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Mythran - 16 Jun 2008 16:42 GMT

I've done quite a few searches trying to find an option or some programmatic
way to change the tab order of new document windows (either code windows, or
visual designers) in the Visual Studio .Net IDE and I have come up with
nothing so far...

In Visual Studio .Net 2003, when you create or open a document in the IDE,
the new document has a tab on the top of the code pane that shows the name
of the file. If there are any other documents opened, the one you are
creating or opening is placed on the right side (the tab is) of the rest of
the documents. In Visual Studio .Net 2008, new tabs are on the left,
instead of the right. Is there any way to change this (via an Add-in,
registry hack, or a plain option I have missed)?

Thanks,
Mythran

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Jialiang Ge [MSFT] - 17 Jun 2008 09:09 GMT

Good morning Mythran. Welcome to Microsoft Newsgroup Support Service!

My understanding is that you want to manipulate the tab order of the
document windows in the IDE. If I've misunderstood it, please let me know.

I have studied the VS automation model and found that the automation model
does not maintain the order of the tabs in the document-window area. There
are a number of reasons for this; a document does not reflect the UI,
rather it is the Window object that reflects the UI. However, if we were to
manipulate the order of the Windows collection, it would not give you what
you want either since the tool windows are interwined with document
windows.

I'll perform more research on the Visual Studio SDK about this issue and
contact the VSX team to see if they can shed some light. I will get back to
you as soon as possible.

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Mythran - 17 Jun 2008 16:25 GMT

> Good morning Mythran. Welcome to Microsoft Newsgroup Support Service!
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Thanks for your reply,

I have been researching the SDK myself for a programmable solution. No luck
there, yet. If you find something, that'd be great. I am wondering why
something like the "document tab order" was changed without an option to
reverse it with either a registry key modification or a simple option in the
IDE options....?

Thanks,
Mythran

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Jialiang Ge [MSFT] - 18 Jun 2008 07:19 GMT

Thank you, Mythran, for your great feedbacks.

I agree that the change of "document tab order" in Visual Studio is not
desirable. We have received a lot of customers' concerns on this point,
e.g.
http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?Feedbac
kID=114423

I talked with the developer who is responsible for this feature. Currently
there's no option or mechanism in VS SDK that allows us to manipulate the
tab order of document windows. It has been requested in the past by a
couple of partners, but I would like to let you know that it may take some
time before the realization because adding a feature at Microsoft is an
extremely rigorous process where the product group tries to ensure that
while adding one feature we do not create other multiple issues or break
the product at other places.

The Visual Studio team also confirm that they will take your feedback into
a serious account when designing the future releases of Visual Studio.
Improving the quality of the products and services is a never-ending
process for Microsoft.

If you have any other questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to
contact us. It is always our pleasure to be of assistance.

Sorry that I can't help out on this occasion.

Regards,
Jialiang Ge (jialge@online.microsoft.com, remove 'online.')
Microsoft Online Community Support

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Mythran - 18 Jun 2008 23:18 GMT

> Thank you, Mythran, for your great feedbacks.
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Thanks.

Mythran

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