Is it possible to reset window layout in Visual Studio for Mac? I am able to do this for Visual Studios on Windows, but not on Mac version.
After piecing together various posts I found only a non-UI way to reset the layout. Starting with this doc: http://www.monodevelop.com/developers/articles/user-profiles/ but instead of using the path "MonoDevelop" use "VisualStudio". So in the case of a Mac the folder to visit is at "~/Library/Preferences/VisualStudio".
Once there I found the "7.0" subfolder had a file named "EditingLayout.xml"... With VS for Mac not running, I deleted that file and started it again. This restored all pads to their default state from what I can tell. In my case the "Application Output" window was still not available as a Pad until I actually did a Debug on a project, and then it was visible again in the View | Pads list (and no longer lost in the UI somewhere).
You can press the view tab to change the different layouts or create one of your own.
Additional informations can be found here:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/mac/customizing-the-ide?view=vsmac-2019
I met this problem also, Visual Studio for Mac can't reset Window Layout in UI. But you can easily customize the Window Layout. Just select "View->Pads/Debug Pads" to decide what window you want to show on the dashboard.
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Just to have a more up-to-date answer: when you quit Visual Studio Mac 2019, any changes made to the active layout will be reset to how the layout was saved.
From the Visual Studio Website:"There is always one active layout and any change you make in a layout, such as adding or repositioning a pad, will only change the active layout. Once you close Visual Studio for Mac, the changes you have made will not be saved." Visual Studio Website - Customising The IDE
I've tested it out for Visual Studio Community 2019 for Mac Version 8.7.8 (build 4), and now it really does just reset when you quit the app, unless you have specifically saved any changes as a new layout.
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Upgrade VS 2019 Professional to latest version 16.10.0. Open an existing SSDT project, double-click on any sql script file in the project, the file can't be opened in a tab window.
If the sql script defines a table, I can see the message: The design surface is loading. I can see the separator between design and script surfaces. If I drag the separator to resize the surfaces, the window gets refreshed and the script will open correct.
If the sql script defines a view or stored procedure, I only see blank tab window. i don't see any messages.
If I restart the VS2019, the previous opened scripts are working fine. But still the same problem whenever I want to open a script which is not opened before the restart.
Here's a link to the root Microsoft tacked issue:
https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Visual-Studio-Pro-16100---Tabs-do-not-/1434964
A quick work around to force the editor to re-draw: resize the editor window by dragging the solution explorer re-size bar.
In VS 2019 Community 16.10, I can open one SQL file at a time. So if you shut all your open SQL files, you should be able to get a single one open.
Note: even uninstalling VS and starting with a clean install from the Microsoft site did not help.
Here's a link to the MS discussion of this topic:
https://developercommunity2.visualstudio.com/t/Cannot-see-content-of-sql-files/1437162?q=%5BVisual+Studio+2019+version+16.10%5D&ftype=problem&space=8&stateGroup=active&sort=newest
I was able to get two SQL windows open at the same time, though it is quite annoying: open both files and detach both from the documents frame so they float. Pick one and move it and size it where you want. The second will disappear as you do this, but never mind.
From the Window menu, select the second file. As you move it and size it, the first one will disappear.
Now select the invisible window from the Window menu. As long as you just move around and work within these two files, you should be able to keep them both open. So this is if you need to be looking at one view while you modify another, or some such thing.
For me, two is the limit. If I try three, only two will be visible.
This was a bug and seems to be fixed in the latest patch 16.10.2 - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2019/release-notes#--visual-studio-2019-version-16102-
Some time ago, Visual Studio 2019 told me that the "Output" window caused a Visual Studio start-up delay of X seconds and offered me to hide the window on start.
I accepted that offer, and now, after some time, I discovered that having to re-pin the Output window once per Visual Studio session is super-annoying, and that I would like things back the way they were before.
I browsed through the Visual Studio options (specifically Environment/Startup and Environment/"Tabs and Windows"), but I did not find an option to undo that change. What did I miss?
I know that I could reset Visual Studio to default settings, but I want to avoid that, because then I'd lose all my custom settings. (No bounty will be awarded for suggesting this, unless the answer also proves that there is no other option.)
I also know that I could pin the output window and then "save" the layout as a custom layout. I don't want that, I want to modify the "default" layout loaded on start.
(Rubber-duck debugging at its best: 5 minutes after starting a bounty I find the solution myself. Go figure!)
In the Visual Studio menu, go to Help/Visual Studio Performance Manager, which brings up this helpful dialog:
Setting this option back to "Use default behavior" fixes the issue.
I found a lot of examples and methods to word wrap in Visual Studio Code but not for VS for Mac. Currently, I'm using the Enterprise edition with the latest updates.
As of VS Mac 8.1, Word Wrap is available via Visual Studio -> Preferences -> Text Editor -> General. You should see a checkbox option for Word wrap.
