Visual Studio 2010 auto hide toolbox tab

Question

In VS 2010 when you drag one control to your page (left mouse button is still clicked and cursor is on the page area) so the toolbox tab (from your left side - and auto hide) is still there and it seems auto hide not work.

But in VS 2008 everything was ok!

What is the problem about that / I am looking for this answer because when you drag something on your page you can not see the right element for dropping that control !!!

Any idea?

Answer 1

If you drag a control from the toolbox to somewhere within the design canvas but not onto your form, the toolbox will remain visible despite auto-hide being enabled. Notice the mouse cursor will have the "NO" symbol (circle with a line through it) while over the canvas area. Once you successfully place the control onto the form somewhere, the toolbox will auto-hide.

Answer 2

Autohide is working well for me, however, if you are having a problem you can try the following:

• try pinning and then unpinning the toolbox
• if you want to drop the control in a certain area .. select that area (one left click on the element where you wanna add the control) and then double click on the control you want to add and it will be added to where you want it and then you can place it
• if that didn't work .. (and it should) .. try repairing MS VS2010