Window Layouts
Visual Studio has four window layout states:
Design view. What you see when you launch Visual Studio and start coding.
Full screen. Toggled by Shift+Alt+Enter in the General Development Settings. You can also go to the View menu and click Full Screen. The command is View.FullScreen.
Debugging view. Used when debugging.
File view. Used when you open a file via the command line as follows: devenv.exe myfile.txt. You’ll notice that the environment will have no tool windows showing.
Four Window Layouts
When you shut down Visual Studio in any state, all four states are saved. This includes saving both your tool window layouts and your command bar customizations across all four states. Additionally, all four states are saved when you go to ...
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