I'm trying to resize solution explorer on the right hand side (tabbed with Team) - also Properties Window just under it. Usually, mouse pointer changes when hovering over an edge, but nothing seems to happen at all. Thanks.
VS gets funny sometimes, have you tried the good old "turn it off and on again" restart VS...?
You have to "float" the solution explorer, resize it and dock it back. That can resolve the issue.
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this has been bugging me for quite a while now.
I'm using two monitors and usually have the main window of Visual Studio open on the primary monitor and things like the solution explorer, call stack, error list, output etc. on the second monitor in two separate windows which I split vertically by using the [Win] + [Left | Right] shortcut.
In another environment, this works fine (VS 2013, different machine). Of course, the window positions etc. are different between debug and regular view, but that's not really an issue.
Whenever I start debugging, the solution explorer window moves towards the right on the second monitor. This might even affect the other window (which contains the Call Stack, Output etc.).
After a few debug sessions, the window will be barely visible any more because it has moved so far towards the right...
This is even worse when I have multiple solutions open because then the solution explorer window that I see is actually the one from the instance in the background...
Has anyone else experienced this? Any ideas how to fix this?
P.S.: I'm working on a windows server via a RDP session, maybe that contributes to the problem.
The following worked for me.
Under the Windows menu, save the desired layout with "Save Window Layout". I named mine "Debug". This might have something to do with the old layout names.
Stop debug mode if your in it, and apply that layout with "Apply Window Layout".
Start debug mode.
My un-docked windows flash as if they are resizing, yet stay where I had them in the saved layout.
Photoshop CS2 always stay on top, even when I click another app from the windows taskbar (right of the start button).
It's completly annoying me. Always need minimized, click the other app, reclick again on photoshop, re-reminimized.
I only have 1 screen at work so I can't let photoshop on one screen and work with the other app on the other screen.
I look in all photoshop menu, find nothing
I googled the problem, and find a adobe page explain this problem is a "feature".
I only want photoshop cs2 work all other app on windows and loose focus, let new app appear on top.
Thank you.
I had this problem and somehow solved it. But my solution may be just as fickle as why the problem occurs in the first place. But here's what I did:
On the layers palette (F7) I clicked on the small arrow just below the close "X" button, on the right. Then I selected "Pallete Options"
Didn't change any options but just clicked OK.
Now the entire window remained on top, not just the palettes. So I restarted Photoshop and it seemed to fix the issue.
I found that if you open up "edit > preferences > Memory & Image Cache" and set your memory usage up then it will fix it. I am on a Windows 10.
See this post:
https://www.reddit.com/r/photoshop/comments/35lmtu/photoshop_keeps_putting_itself_in_front_of_my/
Go to Edit > Preferences > File Handling > Uncheck Enable Version Cue Workgroup File Management
I literally JUST found this on accident and fixed it after having issues with all my toolbars being hidden behind stuff, and not being able to minimize without clicking on the PS window first etc. Seems to have worked!
Topmost Toggle will help you: http://www.softpedia.com/get/Desktop-Enhancements/Other-Desktop-Enhancements/TopmostToggle.shtml
Works for CS2 even in Win8
Try Topmost Toggle. Works on Window 7, Window 8 and even Windows 8.1. I use it for disabling Photoshop CS2 and when Firefox bug out. Works like a charm and it's pretty easy to use:
Download and extract Topmost Toggle
Run the program - you will see that it minimize on tray
Ctr + Right click on your program and click
Enjoy!
Big thanks to user2761076
I am having same issue with CS2 on Windows 7 64 bit. To work around, I hit tab on keyboard when photoshop window is active, that makes all pallets invisible, then I can switch to any window I need to work on.
As per this article there seem to be issue with Microsoft update https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2142314
When I'm working in Visual Studio 2010, the IDE seems to switch to "Scroll Lock" mode at random times. Is this a new feature that I'm not aware of (initiated by some designated key/mouse-click) or a bug? I'm guessing this is actually a computer/hardware glitch on my system, but wanted to check if anyone else is experiencing this issue?
After I'm in this "mode", I can't seem to get out of it. I've tried physically turning ScrLk on/off multiple times, highlighting text, etc. I 'crazy-clicked' my way out of it once, but have no idea how. At that point, my only option is to close the IDE and restart, then everything is back to normal.
it thinks the control button is pressed, so just press control and it should fix
Nope, it's a CTRL key bug... using the left key all the time and occasionally, VS2010 will freak out and let the mouse wheel operate independently for zooming rather than scrolling, Shift-F5 won't stop debugging, etc.
Solution for me.... hit the right CTRL key. Dunno why, but it made it go away.
This is certainly not a feature of Visual Studio itself. It is possible, although I would agree unlikely, that a third party extension is causing this behavior. To rule this out I would disable all extensions and see if the problem still occurs.
