Visual Studio 2012: change setting for “Enable floating tab wells”

Question

I\'m having troubles with VS2012 and code opened in separate windows.

See this screenshot:

Answer 1

Are you using Resharper? Then this might explain the problem. Just search for floating in the following website: http://blogs.jetbrains.com/dotnet/2012/09/resharper-71-early-access-is-open/

Answer 2

Following instructions from a blog post on the resharper website, Create a .DotSettings file with this code in it:

<wpf:ResourceDictionary xml:space="preserve" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" xmlns:s="clr-namespace:System;assembly=mscorlib" xmlns:ss="urn:shemas-jetbrains-com:settings-storage-xaml" xmlns:wpf="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation">
  <s:Boolean x:Key="/Default/Housekeeping/SuppressOwnerlessFloatingWindows/IsDisablingIndependentFloating/@EntryValue">False</s:Boolean>
</wpf:ResourceDictionary>

In visual studio, go to Resharper -> Manage Options -> Add Layer. Find this file and add it.

Answer 3

Window Shortcuts

Below is the list of keyboard shortcuts to control the active window:

• Minimize window Alt + F2
• Maximize/restore window Alt + F3
• Maximize window vertically Alt + F5
• Maximize window horizontally Alt + F6
• Toggle “Always on top” Win + A
• Hide window Win + Q
• Minimize to tray Win + F2
• Unhide/Restore from tray Win + F3