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View
The View menu, shown in Figure 1-8, contains commands that let you hide or display different windows
and toolbars in the Visual Studio IDE.
Following is a description of commands associated with the View menu:
❑ Code — The Code command opens the selected file in a code editor window. For example, to edit
a form’s code, you can click on the form in the Solution Explorer and then select View ➪ Code.
❑ Designer — The Designer command opens the selected file in a graphical editor if one is defined
for that type of file. For example, if the file is a form, Visual Studio opens it in a graphical form
editor. If the file is a class module or a code module, the View menu hides this command because
Visual Studio doesn’t have a graphical editor for those file types.
❑ Standard windows — The next several commands shown in Figure 1-8 display the standard IDE
windows Server Explorer, Solution Explorer, Object Browser, Error List, Properties Window, and
Toolbox. These commands are handy if you have removed one of the windows and want to get
it back. The most useful of these windows are described later in this chapter.
❑ Other Windows — The Other Windows submenu lists other standard menus that are not listed
in the View menu itself. These include the Class View, Command Window, Document Outline,
Output, Task List, and Macro Explorer.
Figure 1-8: The View menu lets you show and hide IDE windows and toolbars.
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