Hot Windows 2017-2019 - Tool Window Management for Visual Studio

Note: This version only works on VS2017 and VS2019. Latest extension available here.

Easily manage tool windows with shortcuts and status bar context menu.

Provides a menu button in the status bar with access to popular windows and window layout features.

You can open the status bar menu by pressing Ctrl+\, W.

Includes new menu items in the Window menu:

• Use Shift+Ins to Hide windows (minimise to side bar)
• Use Ctrl+Ins to dock a tool window.
• Use Shift+Alt+Ins to Hide all windows (Toggle feature! Will restore all windows if state has not changed.)

Bind Shift+Esc to Window.CloseMostRecentWindow to be able to close windows without first navigating to them.

New feature: Show/Hide Tool Window Gutters (Alt+W+G)

Hides the tab bars in the IDE shell, giving you more area for your documents.

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