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August 22nd, 2007, 10:19 AM
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Find Dialog Box Hidden at Run Time?
When NOT running a program in Visual Studio, <ctrl>+<f> brings up the Find dialog box as expected.
But when running code in the debugger, the Find dialog box is NOT shown! It's definitely opened, though. Visual Studio loses focus and I know the Find window gets focus because I can type in text and hit enter to search. But I just can't see it no matter what I do, including minimizing all other open windows and shrinking VS down to the smallest possible side. It's not hidden under anything - it's just not visible!
I've been using it for months just fine until now. Any idea why/where it's being hidden and how I can make it visible again?
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August 27th, 2007, 02:29 PM
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Doesn't somebody have a suggestion of something to check? It's difficult to debug when I can't see the Find dialog box!
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August 27th, 2007, 02:34 PM
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You may want to try Tools | Import and Export Settings. Then choose Reset all settings,
Before you do so, you may want to make a backup of those settings using the same wizard.
Resetting all the settings also resets window layout, hopefully also bringing back your Find dialog.
HtH,
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August 29th, 2007, 02:00 PM
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Thanks for suggesting something, Imar. Curiously, the problem "magically" fixed itself shortly after posting the second time. I have no clue why it was behaving like this, nor can I point to anything I did that fixed it, but it was certainly frustrating while it lasted.
Good luck to anybody else who runs into this, because I have no suggestion beyond Imar's on how to correct it.
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September 21st, 2007, 02:31 PM
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It seems to be a contagious thing. My VS 2005 installation now has it too... ;)
I am not up to resetting my IDE as I have a lot of toolbox and other customizations, but I will if I have to. I'll post an update here to let you know if it worked. Maybe it just goes away after posting here... ;)
Imar
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