8.1 Release Notes:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releasenotes/vs2019-mac-relnotes-v8.1
Thanks to Matt Ward for let me know that this isn't implemented yet, but I managed to play around with the preferences. It's not perfect as VS for Windows, but it's close enough.
(Sorry that the VS for Mac is in spanish)
1) I made a few modifications in text files: 120 columns and remove the whitespaces at the end of the line.
2) Since I'm using a Macbook pro mid 2012 my screen resolution it's limited to 1280x80, so in XML files I set only 3 attributes per line, adjust the attributes and align the attributes.
3) I made modifications in C# but was only to set the system's using at the end of the block.
4) Finally, I made a keyboard shortcut for "Format the document"
Before format
After format
I'm having a really strange problem with the Delphi 6 IDE running on Windows 7 (64-bit edition). I just can't find the Code Explorer window pane. Usually it's docked against the left side of the Code Editor window. If not there, then you can find it by opening the View menu and selecting Code Explorer. But the Code Explorer is not docked to the Code Editor and when I drop down the View Menu the Code Explorer option is simply not there. All the other options are: Project Manager, Object Inspector, Object TreeView, etc. but just not the Code Explorer. Everything else about the IDE works great. Has anybody else had this problem and if so, what can I do to get it back? I rely on that view quite heavily.
Also, once I undock a view it doesn't seem to want to dock again. I hover over the usual areas in the edit window and it won't accept it the orphaned view as a docking client.
-- roschler
I can't reproduce the missing Code Explorer menu item. It works fine for me.
Regarding the non-dockable windows have you tried right clicking on the troublesome floating window and making sure that Dockable is ticked?
One thing to try when Delphi's IDE is giving you grief is to delete any .dsk files.
Finally, Delphi 6 pre-dates UAC and assumes that you can write to the installation directory. Have you made sure that Delphi is able to do this one way or another?
Sorry I don't have a definitive answer, but this is all I can think of.
For the record,
I had the same problem as you Robert.
Configuration:
Delphi 6 Enterprise, installed to a custom location.
Update Pack 2
Several Third Party Components
Windows 7, Spanish and English languages in Regional and language settings, and keyboard layout settings. Default language 'spanish',
default keyboard distribution 'english'.
Issues:
No 'code explorer' context menu item,
In editor, no 'complete class at cursor'.
Ctrl+Shift+C not working
Ctrl+Shift+Up/Down Arrow not working.
I uninstalled Delphi, uninstalled English language, removed keymappings to change keyboard layout (Ctrl+Shift).
Then I installed Delphi again, custom location, execute the installer as administator -> no issues.
I installed the third party components -> no issues
To install the update pack, this time, I opened the exe with winrar, decompressed the file, changed the files 'setup.exe', '_ISDel.exe' and '_BDEL.EXE' to execute always as administrator for all users. Run 'setup.exe' as administrator.
I don't know exactly which step did the trick but now I have no Issues.
I just tried with Delphi 6 on Win64, and have all the windows. And all expected menu items. Sometimes, there is some problems of refresh, but when I restart the IDE, everything is back there.
But I've installed:
Delphi 6 Suite Entreprise;
Update pack 2;
DDevExtension;
Delphi SpeedUp;
CnPack.
All is installed not in C:\Program Files but in a custom C:\Progs directory, which has all security rights set for all authenticated users. You should not install Delphi 6 under C:\Program Files, in all cases.
Works like a charm. Perhaps one of the add-ons fixed the issue.
In the Delphi 2009 RAD Studio, there is a drop-down combo box where you can select the desktop configuration, i.e. "Default Layout", "Debug Layout, "Classic Undocked", etc. This has stopped working for me, i.e. when I select a desktop, nothing happens. I think I once "customized" the toolbar, by removing the drop-down combo box, and then I added it again, and ever since it has been dead. Is this a known bug? Is there a cure?
Create a new user account on your computer, call it "Testing" and log in there. Now load up delphi and try this desktop layout button. If it's now working in this alternative desktop account, then it's something in your registry settings under this key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\CodeGear\BDS\6.0
Try setting the keys named DesktopName and RuntimeDesktopName under the Session key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\CodeGear\BDS\6.0\Session\DesktopName=Default Layout
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\CodeGear\BDS\6.0\Session\RuntimeDesktopName=Debug Layout
Is it still switching configurations when you run the project or when you go back to coding?
Have you tried to create new custom configurations, save them and switch manually with the combo?
My guess is it's something wrong saved in the Registry. You could try (after saving your current registry) to get a (good) D2009 registry from another install where it works, and apply it to your machine. If it works again you'll have a way to figure it out by diffing the regs. If not you may have to reinstall D2009 (or at least try"repair").
DISCLAIMER: yadda yadda about touching the Registry...