Working with Documents in Microsoft Visual Studio
- 8/24/2011
- 04.01 Insert Documents to the Right of Existing Tabs
- 04.02 Recent Files
- 04.03 Working with Documents on Multiple Monitors
- 04.04 Navigate Open Document Windows
- 04.05 Close the Current Document Window
- 04.06 Open a File Location from the File Tab
- 04.07 Open the File Menu Drop-Down List from Your Keyboard
- 04.08 Using the IDE Navigator
- 04.09 Multiple Views of the Same Document
- 04.10 Closing Just the Selected Files You Want
- 04.11 Understanding the File Open Location
- 04.12 Show Previous Versions
- 04.13 Using Custom File Extension Associations
04.02 Recent Files
WINDOWS |
Alt,W, [1,2,3, etc] (windows); Alt,F, F, [1,2,3, etc] (files); Alt,F, J, [1,2,3, etc] (projects and solutions) |
MENU |
Tools | Options | General | Recent files; Window | [1,2,3, etc]; File | Recent Files | [1,2,3, etc]; File | Recent Projects and Solutions | [1,2,3, etc] |
COMMAND |
Tools.Options |
VERSIONS |
2005, 2008, 2010 |
CODE | vstipEnv0013 |
By default, the Window menu shows the 10 most recent files you had open, as shown in the illustration to the right.
Likewise, the Recent Files and Recent Projects And Solutions items on the File menu show only the last 20 entries.
You can easily modify these numbers (up or down) by going to Tools | Options | General | Recent files.
For each of these options, the minimum value is 1 and the maximum value is 24. Experiment with numbers that suit your taste.