If it still occurs then I would grab another keyboard to test the hardware issue.
There is a known bug in Visual Studio 2010 that does this sort of thing.
The way I have experienced it is that the left CTRL key will get "stuck" in the application (it doesn't seem to happen with the right CTRL key).
When this happens, you start to get bizarre behavior (like the scroll lock effect with when you hold the ctrl-up/down arrows, or being unable to stop debugging because it will restart the application when you do SHIFT-F5, or you change the size of the code text when you use the scroll wheel).
Unfortunately, there is no fix for it coming in for VS2010. You have the choice of living with it, or upgrading to VS2012. Others have re-mapped some of their short cuts to work around these problems.
for those who have this problem and reading this..
I found a way to bypass this problem and all you need to do is-
close the little window of Properties in the right-down corner.
and no longer you'll have this bug. :)
Do you really mean ScrollLock? AFAIK VisualStudio does not change in behavior in any way in response to ScrollLock.
I suspect what you are experiencing is VS incorrectly believes one or more of your modifier keys are held (ctrl, shift alt). To correct this press and release each of the modifier keys one at a time while VS has focus.
Real example:
The app I am debugging has focus and I am holding the ctrl key for an in-app function when I suddenly hit a breakpoint giving VS focus. However VS appears to have not registered that I have released the Ctrl key so my first attempt to scroll within the document using the mouse-wheel results in my font dpi changing... (ctrl+wheel = zoom)
Fix:
Press and release the the modifier key while VS has focus.
I had this issue where the scroll wheel on my mouse would change the zoom percentage of my open code. Pressing ALT while Visual Studio was in focus worked for me.
The solution for me was to hit the left CTRL key. Dunno why, but it made the problem go away. This answer is different than the one above suggesting to hit the right CTRL key. I tried that first but it did not fix the problem. But when I hit the left CTRL key it did fix the problem.
Another option is to exit Visual Studio 2010 and start it up again.
I had this issue ever since I moved to another development machine, I thought my graphics card was the issue, almost had the boss order me new ones, as I could not get this resolved. Turns out closing the property window immediately fixed the issue!. My previous fix was to float all and not keep anything opened in the pinned tab area, which works, but is inconvenient.
I'm wondering whether other users of VS2010 are experiencing the same problems as me.
I find I have to restart VS several times a day after the XAML editor becomes unresponsive to mouse clicks. I've tried submitting a Connect issue but got nowhere with that.
My environment is:
Quad core machine runing Vista 64 with 8GB RAM.
VS2010 SP1 - had the same problems with VS2010.
ReSharper 5.1.3
Editing Silverlight XAML files - I have the split screen with preview at the top and the XAML at the bottom. After some time of working, if I click in the XAML the carret doesn't move to the clicked position. Other parts of VS are unresponsive to mouse clicks as well. Basically I have to shut down VS and restart.
Of course, this is difficult to reproduce - it generally only happens after several hours of running.
Anybody got any ideas on how to fix this, or better bring it to Microsoft's attention?
Update:
Here's the link the the Microsoft Connect item I entered.
http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/618594/xaml-designer-stops-responding-to-mouse
This is a very common problem, you should check out some other references, but a few thigns you can do are;
Replace the XAML editor with something else (Blend maybe)
Right click on a XAML file, goto "Open With" then select an alternative editor and also select the set as default option.
Open the XAML editor in Full screen source mode by default. This will bypass a lot of the design time compilation's
Close other windows, in visual studio when your editing the XAML, perticularly the properties display. I've found that this window frequently queries the design time model of your code to display properties and such (if you dont want them triggering all the time, close the window and that thread will be idle).
Good Luck!
I've had similar issues where the mouse stops responding on certain windows when resharper is running. The only solutions I've found so far are:
Hit the ALT key (discovered the mouse becomes active after this, but you have to keep hitting it every time you switch windows)
Restart visual studio
Disable resharper
Update:
This is essentially a Vista 64 problem but ReSharper exacerbates the problem through large memory use. Upgrading to Windows 7 64 bit solves the problem.
In a custom toolset I have installed for Visual Studio, there is a popup window that should appear to me so that I can manipulate one of the lists (an in-built editor). The component is Telerik, but I don't think that has anything to do with it (maybe).
The popup window is no longer popping up to me. I wonder if it got minimized or it's a z-index thing, where the window is behind VS? But this locks up VS, and I can't do anything within it until I cancel the window. But I can't cancel the window because I can't see it... and so that is really slowing me down and is really frustrating.
Is there a way to get around this? A key press to bring this to the front or give it the focus?
Thanks.
You should be able to cancel it with ESC. You can also test if you can find the window with CTRL-TAB. If this not help then an uninstall, boot and reinstall seems the only possible solution.
This might be a z-index issue indeed. Try using FireBug or IE dev toolbar to get a hold on the popup and its container and check their styles and z-indices.
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