VS2017 has (at least with the newest update I also just installed), at the bottom of the main window, a brightly shining blue status bar, which visually sticks out greatly. As this is the only big bright blue thing on the whole screen, this very distracting.
Is there a way to change the color?
According to this answer, there is an official theme editor for Visual Studio 2017. You can install it through the menu "Tools > Extensions and updates" and search online source for "Color Theme Editor for Visual Studio 2017".
It will install an extension which will make you be able to edit each element of a visual style.
You can see more details of that extension on the official Color Theme Editor for Visual Studio 2017 page and also some help steps on this page from GitHub.
In my case, I wanted to change the purple color of the statusbar from the Dark theme and I was able through that extension.
Update on Feb, 19-2019
This editor should work on Visual Studio 2019 as well, as can be seen on "Works with" section on Visual Studio Marketplace website.
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Does Rectangle Select functionality (viz., click, hold, and drag the mouse to create a selection) exist for the Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 RDLC Report Designer?
What I'm trying to do:
After opening an existing RDLC file for editing in Design mode, I want to efficiently make room for a new text box in the middle of the report.
When I attempt to click and drag to select objects to move, the Rectangle Select doesn't appear.
Installation Details
Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 Professional (v15.8) with two Microsoft Marketplace add-ons installed:
Microsoft RDLC Report Designer for Visual Studio (v14.2)
Microsoft Reporting Services Projects (v1.24)
The project uses NuGet package Microsoft.ReportingServices.ReportViewerControl.WebForms (v140.1000.523) to display the report.
Deploying and rendering works fine. This question just pertains to moving things in Design view.
Rectangle Select seems to trigger only after a click+hold+drag starting from the design surface of the Report Header, Body, or Footer.
It seems a click+hold+drag starting from anywhere else (e.g., the whitespace outside the report) fails to trigger Rectangle Select.
I am using Visual Studio 2017 where I imported a nice dark theme from https://studiostyl.es but unfortunately I am getting this white bar (see on the picture) on the left which I would like to make dark too. Which Visual Studio settings I should use to change the color of this particular bar UI section?
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I'm used to seeing an update option in Help About. How do you update the Visual Studio 2017 IDE to the latest version?
While in the Visual Studio 2017 IDE, you'll see a yellow flag in the title bar that indicates that at least one notification is waiting:
You can single-click that flag icon to view the notifications. If you see an update, you can click the link. That takes you to the Extensions and Updates window.
But to get to updates when you might have dismissed notifications or when you don't see the yellow-flag icon, you can get to that window directly. To do that, go to Tools | Extensions and Updates. On the left pane select Updates. You'll see a list of available updates. To install one, click the Update button. In the image below, Visual Studio Update 15.1 (26403.7) is available and its Update button appears on the right edge of the selected item.
I have a trouble with C++ projects in Visual Studio 2015 Community Edition.
First of all I cannot create new c++ project (simple console application). When I click on "OK" button in "New Project" wizard the window hide and show up again. (Nothing happened)
Second problem. When I open existing project and try to edit C++ setting I only see "Configuration Properties".
I've already tried "Repair" in VS2015 intaller and it doesn't help. Can anyone help me?
According the official site, this is a ugly and strange bug of some VS updates:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vs-knownissues/vs2015-update3
In some cases, applying Updates to VS 2015 can cause the optional feature selections for Visual C++ (e.g. Common Tools for Visual C++ 2015) to become deselected and uninstalled. This issue can be resolved by re-selecting the required Visual C++ features in the Visual Studio 2015 setup dialog.
In "Programs and Features" (Add/Remove Programs), select "Microsoft Visual Studio 2015", then click "Change".
In the Visual Studio setup dialog, click "Modify"
Select/check "Programming Languages->Visual C++->Common Tools for Visual C++ 2015" and other features under "Programming Languages->Visual C++", as appropriate.
Click "UPDATE".
How do I set an icon for my c++ application? I'm using visual studio 2013 express. all the questions like this that have been on the same topic were all visual studio 2008 and i don't know if there's any different with the way the icons work.
Not 100% sure, but I believe if you click on the title bar in the design tab, in the properties panel, you would be able to select one.