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Visual Studio Tab Groups on Multiple Monitors


My current setup has one large monitor and one smaller monitor. I have VS 2010 expanded to fill both monitors, and I have two horizontal Tab Groups set up on the larger and one on the smaller. Problem is, every time I run the program, VS automatically repositions the dividers so that they're evenly spaced across the combined monitor space, causing the middle panel to be split down the middle. I then have to move the dividers back where I want them - one right between the screens and one halfway across the larger screen. Then when I stop the program, it resets them AGAIN, and I have to constantly repeat this process, which is not only really annoying, but also slow and unresponsive when dealing with the very large code-base I'm currently working on. Is there some way to tell VS to just leave my window positioning alone between running and stopping execution?


Solution

  • This isn't really an exact answer to your question but perhaps you'd have better luck just grabbing the tab and dragging it to the other monitor. It basically acts like a new window that stays open on the other monitor. Form that tab you can build a tab group?

    Again, not sure if this would help, but is how I do it.

    as explained by Scott Gu