General User Interface Elements (Visual Studio)

This section describes some user interface elements of the integrated development environment (IDE).

In This Section

• Call Hierarchy
  Represents the set of caller/callee relationships in code.

• Code Snippet Picker
  Allows you to pick a snippet from a set of snippets for your language.

• Error List Window
  Displays compile errors and warnings.

• Go To Line
  Allows you to navigate to a specific line in a file.

• Options Dialog Box (Visual Studio)
  Allows you to specify options.

• Options, Text Editor, General
  Allows you to specify general options for the text editor.

• Options, Text Editor, File Extension
  Allows you to specify file extensions for the editor.

• Options, Text Editor, All Languages
  Allows you to specify options that are common to all programming languages.

• Options, Text Editor, All Languages, Tabs
  Allows you to specify tab options that can be common to all programming languages.

• Options, Text Editor, Basic (Visual Basic)
  Allows you to specify options for Visual Basic files.

• Options, Text Editor, C/C++, Formatting
  Allows you to specify formatting options for C or C++ files.

• Options, Text Editor, C/C++, Advanced
  Allows you to specify advanced options for C or C++ files.

• Options,Text Editor, C#, Formatting
  Allows you to specify formatting options for C# files.

• Options, Text Editor, C#, Advanced
  Allows you to specify advanced options for C# files.

• Options, Text Editor, C#, IntelliSense
  Allows you to specify IntelliSense options for C# files.

• Options, Text Editor, XAML, Formatting
  Allows you to specify formatting options for XAML files.

• Project Designer User Interface Reference
  Allows you to specify properties of your project.

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

• Quick Launch
  Provides a quick way for you to find Visual Studio windows, commands, options, and , menus.

• Solution Explorer
  Displays the components of solutions and projects.

• Task List (Visual Studio)
  Displays the set of tasks.

• Toolbox
  Allows you to add controls to a design surface.

• Toolbox, Components Tab
  Allows you to add components to a design surface.

• Toolbox, Data Tab
  Allows you to add data controls to a design surface.

• Toolbox, HTML Tab
  Allows you to add html tags to a design surface.

• General, CSS, Text Editor, Options Dialog Box
  Allows you to specify options for CSS files.

• Validation, HTML, Text Editor, Options Dialog Box
  Allows you to specify options for HTML pages.

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.

• 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.

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