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Visual studio 2010 IDE layout

Answer 1

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Drag the bottom panel off and make sure to mouse over the icon that appears all the way at the bottom center of the screen, although this will cause it to take up the whole bottom portion of the IDE,

Jesus Ramos 2010-07-27 18:12:43

I specifically said I don't want it spanning the full width on the right.

Dan Neely 2010-07-27 18:24:29

once you've done what I said simply take the properties box/solution explorer or whatever is there and place it over the rightmost box that pops up and voila you should have what you want.

Jesus Ramos 2010-07-27 18:25:59

I see now. That only works if nothing else is docked to the right side. I had the solution explorer on top of the properties dialog; but neglected to put it in my drawings because I was under the mistaken impression that it was excess detail. Getting it to stick your way requires me to pull both of them off before reattaching them.

Dan Neely 2010-07-27 18:33:50

It can be a pain sometimes but that's how it is with Visual Studio, and your setup is exactly like mine as well.

Jesus Ramos 2010-07-27 18:35:07

Answer 2

+3 A:

Yes, you can do this. When you are dragging the toolbox, note the little "targets" in the center of the screen. Drop the toolbox onto the target that corresponds with the area where you want it docked.

See here for more detail and pics.

Jon B 2010-07-27 18:12:44

Answer 3

A:

alt text That's an easy process.

Drag the window docked in the bottom to middle of the VS window so that it floats in the middle.
Now when you drag it, a helper would apper to doc it.

You'll have some dynamic docking helpers like below.

                       ↑    
                       ↑
←                       ← →                              →
                       ↓
                       ↓

if you chose the downarrow in the dock helper in the middle, you'll get the layout like this.

|  |         |  |            
|  |         |  |            
|  |         |  |            
|  |         |--|            
|  |         |  |            
|  |---------|  |            
|  |         |  |            
-----------------

If you chose the downarrow all the way at the bottom, you'll get the layout like this.

|  |         |  |           
|  |         |  |           
|  |         |  |           
|  |         |--|           
|  |         |  |           
|---------------|           
|               |           
-----------------

SaravananArumugam 2010-07-27 18:54:42

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