I started a new job a few weeks ago.
In my previous job, I was working with 2 screens. I know have 3 screens here (what an upgrade!)
I have always been bothered by a small bug, and since today I don't have a lot of code to do, I decided to finally try to solve this problem. The layout I want to achieve is pretty simple (see screenshots below): One file on the left screen, and another one on the right.
What happens is the following:
When I enter debug mode, the layout stays the same except one thing... the separation between two files (which is usually right between the two screens). Annoying for breakpoints and stuff, so I resize it, debug, and...
When I leave debug mode and go back to debug, the layout go back to what it was... except the separation which moved as well!
And last but not least, if I close Visual Studio and open it again, my two file views are now expanded on both screens, separated horizontally (<- this one is new, I had never seen that before).
Every time I go to debug mode, or go back to design, I would resize it to fit my two screens. And then it would shift again at the next debug. After some time it shifts with a smaller amount of pixels. Then, it just stops shifting, as if it learned that it shouldn't change. Until at some point, it goes back to normal and forces me to resize again.
I tried to use add-ons such as Perspectives or Layout O Rama , but they didn't keep any information about the two Code windows. No matter how I was saving them (let's say, one would be 20% of the left screen, and the other would expand on 2 screens), it would ANYWAY go back to the strange, shifted layout.
I also tried Visual Studio Productivity Power Tool and it's terrible. If I dock a code tab as a Window on my second screen, and dock for example the Find Results on it, it would be separated or reorganized every time I switch to Debug/Design
Has anyone experienced that yet? Am I the only one feeling that my Visual Studio is a pet who will learn how to do his own layout as time goes?
Thank you!
Also, as an image is always better than a description, here are a few screenshots:
Here, the normal, regular layout, with the red line being where my screens stop. Perfect, al dente layout allowing me to use the best of my two screens
Here, the one happening every time I go to debug. Notice how ONLY the code windows shifted (the bottom part with error list on the left and find results on the right didn't change at all )
And this is the one I get when I restart my IDE, forcing me to recreate my layout all the time
Thanks a lot!
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I made a game, it worked earlier today. right now though, my main menu works just fine if i compile for javascript, but when i go to any other room, it's just a black screen, but if i compile for windows, the buttons don't work at all. nothing happens when i click on them. and if make any other room the starter room, the game just doesn't load at all, just a little black rectangle in the edge of the screen, as shown in this image enter image description here
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I have no idea what the black square is about, but a black screen upon entering a room usually indicates the code being stuck in a loop i.e. a while/for/until loop (as it never reaches the stage where it draws whatever sprites and backgrounds). Freezing also indicates such. I suggest placing debug points immediately after every while/for/until loop in your code and running debug mode, removing the debug points when you hit them, until you never hit one of the debug points, which means that is the loop the computer is getting stuck in.
I have some aesthetic problems in Oracle SQL Developer.
First is moving the Script Output window. It seems to me it could have been moved on screen area. But some time I kinda moved the window somewhere and now I can't move it.
Second matter is that images moved from files explorer are unfitted to my preferences (I mean dimensions). Is here remaining solution is only to resize images in Paint and then moving to Oracle? Maybe these things are nothing for you but I can't stand mess on my screen.
Third screenshot showing my curiousal but annoying problem related with 2nd question. As you can see - the scale of this image is too high. I'd like to have whole image on some not too big area. But now I have bad-scaled image
You can't move the Script panel around, however the images looks like you're moving the SQL Worksheet, which contains the script output.
You can do that. IF you want to make it look 'all normal' or reset to the default desktop layout, use the Window menu, and choose this -
'Reset Windows to Factory Settings' - this refers to the SQL Developer windowing layout, not your OS, so it's safe.
SQL Developer UI will disappear, and repaint after a moment or two, hopefully back to 'normal.'
I'm sorry, I don't understand your 2nd question re: preferences and paint...
I have a small app developed in VS 2010 with a StatusStrip at the bottom. I want to have two ToolStripStatusLabels in this StatusStrip, one always to the far left and one always to the far right.
I added the two ToolStripStatusLabels and set the Spring property of the first one to True, so that the second one is pushed over to the right. This works in my IDE and when I run the application on my Win7 computer. However, when I put this same application on another Win7 machine, the second ToolStripStatusLabel is always invisible. I changed the BackColor of both labels to something different and I could see both on my machine. On the problem machine, the 2nd one is completely invisible (no background color, just the Control color, no text).
I have experimented with various values in the StatusStrip's LayoutStyle property. If it is set to "Flow", the 2nd label does show up, but the first label is now all the way on the left, with the 2nd one right next to it. Again, I want the 2nd one to be all the way on the right.
Clearly, I do not have the right combination of settings to do this, but I am getting frustrated. I would appreciate any suggestions anyone might have. Thanks!
VS2008 seems to have a new feature that allows one to split a website into the source code and design aspects on the same page. This feature seems great, however it defaults to having the design part on the bottom half of the screen and the code part on the top half.
Unfortunately, my brain doesn't work this way and it ends up being more of a hassle than to just continue switching back and forth when needed like I've done in the past.
Is there a way to swap them so that the design part is on the top and the code part on the bottom? Most other tools in VS are drag and droppable, so I can't see why not, but I'm not finding the setting anywhere. I did a quick google search and found a way to make the split vertical, but thats not what I'm looking for. I'm just looking for the same horizontal split with the design part on top.
Thanks
Here's an alternative approach that may help. If it's a traditional .aspx page (one that has a codebehind), you can open both documents simultaneously. Then right click one in the tab area at the top and select New Horizontal Tab Group. You can manipulate it so that the design window is on top of the code window.
I would be very surprised if this possible, since I have never seen a window configuration that changes the vertical alignment of the Objects and Events drop-down-lists.
I could be wrong, though.
It does seem rather strange - in the xaml designer you can split the screen whichever way you want as there is a button to switch the position of the panes. The options for the html designer only seem to allow a vertical or horizontal split though, there isn't anything in there specifying whether to have code or design at the top, it does seem a little backwards as I imagine most people find it more natural to have the visual designer at the top with the code below.
I'm using VS 2008 and I notice a lot of wasted screenspace, such as the Error List upgrade I propose below. Is there any way to change the way panels are rendered to make them smaller? Or maybe some addon to VS that does what it does but with compacted panels.
Current Error List - Only 2 errors visible
Future - 6 errors visible in same space
I don't know how to customize panels the way you're asking, but I've found my own way of dealing with panels I don't need all the time.
I keep panels like errors, search results or output set to Auto-Hide. That way they can take up a pretty decent amount of space when I want to see the lists, but they're not visible at all the rest of the time. Works well for me. When I'm not using one of those panels the only windows that are visible are the solution explorer and the code editor.
If you can afford more monitors, get them. You won't have to worry about auto-hide and you'll have enough room for it all.