Visual Studio 2005 is irriating

Question

It sucks.

Well ok it does a lot of cool things but I'm a little irritated. First off, I can't find any hotkeys or key combinations to call and dismiss(autohide) the properties box. Well I can use Ctrl + W + P to call it but once I call it I can't make it disappear. And I can't find a function from Tools->Customize to do that with either. There *is* a Hide/Auto-Hide, but that doesn't really work as you lose focus on the properties box half the time anyway. Meaning I have to scroll over, reselect the stupid thing, and then use my hotkey. Not feasible. I just want something like a toggle switch that specifically calls the property box, and then when I'm done with it(or I just want it to go away for no reason) I can press a key and make it disappear. Anyone have any ideas how to do that?

I forgot what else is giving me problems, I'm sure I'll see it again soon.

Alan C Balkany · Answer

If you click on the push-pin icon in the upper-right corner of the Properties box it will remain open. Click again to allow it to close in Auto-Hide mode. (It's the icon just to the left of the 'X' close icon.)

tach · Answer

Thanks that helps but is there a way to keep the properties box open(basically disable autohide) and then remove it without having to scroll over to it click/highlight and then press esc? Autohide is not so helpful for me as I keep switching from code source to designer source and sometimes I want the properties box to remain open and other times I don't. Oh well not too big of a deal I'll just keep using f4 + esc. My other gripe is the Intellisense. I'd like the Intellisense descriptions to remain on the screen for longer than 10 seconds as I keep running into .NET's complex methods that have 10 parameters to read and the windows keeps closing on me while I'm reading. Is there anyway to keep Intellisense descriptions on the screen longer?

Manish Dwivedi · Answer

Hi You can use the F4 for appearing the property and for disappear u can use the ESC button. Happy Coding!!