I want to change the default form control on on visual studio 2013. Not to edit a form after creating, but when i click on "add>>windows form" I want my custom form to show up, with the correct font and size and color scheme. Has anyone done this?
Create an item template. File + Export Template. – Hans Passant
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Starting with Visual Studio 2015, there is a feature to save multiple customized layouts of the windows (panes) of the IDE.
"Save Window Layout" is the menu command to create a new one of these.
It asks for the name to save the layout as.
But now that I've created several layouts, I don't want to create a new one; I want to save an updated version of one of my layouts. I want that to replace the existing one, with the same hot key shortcut.
How do I do so?
Do "Save Window Layout".
When it asks for layout name, type in exactly the same name as before.
This results in message box:
A layout named '...' already exists.
Do you want to replace it?
Answer [Yes].
(Tested in Visual Studio 2017 Enterprise, v.15.9.6.)
The default font in Visual Studio 2010 is Microsoft Sans Serif.
Is there a way I can change the default font for the current project so that I don't have to change it for every forms and controls I add ?
The best way to do what you require is to create a custom template.
Create a new WinForm project
Customize the default form with your preferred font
Save the project
On the file menu select Export Template
Follow the wizard
Now when you add a new form you should find the new template in the list of the available items
Here's a better solution: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms165337%28v=vs.80%29.aspx
:-)
I have created an asp.net project in visual studio 2010 ultimate edition.
I can't see Standard, Data etc toolbox tabs, I can only see Telerik and HTML controls.
I tried to reset the toolbox, tried to delete C:\Users\mypcuser\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0\*.tbd.
I also tried devenv /ResetSkipPkgs but nothing worked for me.
Please suggest a Solution thanks!
This may help you.
In the Toolbox, select the tab where you want to add the control.
Right-click the Toolbox and select Choose Items from the shortcut menu.
The Choose Toolbox Items dialog box opens. The following illustration shows the Choose Toolbox Items dialog box.
Try to right click on the Toolbox and select "Reset Toolbox"
The common controls should appear in the Dialog Editor list along with all the MFC ones that I seem to be limited to when the problem happens.
I have this happen frequently. I don't know what causes it, but this fix always works and is fine for me since I didn't customize anything.
This will help you...
In Visual studio, go to view-toolbar-check standard and layout..
Then restart the visual studio and be sure on design page and check for toolbox..
Now the standard toolbox items will appear.. Thanks.
Just for the Future Viewer of this page
VS 2010 standard ToolBox cannot be viewed.
Mostly this is happen on a first run.
It solved the problem with Ctrl + Alt + X in your keyboard.
Does anyone know if it is possible at all to filter the Toolbox's items in Visual Studio using an add-in?
Visual Studio 2010 introduced the ability to search but I want to filter, for example: type in button and it must show all items containing "button", same as on this on this Delphi XE screenshot:
This is a very good answer for this question. I copied from the VS blog:
In VS 2010 Beta2, we’ve added the ability to search for controls in the toolbox by name. To use it, put focus in the toolbox (by clicking in it, for example) and start typing the name of the control you want to find. As you type, the selection will move to the next item that matches what you've typed so far.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2009/10/26/toolbox-search.aspx
This is something not possible as microsoft does not reveal the secret of adding toolbox controls details completely. They make change the process for each platform and for each versions of visual studio. if we have a clear details of how they add, we can also do the similar kind of small application with search capability and add it as add-in.
Luckily Visual Studio 2012 now has that feature!
I want to extend Visual Studio such that, when someone right clicks on Solution Explorer, context menu should have a new menu item, say "Open custom form", clicking which should open a form (this form would actually accept some settings and modify config file accordingly)
Q1. Please provide on where should I start for such extension. Couldn't find any reference/tutorial link :(
Q2. What technology can be used to make such a form - Winforms/WPF?
Either Windows Forms or WPF should be fine.
SO: Visual Studio Add-In - adding a context menu item to solution-explorer
Google Code: explorer-popup-add-in
There's a lot of docs on Visual Studio integration here