Visual Basic Settings
Visual Basic settings are designed to optimize the user experience and to maximize the productivity of Visual Basic developers. It is part of the Customizing Development Settings feature, which enables you to customize and save your settings in the Visual Studio Integrated Development Environment (IDE).
You can also port or reload your IDE settings on other computers. For more information, see How to: Share Settings Between Computers or Visual Studio Versions.
Windows and Views
Feature |
Displayed by default? |
Notes |
No |
Hides Hidden Types and Members |
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No |
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Dynamic Help window |
No |
Does not appear when you press F1. |
Yes, when debugging starts. |
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No |
Displays, by default:
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Yes, when build starts. |
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Yes |
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Solution Explorer |
Yes |
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No |
Displays data connections and available system services. |
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Yes |
Appears the first time you start the IDE. You can customize it. |
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Yes, when compile errors or warnings exist. |
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Yes |
You can use Team Explorer to access your team projects and use the application lifecycle management features of Team Foundation. These include version control, builds, project management, integrated reports, and dashboards. |
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Yes |
Displays controls and components in alphabetical order. |
In addition, the following elements have certain behaviors enabled when you select Visual Basic Development Settings.
Dialog Boxes
Feature |
Behavior |
New Project dialog box |
When other platforms are installed on the computer, the IDE enables the combo box that allows you to specify the targeted platform. |
Visual Basic enables simplified Options pages. Click the Show All Settings check box to see the full list of options. |
Keyboard
Feature |
Behavior |
Visual Basic 6.0 default shortcut keys |
Supports typical Visual Basic 6 keyboard mapping. |
Miscellaneous IDE Elements
Feature |
Behavior |
Tool tips |
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Includes a library of code snippets that are ready to be inserted in your application. |
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See Also
Tasks
How to: Change Select Settings
How to: Specify Settings for a Team
How to: Share Settings Between Computers or Visual Studio Versions