Datasheet

❑ Rename Tab — Lets you rename a tab.
❑ Move Up, Move Down — Moves the clicked tab up or down in the Toolbox. You can also click
and drag the tabs to new positions.
If you right-click a tool in the Toolbox, the context menu contains these commands plus Cut, Copy, Paste,
and Rename Item.
Figure 1-53: Use the Choose Toolbox Items dialog box to select
the tools in the Toolbox.
The Visual Basic Code Editor
Visual Studio includes editors for many different kinds of documents, including several different kinds
of code. For example, it has Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Extensible Markup Language (XML),
and Visual Basic editors. These editors share some common features, such as displaying comments and
keywords in different colors.
As a Visual Basic developer, you will use the Visual Basic code editor frequently, so you should spend a
few minutes learning about its specialized features.
Figure 1-54 shows the code editor displaying some Visual Basic code at runtime. To make referring to the
code lines easier, this figure displays line numbers. To display line numbers, invoke the Tools menu’s
Options command, navigate to the Text Editor ➪ Basic ➪ General page, and check the Line Numbers box.
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