How to move "Solution Explorer" tab in Visual Studio

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Does anyone know how to move the "Solution Explorer" tab in Visual Studio 2005? It's on the left, and I can't move it to the right.

Thanks,

Alan

score 79 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 26 '08 at 19:47

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Click on the title bar, and drag it to the right portion of the screen. Eventually you'll see a compas like structure popup. Make sure you hover over the right area and let go of the mouse button. That will bind it to the right side.

edited Nov 26 '08 at 19:47

dlamblin

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answered Nov 26 '08 at 19:30

JaredPar

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Thanks! (I had it in full-screen mode, where this didn't work.) – user20493 Nov 26 '08 at 19:34

score 34 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 13 '14 at 07:38

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You Can go to tab Windows -> Reset Windows Layout. Other options like Dockable, Floating and Tabbed Document are also their.

answered Jun 13 '14 at 07:38

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score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 16 '10 at 09:01

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you move the whole solution explorer while its floating on the screen. Right click--> Tabbed Document. right click again --> Vertical tab

answered Jul 16 '10 at 09:01

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I had to also enable Auto Hide. – Jack Strosahl Oct 16 '19 at 02:50

score 5 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 29 '21 at 15:33

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To complement what the accepted answer gives, if you want it to look like this (on the left side):

Do the exact same procedure, and then after it has attached to the left side, click on "Auto Hide":

This way, it will stay visible on the toolbar.

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Or you can only click the pin-icon, then it will also do the action "Auto Hide", and you will see a entry in the toolbar from this window, where you click the pin-icon – SwissCodeMen Jan 03 '22 at 07:59

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 16 '20 at 05:45

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This is an old question, but for anyone looking to change tab placement in Visual Studio 2019, right click the open tab, select [Set Tab Layout] then a position: Left, Top, Right.

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Nov 26 '08 at 19:49

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You can only drag the panel by the title bar to the central compass overlay while it is pinned and not set to auto hide. You can click the pin icon in the title bar to toggle this.

answered Nov 26 '08 at 19:49

dlamblin

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score -1 · Answer 7 · answered Mar 13 '19 at 09:32

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Go to View-> Appearance -> Move Side Bar Left

answered Mar 13 '19 at 09:32

Sai

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How to move "Solution Explorer" tab in Visual Studio

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