Screaming with frustration

[Greg Maxey]

I have done something to make a dog's breakfast out of my VBA editor view.
Until recently when I pressed ALT+F11, the Code window opened on the right
two thirds of the screen, the project explorer opened on the top left one
third and the properties window open on the bottom left.

Now it is a real mess and I can't figure out how to restore that nice stable
view.

Help please.

 

[Karl E. Peterson]

Hi Greg --

I have done something to make a dog's breakfast out of my VBA editor
view. Until recently when I pressed ALT+F11, the Code window opened
on the right two thirds of the screen, the project explorer opened on
the top left one third and the properties window open on the bottom
left.

Now it is a real mess and I can't figure out how to restore that nice
stable view.

It takes real patience! Screaming doesn't help. <g>

Decide what you want along each edge. The key is to connect them first,
then connect that "glob" to the edge. For example, I have Immediate and
Locals along the bottom. Make both of them floaters. Then drag one upside
the other, until the drag border goes from double-thick to single-thick. At
that point, you can release and they'll stick. Do the same to attach to the
edge of the IDE. Repeat around the circle. HTH?

Later... Karl

 

[Greg Maxey]

Karl,

Yes, more patience and less screaming paid off. Thanks.

 

[Karl E. Peterson]

Yes, more patience and less screaming paid off. Thanks.

Not that I don't relate to the initial approach! ;-)

 

[janine_docsonline]

Did the same thing myself and it has never been the same.... must be some
trick to invoke it and none to restore it....

 

[Tony Jollans]

Seems this one is all sorted and windows can usually be sorted with
patience.

For future reference for anyone interested, the positions of all the windows
in the VBE are held in the registry.

For Word 2000 and later, VBE settings are common across all applications and
all VBE instances must be closed before registry changes will take proper
effect (and not get overwritten).

Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VBA\6.0\Common

contains several values relating to VBA customization.

Value: "Dock"

contains details of the window positions.

This value can be deleted and the built-in defaults will take effect next
time the VBE is opened.

 

[Greg Maxey]

Thanks Tony. This is nice to know.