VS2012 return to a normal TFS checkin window?

Question

VS2012 seems to remove the popup window for TFS check-ins that was in VS2010. It now seems to take over the team explorer tab in my sidebar, and buries the important things

Answer 1

While the Pending Changes window is merged within the Team Explorer, the Solution Explorer allows filtering by what is pending to be checked in. In addition Open Files filter could also be applied. When the Pending Changes filter is applied, all or some of the files could be selected and right clicked and then there is an option to do the check in. That command takes directly to the Team Explorer in Pending Changes view. See below...