Visual C# IDE Settings

Visual C# settings are a predefined configuration of tool windows, menus, and keyboard shortcuts. These settings are part of the Visual Studio Settings feature, which you can customize to fit your work habits.

Windows and Views

By default, Visual Studio hides and displays certain windows and views based on the selected Visual Studio setting. The following table shows the default behavior when the Visual C# Development Settings are selected.

Note

Windows and views that are not affected by Visual Studio settings are not listed.

Feature	Displayed by default?	Notes
Class View	No	Class View is available on the View menu. Filtering is enabled.
Command Window	No
Dynamic Help Window	No	Pressing F1 does not display the Dynamic Help window. For more information about the Dynamic Help window, see How to: Customize Dynamic Help or How to: Control the Dynamic Help Window.
Object Browser	No	Does not display inherited members by default.
Output Window	No
Solution Explorer	Yes	Solution Explorer appears docked on the right side of the IDE.
Start Page	Yes, when you start the IDE	The Start Page displays articles from the MSDN RSS feed for Visual C#.
Task List (Visual Studio)	No
Toolbox	Yes, when you create a Windows Forms application or a Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) application	The Toolbox appears as a collapsed window that is docked on the left side of the IDE.

Keyboard

Feature	Behavior
Shortcut Keys	Visual C# supports these shortcut key settings: Visual C# Default Shortcut Keys, which is the default shortcut keys setting Brief Emulation Emacs Emulation Visual C++ 2.0 Default Shortcut Keys Visual Studio 6.0 Default Shortcut Keys

See Also

Other Resources

Visual C#

Using the Visual C# IDE