies every time I am faced with this.
I can split the window into two. The problem with split it that I can split it horizontally only. The result of a horizontal split is that the right half of my screen is white space.
If I were able to split it vertically or open two instances of the same file, it would increase the number of lines of code I can compare.
Visual Studio
Here's how to do it...
Select the tab you want two copies of
Select menu Window → New Window from the menu.
Right click the new tab and select New Vertical Tab Group
If New Window is not listed in the *Window menu note that the command does exist, even as of Visual Studio 2017. Add it to the Window menu using menu Tools → Customize → Commands. At that point decide where to put the New Window command and select Add Command.
VS Code
In Visual Studio Code version 1.25.1 and later
Way 1
You can simply left click on your file in the side-panel (explorer) and press Ctrl + Enter.
Way 2
Simply right click on your file in the Visual Studio Code side-panel (explorer) and select the first option open to the side.
For Visual Basic, HTML and JScript and RDL Expression, the Window > New Window option mentioned in PaulB's answer is disabled.
However an option can be changed in the Registry to enable the menu item.
All other languages do not restrict to a single code window so you can use PaulB's answer without editing the registry.
Enabling New Window in Windows Registry.[1] [2]
Go to the following registry key. This example is for Basic (Visual Basic), but the key is also there for HTML, JScript and RDL Expression.
64-bit OS: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0\Languages\Language Services\Basic
32-bit OS: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0\Languages\Language Services\Basic
Find the value Single Code Window Only and do one of the following:
Set it to 0
Rename the value
Delete the value (use caution!)
This will enable the "New Window" menu item, but it may still not be visible in the menu.
Adding Menu Item
To actually see the New Window menu item I had to add it back into the menu:
Tools > Customize... > Commands > Add Command...
Select 'Menu Bar' the select the 'Window' menu in the dropdown
Add Command... > Window > New Window > OK
Restoring Registry Value
Copy-paste this to notepad, save as a .reg file and import the file into your registry to restore the initial setting.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0\Languages\Language Services\Basic]
"Single Code Window Only"=dword:00000001
Go to menu → Windows → New Window:
You can use the Windows → New Window option to duplicate the current window. See more at: Why I like Visual Studio 2010? Undock Windows
Open the file (if you are using multiple tab groups, make sure your file is selected).
Menu Window → Split
(alternately, there's this tiny nub just above the editor's vertical scroll bar - grab it and drag down)
This gives you two (horizontal) views of the same file. Beware that any edit-actions will reflect on both views.
Once you are done, grab the splitter and drag it up all the way (or menu Window → Remove Split).
How to open two instances of the same file side by side in Visual Studio 2019:
Open the file.
Click Window → New Window.
A new window should be open with the same file.
Click on Window → New Vertical Document Group.
Result:
With the your file opened, go to command window (menu View → Other Windows → Command window, or just Ctrl + Alt + A)
Type:
Window.NewWindow
And then
Window.NewVerticalTabGroup
worked for me (Visual Studio 2017).
Or using menus:
Menu Window → New Window
Menu Window → New vertical tap group
Luke's answer didn't work for me. The 'New Window' command was already listed in the customize settings, but not showing up in the .js tabs context menu, despite deleting the registry setting.
So I used:
Tools
Customize...
Keyboard...
Scroll down to select Window.NewWindow
And I pressed and assigned the shortcut keys, Ctrl + Shift + W.
That worked for me.
==== EDIT ====
Well, 'worked' was too strong. My keyboard shortcut does indeed open another tab on the same JavaScript file, but rather unhelpfully it does not render the contents; it is just an empty white window! You may have better luck.
Window menu, New Horizontal/Vertical Tab Group there will do, I think.
When working with Visual Studio 2013 and VB.NET I found that you can quite easily customize the menu and add the "New Window" command - there is no need to mess with the registry!
God only knows why Microsoft chose not to include the command for some languages...?
For newer versions (such as Visual Studio 2017)
Select the window you want to duplicate.
Go to the window tab and click on split at the top of the list.
When you are done, click it again to toggle it off.
For file types, where the same file can't be opened in a vertical tab group (for example .vb files) you can
Open 2 different instances of Visual Studio
Open the same file in each instance
Resize the IDE windows & place them side by side to achieve your layout.
If you save to disk in one instance though, you'll have to reload the file when you switch to the other. Also if you make edits in both instances, you'll have to resolve on the second save. Visual Studio prompts you in both cases with various options. You'll simplify your life a bit if you edit in only the one instance.
I don't have a copy of Visual Studio 2005, but this process works on Visual Studio 2008:
Open xyz.cpp along with some other file.
Right click on tab header and select new vertical tab group.
Left click on that other file in the first tab group.
Open xyz.cpp through solution explorer again.
You should now have two instances of file in separate vertical tab groups.
To work on two sections of one long file, simply use a shortcut (Ctrl + \) or click on the split editor window while you are on the selected tab. The icon is on the top-right of the Visual Studio Code.