Is there a way to adjust the cursor blink rate in Visual Studio 2015? For example, in Notepad++ there is this window where I can adjust the blink rate:
Thank you
Its pretty simple and easy
Go to file--->preferences---->settings
Select search item as "cursor"
In the results section. Choose cursor blinking to "solid"
Here you go problem solved.
Visual Studio gets the cursor settings from your OS settings. You can stop the cursor from blinking by changing the cursor blink rate to "none".
Windows XP/7/8/8.1
Go to Control Panel.
Click on the Keyboard item.
Under "Change blink rate" move the slider to "none" position.
Windows 10
Due to the discontinuation of the Control Panel in Windows 10, and the absence of corresponding option in the new Settings app, the easiest way to bring up the Keyboard Properties window is to run the following command from the Run prompt.
control keyboard
The same command can be used in previous Windows versions if you find this method easier.
Visual Studio Code: Note that this does not work with Visual Studio Code per version 1.22.2, because unlike Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code has its own controls for displaying and animating the cursor.
I recently installed Visual Studio 2015 Blend, but can't find the toolbox!
I have searched and searched, but haven't been able to locate it, and it's quite essential, so any help would be appreciated.
Try: View -> Other Windows -> Toolbox or ctrl + alt + x
Click Toolbox on the View menu. You can dock the Toolbox, and you can pin it open or set it to Auto Hide.
In the Solution Explorer Pane there should be 4 tabs (my tabs are on the bottom). Select Assets. In the Assets pane on the left are groups, click through these to discover all the controls. Be sure to expand all of the categories as many of the controls are nested.
I'm a total newbie to Visual Studio and Blend and I was looking for help to the same question. In my case the tools appeared only when in the Solution Explorer view I right-clicked Assets, chose Add >> New Item >> Visual C++ >> XAML >> Content Dialog.
I had the same question. there is no toolbox for blend and also there are no any components in Assets window.
goto : View ⇒ Edit in Visual Studio
This will open Visual Studio another application.
there is toolbox.
Design --> Show Tools
You can also type "Tool" into Quick Launch, the first result should be "Design --> Show Tools" which will do that same thing
It is a different tool box from Visual Studio
They are on the left within the Designer window. In the tool box there is an >> icon which opens all controls.
In Blend for VS 2019 and VS 2017 it is called "Assets". It is under View--> Assets Window, or ctrl + alt + x
Is there any option to zoom in or out in visual studio '05. Upgrading to '10 isn't an option here. I miss being able to look close up when I need it.
From what I can tell there is no native support, are there any ways to trick it into zooming?
Visual Studio 2010 is the first release which supports zooming on a file. Prior to 2010 there is no zoom like capability. In order to make the text bigger you'll need to bump up the fon size.
Tools -> Options
Evironment -> Fonts and Colors
Change the Size parameter
Zoom in the code? Holding ctrl + mouse scroll maybe resolve?
Is there a way to quickly maximize (and then restore) Visual Studio 2010 panels? For instance, I'd like to temporarily maximize the Output window or unit test results window. In Eclipse, I would just double-click the window tab, but in VS, this undocks the window.
The desired behavior is: double-click to maximize the window, then double-click it again to restore the panel to its original position.
Use this keyboard shortcut: Shift-Alt-Enter
It will maximize your current panel similar to Eclipse, but it will use the full screen unfortunately, not just the whole Visual Studio window. I prefer the way Eclipse does it, but this does help in Visual Studio land.
This feature has been added to Visual Studio Productivity Power Tools 2013 ("Double click to maximize windows"), which is free to download.
This new feature allows double-clicking any window tab to maximize it to full-screen mode and restore it back to its initial docked state - without having to worry about float operations or changes to your window layout.
In Visual Studio 2010, you can double-click the title bar of a given panel to put it into float mode, then use it just like any other window (maximize, Windows 7 dock, etc.). Ctrl-double-clicking it again will turn it back into a docked panel.
You can also right-click on the title bar and select Dock as Tabbed Document to display the panel in the same way the code windows are displayed.
In Visual Studio 2017, on a focused tab
Alt + -, F
Alt + Space, X (see UPDATE)
UPDATE (Windows 10)
Win + Up
From the View menu, pick Full Screen menuitem.
Note: when you select the View menu, you will notice that the shortcut for selecting Full Screen is mentioned, Shift+Alt+Enter (which was mentioned previously in the Answers).
Platform: Visual Studio Professional 2017, Version 15.5.7 on Windows 10, 64-bit
Closest the Eclipse behavior is to follow these steps:
Right-click the window title bar, select Float
Double-click the window title to maximize
Right-click the window title, select Dock
After these steps, double-clicking and Ctrl+double-clicking the window maximizes / restores itself
Here it is as a key board shortcut for commando types:
Ctrl+Tab Switch to your desired window/panel.
Alt+- Show the dock menu.
T Choose 'Dock as tabbed document'
Right click title bar, then choose 'float', it will only get that window, not the whole panel. Then double-click to maximize.
Also, the commands are
Window.Float
Window.Dock
and you can assign them keyboard shortcuts under tools\options. So for example I mapped them to Ctrl-Shift-F7 and Ctrl-Shift-F8, and then after once maximizing the Output window, henceforth if I have the output window docked, I just focus it and then a key makes it big and other puts it back, hurray.
If you have already installed Productivity Power Tools 2017 (PPT), and the double click file tab is not working or any other feature in PPT, just reset the PPT and it should work just fine after restarting visual studio 2017.
I am trying to learn the keyboard shortcuts in Visual Studio in order to be more productive. So I downloaded a document showing many of the default keybindings in Visual Basic when using the VS 2008 IDE from Microsoft.
When I tried what they say is the keyboard shortcut to view all open documents (CTRL + ALT + DOWN ARROW), I got a completely unexpected result on my XP machine; my entire screen display was flipped upside down!
Was this a prank by someone at Microsoft? I can't imagine what practical value this flipping of the screen would have.
Does anyone know what the correct keyboard shortcut is to view all open documents in VS 2008?
Oh and if you try the above shortcut and it flips your display the way it did mine, do a CTRL + ALT + UP ARROW to switch it back.
This is a conflict between your graphics driver and Visual Studio. Go to your driver settings page (Control panel) and disable the display rotation shortcuts. With this conflict removed, the shortcut will work in Visual Studio.