[RESOLVED] VB.net lost the Ctrl-F find feature

[teguh123]

I install VB.net in a computer with 2G mem. Yea, will need to replace that one quickly. But still VB.net need to run even on my slowest computer because I like my program to run on debug mod.

One day, my programmer notice that we can no longer search for anything.

Restarting computer doesn't work
Creating a new project make the feature available again but not anymore "after a while".

Pressing Ctrl-F make the vb.net window lost focus but the quickfind window doesn't show up as if it's hidden somewhere.

Anyone got the issue?

We ended up uinstalling and reinstalling VB.net again to try things out.

[BackWoodsCoder]

try ctrl+shift+f to bring up advanced search. Does the bug still occur if you select find from the menu?

[kleinma]

The find window is probably being brought up off screen. I have heard of this issue happening before.

Try clicking "Reset Window Layout" from the Window menu in Visual Studio, then see if the find window is once again accessible when you try to bring it up.

Note this option will reset the window layout to the default, if you have customized the window layout in the IDE, this will undo that.

[teguh123]

If I select the find from the menu the bug still happen. I will try this again after I reinstall VB2008.

Yes. It looks like the search window is opened "somewhere" but where?

[BackWoodsCoder]

did you try...

Try clicking "Reset Window Layout" from the Window menu in Visual Studio, then see if the find window is once again accessible when you try to bring it up.

[teguh123]

If I select the find from the menu the bug still happen. I will try this again after I reinstall VB2008.

Yes. It looks like the search window is opened "somewhere" but where?

[kleinma]

Did you miss my post about resetting the window layout?

[teguh123]

it has been ressolve.
yesterday i couldn't try because i have uninstalled my vb.net

thanks all..

[RatdogUSA]

The find window is probably being brought up off screen. I have heard of this issue happening before.

Try clicking "Reset Window Layout" from the Window menu in Visual Studio, then see if the find window is once again accessible when you try to bring it up.

Note this option will reset the window layout to the default, if you have customized the window layout in the IDE, this will undo that.

OK Thanks, this helped me solve it. I have two screens, a lap top and a monitor. The Find box was actually opening up in the hidden space below the VB full-screen and to the left of my laptop screen.
By making my VB view smaller instead of the fullscreen, and moving the window to the top of the monitor screen, now the box appears just below the VB screen, but still on the monitor. From there I can drag the find box onto my laptop, and reset VB to full-screen.

No reconfigurations required. Didnt need to reinstall anything, or reset the windows layout.

Actually my first step was to disconnect the monitor and just use the laptop screen. then the find box appeared on my laptop screen because the was no longer any hidden space. That led me to explore further, and there it was.

Thanks for the help