Window Basics
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What do you want to do?
Display the shortcut menu for a window
Move a window
Size a window
Show or hide the status bar in the main Visual C++ window
Display the clock on the status bar
Place the most recently used windows at the top of the list on the Window menu
Specify the number of windows that will appear on the Window menu
To display the shortcut menu for a window
- Point to the window and click the right mouse button.
To move a window
- Click on the title bar, and drag the window to the location you want.
To size a window
- Click on the window border, and drag the window border to the size you want.
To show or hide the status bar in the main Visual C++ window
On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Workspace tab.
Select DisplayStatusBar to show the status bar, or clear the DisplayStatusBar check box to hide it.
Notes The status bar displays useful information. Its leftmost text field, for instance, describes the currently selected menu command or the action of the button currently under the mouse pointer.
The status bar also displays progress information about the current operation. For a text editor window, it shows the line and column position of the insertion point, the state of the RECORD KEYSTROKES AND COLUMN MODE, whether the editor is in insertion mode or overstrike mode, and whether the file is set for read-only access. The clock can also be displayed on the status bar as described below.
To display the clock on the status bar
On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Workspace tab.
Select DisplayClockOnStatusBar.
To place the most recently used windows at the top of the list on the Window menu
On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Workspace tab.
Select AutomaticallySortWindowMenu.
To specify the number of windows that will appear on the Window menu
On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Workspace tab.
Enter the number of windows in the Windows box.