Paul Krill
Editor at Large

Microsoft patches Visual Studio menu problem

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Oct 15, 20102 mins

Context menus have had scrollbars even when not necessary

Microsoft is offering patches to fix a pesky problem with context menus in the Visual Studio 2010 IDE, company officials said this week.

The widely reported problem has had context menus in the IDE containing scrollbars even there is sufficient real estate to show a menu without them, said Matt Kaufman, Microsoft senior program manager for Visual Studio, in a blog post.

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“We’re pleased to announce that there are patches available for Visual Studio and WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) that fix this problem,” Kaufman said.

Both the Visual Studio patch and the WPF patch are available at the MSDN website

The context menu issue has been “one of the top reported Microsoft Connect issues with VS 2010,” said Scott Guthrie, corporate vice president of the Microsoft Developer Division, in a blog post.

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Paul Krill

Paul Krill is editor at large at InfoWorld. Paul has been covering computer technology as a news and feature reporter for more than 35 years, including 30 years at InfoWorld. He has specialized in coverage of software development tools and technologies since the 1990s, and he continues to lead InfoWorld’s news coverage of software development platforms including Java and .NET and programming languages including JavaScript, TypeScript, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, and Go. Long trusted as a reporter who prioritizes accuracy, integrity, and the best interests of readers, Paul is sought out by technology companies and industry organizations who want to reach InfoWorld’s audience of software developers and other information technology professionals. Paul has won a “Best Technology News Coverage” award from IDG.

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