VB .net property tab stops working after trap

[Brad]

Hi

on my new visual studio with fresh win2000 install, I noticed after something
happens the property tab stops appearing, and nothing can make it re appear
except closing the entire solution/window and starting over.

it seems to happen after exceptions or faults stop the debugger, something
changes somewhere and the properties can not be displayed, but everything
else works fine. has anyone else had this problem?

thanks

[Craig Dunford]

Happens to me also. Must be a bug

[David Williams]

I found that this happens a lot when I use the Auto Hide on the property
window. The quick fix that I use to click on the property tab, go to the
Windows menu item, uncheck auto hide then check it again. This fixes not
only the problem with "lost" property tags, but also with "lost" local and
auto variable windows during debugging.

HTH

David
"Craig Dunford" <littledump@rogers.com> wrote in message
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> Happens to me also. Must be a bug

[Jacob Grass]

Brad wrote:
> it seems to happen after exceptions or faults stop the debugger,
> something changes somewhere and the properties can not be displayed,
> but everything else works fine. has anyone else had this problem?
>

I *think* it has to do with having the Output window and the Properties
window set to autohide. See this article:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q313899

For me, when the properties window disappears, I press F4 (to get it to
appear as auto-hidden) and then shift+Click on the tab. That forces it to
come back out.

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