Understanding the Visual Studio Environment
The first time you run Visual Studio .NET, you'll notice that the IDE contains a lot of windows, such as the Properties window on the right, which is used to view and set properties of objects. In addition to these windows, the IDE contains a lot of tabs, such as the vertical Toolbox tab on the left edge of the IDE (refer to Figure 1.3). Try this now: click the Toolbox tab to display the Toolbox window; clicking a tab displays an associated window. You can hover the mouse over a tab for a few seconds to display the window as well. To hide the window, simply move the mouse off the window. To close the window completely, click the Close (X) button in the window's title bar.
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