Tabs keep disappearing on my Visual Studio 2013 Ultimate. Below is a screenshot of how the tabs rows look with different window sizes.
On both screenshots, BOTH files are open but when the window's maximized (or larger) I can only see one of the tabs. If I resize the window to make it smaller, the other tab is shown. This happens even if I set pinned tabs to be shown on the same row. I need to say that this is not consistent (it doesn't happen always) and only occurs on one of my dev machines. I've updated the video drivers (NVIDIA) and I even reinstalled Windows on this machine.
I tried to fix it myself but resetting the window layout was the ultimate solution for me.
Go to the Window menu and select "Reset Window Layout". Then confirm.
You will need to restore all your window layout, such as displaying the Solutions Explorer. All of the special windows are found in the View menu.
They don't disappear, a file is not shown on the tab due to size issues when space is constrained.
To get to it, select the arrow drop down which will list the 'hidden' files not shown. It is above the yellow triangle.
Or selct the white triangle to the right which will scroll to the next file which is hidden. Then once moved to the right, there will be a left pointing arrow on the opposite side to move to the left hidden files.
From Extensions and Updates download "Productivity Power Tools" which allows tabs to be colored (as shown above) and placed, to the left, right or bottom. I prefer the left, so no files are hidden as they are listed horizontally.
If space is at a premium and one wants to see all of them I find that a vertical display (using the power tools) is the best such as below:
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I often find myself having 3 or for code editors open at the same time; I even have a 32:9 monitor specifically for the vertical space.
When you have two editor tabs open in Visual Studio 2019 and drag one, you get tools to help snap and dock the tab. Using that, the available screen space is split 50:50 so both tabs have the same width.
If you now open a third tab and try to wedge it between the first and second tab, the screen space is not split 33:33:33 but rather 25:50:25 and when trying to dock a fourth tab, the space is distributed even more unevenly.
Are there any plugins or tools out there that help fix this? I'd prefer all tabs to have the same width.
You can try my Task Canvas extension to open many editors at once in a separate window. It automatically distributes horizontal and vertical space between them.
After a few months of not writing any iOS code I upgraded to XCode 8.1 and opened a project. Strangely I am seeing two windows (see pasted image below). Annoyingly these two screens move in sync, show the same file, etc, but one cannot be closed. There is no 'X' at the top to close the window. Has anyone run into this and how can I get rid of one of the screens?
Probably you activated the version editor without noticing it. To revert to the standard editor, hit the button on the top right corner of the window with a drawing showing lines justified to the left (right next to a button with two circles and another with arrows).
Alternatively go to the menu:
View -> Standard Editor -> Show Standard Editor
or hit the Command + Return keys.
That should do it.
I am having difficulty docking toolbox with server explorer and data sources, in visual studio
If I do window..reset window layout, I get the toolbox where I want it. The reset position. With server explorer and data sources
But when I click toolbox on the far left, and it appears, and I drag it a bit, the toolbox option disappears from the far left and I can't get it back without doing window..reset
And I have the same problem with server explorer and data sources.
If I click them and drag the window, I can't the option back, and in fact I completely lose the menu on the far left
I have tried dragging toolbox around and different places appear for it to rest, but I can't make it go somewhere such that an option appears in the far left again, without having to do window..reset window layout.
To elaborate..
I can drag the toolbox and so that the far left arrow gets highlighted, and then release, but then it still doesn't appear as text in the far left
^^ See in the above pictures I don't get
toolbox appearing
or to show a fuller view
Drag that window to the left or right side you will get the mark where you want to place it. than leave that window your window will be docked there.
EDITED:
Windows should be Dockable and after placing the window at your position you can unpin that window so, it can be collapsed when the mouse leave.
Somehow, I moved the toolbox in my Visual Studio 2012 installation away from its default position along the left edge of my display. I'm used to it being there, and I want to put it back, but I don't see a way to do it. How can I get it there?
Thanks very much!
Based on the comments to your question it sounds like want the toolbox tool window to be hidden. Only the name "Toolbox" should appear and it should be aligned vertically (top to bottom) instead of horizontally. To get that do the following
Drag the toolbox tool window over to the left side of the screen and drop it
There will be 3 icons on the top right of the tool window. Click the middle one which looks like a pin
This will get it back in the default position
Click WINDOW And select Reset Window Layout
Using this: Alt + Ctrl + x. Then Toolbox tag will pop out.
With a 14" LCD monitor (1366x768), my VS2010 can only display 21 lines in code editor. There are too many tool bars occupied upper and bottom part (see below screenshot). When writing codes, it's OK to use fullscreen mode. However, when reading codes, I need some of the toolbar like the bookmark bar, open file tab. Is there any suggestion to increase the viewing area?
Create a single custom toolbar with just the commands you really use in it. Remove the other toolbars. Close tool windows docked at the bottom.
There is an addon that can even remove the menu bar – you'll need to learn keyboard shortcuts (this is a good idea anyway: moving a hand to/from the mouse is much slower).
Increase secreen resolution
Use a different font such as Terminal or Consolas. I guess you must be already using Consolas, try Terminal.
Decrease the font size.
Turn monitor by 90 degree, so it is higher not wider.
Besides that - get a decent monitor. 14" is barely legal acording to some european laws for office use. Programmers tyically get a lot bigger.
Customize your toolbars and get rid of the buttons you don't use. You'll probably be able to fit everything on one row after that.
For example, I don't think I have used the toolbar buttons for cut/copy/paste, using the keyboard instead, so those were the first buttons I removed.
On the right side of each toolbar, there is a button with an arrow, click on that and you should see "customize this toolbar" in the drop-down menu.
Well, if you are having an older notebook, you might not able to change your display, increase your screen resolution or turn the monitor by 90 degrees, like the others suggested. Here are my suggestions for when this is the case:
Place your toolbars left or right instead at the top or bottom
close output window
use fullscreen mode and learn keyboard shortcuts for bookmarks and file menu functions, so you can work without the specfic toolbars
I use Full Screen mode (ALT+SHIFT+ENTER to toggle) when doing the actual editing, with only the solution explorer open on the right hand side.