Visual studio 2010 IDE layout

My current visual studio panel layout looks similar to the drawing below:

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|  |         |  |  
|  |         |  |  
|  |         |  |  
|  |         |--|  
|  |         |  |  
|  |---------|  |  
|  |         |  |  
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I really don't need the full height of the screen for the toolbox or server explorer and was wondering if there was a way开发者_如何学JAVA to change the layout so that the bottom section extended all the way to the left edge of the screen like in this drawing:

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|  |         |  |
|  |         |  |
|  |         |  |
|  |         |--|
|  |         |  |
|------------|  |
|            |  |
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I am space constrained on the right side, so a symetric layout with the bottom section running full width wouldn't be acceptable. I've tried dragging stuff around but haven't had any luck in getting VS to position the panels as I want. Is my desired layout not possible or am I missing the right way to coax the layout into fitting?

Yes, you can do this. When you are dragging the toolbox, note the little "targets" in the center of the screen. Drop the toolbox onto the target that corresponds with the area where you want it docked.

See here for more detail and pics.

Drag the bottom panel off and make sure to mouse over the icon that appears all the way at the bottom center of the screen, although this will cause it to take up the whole bottom portion of the IDE,

That's an easy process.

1. Drag the window docked in the bottom to middle of the VS window so that it floats in the middle.

2. Now when you drag it, a helper would apper to doc it.

3. You'll have some dynamic docking helpers like below.

                          ↑    
                          ↑
   ←                       ← →                              →
                          ↓
                          ↓
   

4. if you chose the downarrow in the dock helper in the middle, you'll get the layout like this.

|  |         |  |            
|  |         |  |            
|  |         |  |            
|  |         |--|            
|  |         |  |            
|  |---------|  |            
|  |         |  |            
----------------- 

5. If you chose the downarrow all the way at the bottom, you'll get the layout like this.

|  |         |  |           
|  |         |  |           
|  |         |  |           
|  |         |--|           
|  |         |  |           
|---------------|           
|               |           
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