General User Interface Elements (Visual Studio)

This section describes elements of the integrated development environment (IDE) that are not associated with any particular feature.

In This Section

• About Dialog Box (Visual Studio)
  Provides information about Visual Studio and about the computer that it is running.

• Microsoft Visual Studio Recovered Files
  Describes the dialog box that lets you recover files that were unsaved at the time of an unexpected IDE event.

• Integrated Development Environment Web Browser
  Describes the Web browser that is available in the IDE.

• Properties Window
  Displays properties for projects, files, controls, and fields in IDE windows and designers.

• Proxy Server Authentication Dialog Box
  Lets you set user credentials to be passed to a proxy server when you access Online Help.

• Visual Studio Image Library
  Explains what the image library is and how you can use it.

• Start Page
  Describes the default Visual Studio Start Page.

Related Sections

• Visual Studio Commands and Switches
  Contains language reference topics that explain how to interact with the IDE by typing commands in the Command window and the Find/Command box.

• Language Equivalents
  Shows how each programming language structures its common syntax elements.

• Visual Studio XML Reference
  Contains topics about various XML schemas that are available in Visual Studio.

• MSBuild
  Contains topics about MSBuild.

• Product Support and Accessibility
  Provides information about keyboard shortcuts and how you can contact Microsoft.

• Automation and Extensibility Reference
  Contains language reference topics about the automation model for the IDE. Includes the automation model for debugging.

• Reference (Visual Studio)
  Includes user interface reference, language reference, error message, and other reference topics that apply to all products that are hosted in the IDE.