Customise the Navigation Pane

You can choose which panels to display in the Solution Explorer, and you can reorder the panels. You can dock the navigation pane to make more space available for the view pane. You can move the entire navigation pane or individual tabs to another section of the screen.

Activity Steps

  1. To customise which panels display in the Solution Explorer:
    1. Select the Solution Explorer tab in the navigation pane.
    2. Click the arrow icon in the bottom-right corner of the tab.
    3. Select Navigation Pane Options from the menu.
    4. Check or reorder tabs as required.
    5. Click OK.
  2. To dock the navigation pane:
    1. Select any tab in the navigation pane.
    2. Click the Docking Pin icon. Vertical Docking Pin icon
  3. To undock the navigation pane:
    1. Hover the mouse pointer over the docked navigation pane.

      The navigation pane displays temporarily.

    2. Click the Undocking Pin icon. Horizontal Docking Pin icon
  4. To move the entire navigation pane:
    1. Click and hold the top of the navigation pane.
    2. Drag the pane to one of the screen location markers that display while dragging. Screen location marker icon
  5. To move a tab of the navigation pane, use the mouse to drag the tab to one of the screen location markers.
  6. To reset the navigation pane to its default display, on the Application ribbon tab, click Default Interface Definition.