Microsoft 9GD00001 User Manual
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Microsoft Visual Studio 2010: A Beginner’s Guide
Tabbed Windows
An example of using the Dock As Tabbed Document option is the Start page. Any window
set as Dock As Tabbed Document will appear as a new tab in the work area, along with all
the other windows set as Dock As Tabbed Document. For example, if the Toolbox is set
as Dock As Tabbed Document, it will become a tabbed document in the same group as the
Start window, as shown in Figure 1-16.
set as Dock As Tabbed Document will appear as a new tab in the work area, along with all
the other windows set as Dock As Tabbed Document. For example, if the Toolbox is set
as Dock As Tabbed Document, it will become a tabbed document in the same group as the
Start window, as shown in Figure 1-16.
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Position windows in a way that makes you most productive. In practice, you probably
don’t want your Toolbox to be a tabbed window. You’ll see examples in later chapters
of this book that drag-and-drop items from the Toolbox to a designer page, which is
also laid out as a tabbed document window. So, trying to drag-and-drop between two
tabbed document windows can be cumbersome. There are several options for working
with Windows in VS, and after working with VS for a while, you’ll want to pick the
layout that works best for you.
To change a window from a tabbed document, select the tab and drag the window
away from the other documents, making it a floating window.
Figure 1-15
Floating a window