Did you know that Visual Studio has some great
features for managing documents and tool windows?
Check it out
You can move any tool window
in Visual Studio by simply by
grabbing it and dragging it
to the location you want it.
You can use the UI to make it
dock to a specific location.
To float a tool window, simply drag it and
let it go wherever you want it on screen.
To dock it again, hold down the CTRL
key while double-clicking to move it
from last known floating location
to the last known docking location.
And to rearrange tool windows that are docked
together, simply drag and drop the tabs.
There are many ways you can snap
and dock too. windows together.
To create a vertical split, you
can drag and drop tool windows
on top of each other using the drop
zones to create a nice, stacked layout.
This is great for certain monitor configurations,
and it really allows you to get
the most out of your screen setup.
To split a document, pull down the
split control in the upper right corner.
You now have to windows you can
scroll independently and edit in both.
When you're done, grab the divider
and move it all the way to the top.
To split the tabs themselves, you can
create a new horizontal document group.
You can drag and drop documents between
any document groups very easily.
And if you wan to get them all back into one,
simply right-click and select
"Move to Previous Document Group".
Instead of splitting horizontally, you
can also create a vertical document group.
This is really good for wide screen monitors
and, especially, the ultrawide monitors.
And again, you can drag and drop
between the document groups.
By holding down the CTRL key,
you can select multiple documents at the
same time and drag them all together.
You can even float a document group
and place it on a secondary monitor
to really spread out and get the
most out of your monitor setup.
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Wednesday, February 4, 2026
Customize tool windows and documents
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