Visual Studio Docking Guides I made a mistake today when trying to move tool windows around in Visual Studio – I merged the two docking frames at the bottom while debugging.  I couldn’t figure out how to split them again, so I decided to search for a solution.  MSDN came to the rescue :-)

When you drag a tab or a window, a guide diamond appears with four arrows and a center.  There are also four arrows at each side of the Visual Studio Window.  Each of these guides (a total of 9) allow you to create a new docking frame or add the dockable window to an existing frame.  For example, if you want to create a new frame on the right side, move the mouse to the arrow at the far right of the Visual Studio window while you are dragging the dockable window and you will see a blue are highlighted where it will place the window.

I’ve been seeing these guides for a long time but never tried hovering over one of them to see what they would do.  I have to say, they are a very nice interface.

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