MaxContentView

This is a fork and updated port of Hide Main Menu, Title Bar, and Tabs extension for Visual Studio 2022/2026.

This extension hides Menu bar, Title bar, and Tab Well. Menu and title bar are in auto-hide mode and are accessible if you press "Alt" hotkey or hover mouse over window top. Tabs can also be hidden and you can easily switch between them using Ctrl-Tab and other navigation hotkeys.

You can configure setting in Options -> Environment -> MaxContentView.

An extension for programmers who don't use mouse when writing code and want to get rid of unneeded panels that are taking up space and distracting from code.

Because of VS Marketplace Support Team's request, I've changed this extension's name to MaxContentView.

This project is maintained in the repository: ChrisTorng/MaxContentView

It is a fork of the original project: poma/MinimalisticView

In addition to the name and description changes, the following updates have been made:

• The original extension supported Visual Studio 2017/2019 and is no longer maintained.

  • This repository was archived by the owner on Sep 22, 2022. It is now read-only.
  • #18 Visual Studio 2022 Support never resolved.

  This extension drops support for Visual Studio 2017/2019 and instead targets Visual Studio 2022/2026.

• Removed the "Ctrl+Q" hotkey, as it is now used by Visual Studio's "Feature Search" by default.

Download

You can download the extension from the Visual Studio Marketplace: MaxContentView

Original Extension

The original extension was created by Poma and can be found at:

• Marketplace: Hide Main Menu, Title Bar, and Tabs
• GitHub: poma/MinimalisticView