C# For Beginners Lesson 4 - Overview of Visual Studio IDE

The Microsoft Visual Studio Interface

The Main Menu

The top section of Microsoft Visual Studio displays the main menu divided in categories such as File or Edit. The main menu is used like the menu of a normal application.

The Toolbars

Under the main menu, there is a toolbar. Normally, when the studio is launched, it displays the Standard toolbar as its default. Some additional toolbars will display in response to an action from you. Still, you can display other toolbars if you want. To do this:

• On the main menu, click View -> Toolbars and click the toolbar of your choice
• Right-click the main menu or any toolbar. In the that appears, click the desired toolbar

Toolbars are used the same way they are in other applications.

Microsoft Visual Studio's menus and toolbars can be customized. You can customize a menu category on the main menu by adding a menu item to it. You can customize a toolbar by adding a button to it. To start, right-click anything on the main menu or on any toolbar and click Customize... For example, imagine you want to add an item named Start Without Debugging to the left side of the Start button: