Side Menu(Menu Bar) in Visual Studio 2022 Professional Not Showing

Question

WILL-K\ 6

Just opened
Visual Studio 2022 Professional for the 1st time,
and the 'Left Side Menu' is not showing.

Other online resources say.. go to
"View>Appearance" however,
there's no "Appearance" menu under "View".

How do i configure this?

Anna Xiu-MSFT 31,056 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-12-26T07:20:56.573+00:00

Hello, do you mean that the Toolbox is not displayed on the left side of editor window? You can open it via View > Toolbox.
If possible, please share us some screenshots to investigate it further.
Viorel 122.6K Reputation points

2022-12-26T08:57:37.417+00:00

Probably "View > Appearance" is related to Visual Studio Code, which is a different product. Try installing the Visual Studio Code: https://code.visualstudio.com. (You can keep and use the Visual Studio 2022 too).
Anonymous

2023-11-04T19:19:16.28+00:00

I think what the question is refering to is this:

This is the left side which shows the folder structure that is opened and the files contained in that folder and then allow to click on different files and have them open on the bigger right side.

The proffessional version of VS code does not have this?
Christian 0 Reputation points

2024-02-17T06:18:57.1033333+00:00

Not the folder, not the toolbox but the left margin menu BAR.

1 answer

Anna Xiu-MSFT 31,056 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-12-26T07:20:56.573+00:00

Hello, do you mean that the Toolbox is not displayed on the left side of editor window? You can open it via View > Toolbox.
If possible, please share us some screenshots to investigate it further.
Viorel 122.6K Reputation points

2022-12-26T08:57:37.417+00:00

Probably "View > Appearance" is related to Visual Studio Code, which is a different product. Try installing the Visual Studio Code: https://code.visualstudio.com. (You can keep and use the Visual Studio 2022 too).
Anonymous

2023-11-04T19:19:16.28+00:00

I think what the question is refering to is this:

This is the left side which shows the folder structure that is opened and the files contained in that folder and then allow to click on different files and have them open on the bigger right side.

The proffessional version of VS code does not have this?
Christian 0 Reputation points

2024-02-17T06:18:57.1033333+00:00

Not the folder, not the toolbox but the left margin menu BAR.

Answer 1

Anonymous

I found that you have to go to View>Solution Explorer in order to view the structure of the folder that is currently open.

Christian 0 Reputation points

2024-02-17T06:23:35.76+00:00

Not the folder, not the toolbox but the left margin menu BAR.