Environment, Options Dialog Box
The Environment folder in the Options dialog box contains the following pages. Environment pages allow you to set default options for the display and behavior of elements and tools in the integrated development environment (IDE) in general.
| For information on | See |
|---|---|
| Learning how to customize the appearance and behavior of windows, menus, and other elements of the IDE | General, Environment, Options Dialog Box |
| Establishing document display and management settings including the behavior of Miscellaneous files | Documents, Environment, Options Dialog Box |
| Narrowing the focus of Help topics that appear in the Dynamic Help window | Dynamic Help, Environment, Options Dialog Box |
| Setting the font and color in the Text Editor, printer, dialogs and tools windows, and other user interface elements | Fonts And Colors, Environment, Options Dialog Box |
| Configuring language, collection, and help topic display settings | Help, Environment, Options Dialog Box |
| Selecting a default language for Visual Studio | International Settings, Environment, Options Dialog Box |
| Configuring your programming language-specific keyboard mapping scheme based on previous versions of Visual Studio and creating new shortcuts for commonly used commands and customized default shortcuts | Keyboard, Environment, Options Dialog Box |
| Changing the default project location and establishing special pre- and post- build and run actions. | Projects and Solutions, Environment, Options Dialog Box |
| Learning how to set options for comment tokens and tasks. | Task List, Environment, Options Dialog Box |
| Changing your default Home and Search pages, changing the system source editor, and configuring Internet Explorer options. | Web Browser, Environment, Options Dialog Box |