Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Customize the toolbars in Visual Studio

Customizing the toolbars in Visual Studio 
for your workflow and personal preference  
can have a great impact on your productivity. 
Best of all, it takes no time to do.
Now I've been using Visual Studio 
for years, and I know the keyboard  
shortcuts for the most common commands; so 
I don't need them visible on the toolbar.
I start by opening the add and remove buttons menu 
located on the right hand side of all toolbars.  
Now I can start unchecking the 
commands I don't want to be visible.
I use a lot of extensions, so I'd like to add the 
Manage Extensions command so I simply check it.  
Now my toolbar is a lot more my style,  
but I want to add a command that 
wasn't in the menu we just saw.
To do that, I'll click the customize button 
to open the Customize Commands dialog.  
Here, I can easily add any 
command to any toolbar or menu.
I simply navigate around the menu system  
to find the command I want - it's listed in 
alphabetical order and I want the options command.  
I click OK and it's inserted 
into my toolbar - it's that easy.

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