2.4. Navigating the Visual Studio IDE

The IDE provides windows for accessing project files and customizing controls. In this section, we introduce several windows that you will use frequently when developing Visual Basic programs. These windows can be accessed via the toolbar icons (Fig. 2.13) or by selecting the name of the desired window in the View menu.

Figure 2.13. Toolbar icons for three Visual Studio windows.

Visual Studio provides a space-saving feature called auto-hide. When auto-hide is enabled, a tab appears along either the left or right edge of the IDE window (Fig. 2.14). This tab contains one or more icons, each of which identifies ...

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