Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 Step by Step eBook

Chapter 1 Exploring the Visual Studio Integrated Development Environment 19

Move and resize the Properties window

1. If the Properties window isn’t visible in the development environment, click the
   Properties Window button on the Standard toolbar.
   The Properties window is activated in the IDE, and its title bar is highlighted.


2. Double-click the Properties window title bar to display the window as a floating
   ( undocked) window.


3. Using the Properties window title bar, drag the window to a new location in the
   development environment, but don’t dock it (yet).
   Moving windows around the Visual Studio IDE gives you some flexibility with the
   tools and the look of your development environment. Now you’ll resize the Properties
   window to see more object property settings at once.


4. Point to the lower-right corner of the Properties window until the pointer changes to
   a double-headed arrow (the resizing pointer). Then drag the lower-right border of the
   window down and to the right to enlarge the window, as shown here.

You can work more quickly and with more clarity of purpose in a bigger window.

Feel free to move or resize a window when you need to see more of its contents.

Docking Tool Windows

If a tool window is floating over the development environment, you can return it to its original

docked position by holding down the CTRL key and double-clicking the window’s title bar.

(Notice that in the previous exercise, you double-clicked the title bar to undock a docked