Opening an Editor
There are two ways to launch a text editor (or any other editor in the IDE, for that matter). The first way involves using the Solution Explorer: Select an existing code file, text file, or other type file and double-click on the file. If it is a code file, you can also right-click on it and select View Code. The file content is loaded into a new editor window.
The second way to launch an editor window is to choose File, New, File. This launches the New File dialog box. Selecting a code template from this dialog box launches a code editor prefilled with the initial code stubs relevant to the template selected.
Tip
The text editor windows live as tabbed windows front-and-center within the IDE. If multiple code editors are open, ...
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