Skip to content

docs: explain how to show Solution Explorer from Explorer title bar menu#9801

Open
Dotify71 wants to merge 1 commit into
microsoft:mainfrom
Dotify71:docs/issue-9799-solution-explorer-visibility
Open

docs: explain how to show Solution Explorer from Explorer title bar menu#9801
Dotify71 wants to merge 1 commit into
microsoft:mainfrom
Dotify71:docs/issue-9799-solution-explorer-visibility

Conversation

@Dotify71
Copy link
Copy Markdown

Summary

Closes #9799.

The Solution Explorer section in the Explorer pane may not be visible if it was previously hidden. The existing documentation stated that it appears automatically when a workspace with solution files is opened, but did not explain how to restore it when hidden.

Users have been confused because existing web guidance suggests right-clicking the Activity Bar to show or hide views — but that does not work for the C# Solution Explorer section, which is controlled via the Explorer title bar menu instead.

Changes

docs/csharp/project-management.md

  • Added a Tip block immediately after the opening description of Solution Explorer.
  • Explains that users should open the Explorer view, click the Views and More Actions (...) button in the Explorer title bar, and check Solution Explorer to toggle it on.
  • Explicitly notes that right-clicking the Activity Bar does not control this specific view, addressing the most common point of confusion.

Closes microsoft#9799.

The Solution Explorer section in the Explorer pane may not be visible
if it was previously hidden. The existing documentation only stated
that it appears automatically when a workspace with solution files is
opened, but did not explain how to restore it when hidden.

Add a Tip block after the initial Solution Explorer description that
directs users to the Views and More Actions (...) button in the
Explorer title bar to toggle the Solution Explorer section on. Also
clarifies that right-clicking the Activity Bar does not control this
specific view, which was a common source of confusion.
Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment

Labels

None yet

Projects

None yet

Development

Successfully merging this pull request may close these issues.

C# docs should explain that Solution Explorer/C# project details are enabled from Explorer title bar ... menu

1 participant