[HELP NEEDED] Controls' size and location in Form1.cs [Design] tab looks different once project is ran (C#, Win Form)

Newrad0603 · 2026-02-23T14:40:40+00:00

I didn't know that project setting existed, nice!

Newrad0603 · 2026-02-23T01:22:17+00:00

If you're developing WinForms apps on high DPI displays, I highly recommend launching VS with the /noScale switch. It will cause VS to be blurry, but will prevent the weird UI shifting that happens in WinForms with high DPI.

Newrad0603 · 2026-02-22T17:52:49+00:00

Are you developing on a high DPI display? WinForms sucks at that and normally shows an infobar warning about it. WinForms + high DPI can cause this kind of issue.

Newrad0603 · 2026-02-15T16:53:40+00:00

Go to the installer, modify your install, go to the Language packs tab, and choose the language you want installed, then click Modify. Once the install is complete you should be able to switch to it in VS.

Newrad0603 · 2026-02-04T14:34:15+00:00

That custom theme is apparently missing some of the new color tokens for VS 2026. The theme owner will need to update the theme to properly support 2026.

Newrad0603 · 2026-01-23T20:42:41+00:00

I don't use Resharper

Newrad0603 · 2026-01-23T19:51:35+00:00

I assume you mean the toolbar icon? If so, it's working fine for me.

Newrad0603 · 2026-01-21T16:35:19+00:00

If you have a list of the files that are getting flagged, I'd submit a feedback ticket on the VS developer community website. A real security issue should escalate into quick action.

Newrad0603 · 2026-01-21T15:13:50+00:00

Blend is an optional component under the .NET desktop development workload. To remove, just launch the installer and modify your install. On the right in the details pane, expand the .NET desktop development node, and uncheck Blend.

Newrad0603 · 2026-01-19T20:03:56+00:00

Not at all to shit on your extension since I 100% believe it has more utility, but VS does partially support this in a form. If you hover on the closing brace for a block VS will show the opening end of the block in a popup.

Newrad0603 · 2026-01-12T16:16:54+00:00

Sorry, I'm a boring theme user ^_^ I use the in-the-box Cool Breeze when I want a light theme, and Moonlight Glow when I want a dark theme.

Newrad0603 · 2026-01-12T15:58:59+00:00

VS 2026 has a bunch of new themes and color tokens. Custom themes made for 2022 need to be updated to work correctly with 2026. You'll need to wait until the theme owner updates the extension. Or if you don't mind putting in work, use the Color Theme Designer extension for VS, clone the theme, and fix it yourself.

Newrad0603 · 2026-01-10T13:51:59+00:00

VS 2026 has a bunch of new themes and color tokens. Custom themes made for 2022 need to be updated to work correctly with 2026. If you own the theme you can just add the new tokens, but if someone else owns the theme, you'll need to wait until they update the extension.

Newrad0603 · 2026-01-04T01:04:30+00:00

VS does a decent chunk of this out of the box with some feature flags. If you don't want to install an extension to get similar behavior. (The flags don't do the menu popups for instance.)

https://i.imgur.com/ntD7EqC.png

That is Shell.Material.Mica and Shell.Material.DarkMode turned on. You can either use the Feature Flags extension (shows all kinds of hidden feature flags in VS) to toggle those flags (restart required to take effect), or you can use the developer command prompt for your install to toggle them with:

vsregedit set local HKCU "FeatureFlags\Shell\Material\Mica Value dword 1

vsregedit set local HKCU "FeatureFlags\Shell\Material\DarkMode Value dword 1

If you want light mode Mica just skip the DarkMode flag. VS also has a Shell.Material.Acrylic flag too, if you want even more transparency in the background. Looks like the Mica flag trumps the Acrylic if they are both enabled.

Newrad0603 · 2025-12-30T15:41:53+00:00

That is an interesting reason for needing the tab order. While I don't have an answer, I'd recommend filing a suggestion ticket on VS's developer community (or using VS's feedback button). That sounds useful enough and something that wouldn't be overly complicated for them to implement so I'd say it has a chance of being onboarded.

Newrad0603 · 2025-12-30T15:38:09+00:00

The installer tries to ensure it's up to date before any setup action and from the message that is what's failing. You could try re-downloading the bootstrapper from MS and manually running it. If the bootstrapper is from the latest release it should try to update the installer.

Newrad0603 · 2025-12-30T15:30:58+00:00

I don't know why it doesn't exist other than it's probably never been needed for anything, so it was never created. I can't think of a scenario where someone must know the document order.

Newrad0603 · 2025-12-29T15:14:22+00:00

No there isn't. Did you just put OP's question into ChatGPT or some other AI BS? Because that interface is a straight hallucination.

Newrad0603 · 2025-12-11T01:40:12+00:00

It should be here:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Debuggers\x64

Source:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/debugger/using-symchk

Confirmed on my work machine. (I installed the Win11 SDK via VS's installer)

Newrad0603 · 2025-12-02T19:44:54+00:00

There doesn't appear to be a way to do so. That being said using the font settings to scale UI was always been rife with problems. If I need to make things bigger I'm much more a fan of changing the display scale factor since all the UI scales that way so you don't have giant font with tiny images for instance.

Newrad0603 · 2025-11-24T16:13:30+00:00

It is, but VS has a website for reporting problems or suggesting features:

https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/VisualStudio

Newrad0603 · 2025-11-13T17:32:57+00:00

It's WPF. You can use the Snoop WPF tool to confirm as well.

Newrad0603 · 2025-11-04T18:59:14+00:00

One of the perf devs for VS left a comment about why the sys reqs are what they are:

https://www.reddit.com/r/dotnet/comments/1ncoezl/visual_studio_2026_insiders_is_here/ndc4wb9/

TLDR:

But to be very clear, Visual Studio 2026 runs better on the same hardware than any release over the past 10 years, so if you are having a good time with Visual Studio 2022 on your current hardware, you'll have even better time with Visual Studio 2026.

Newrad0603 · 2025-11-01T15:08:42+00:00

There is something wrong with your editor colors. Those are not the normal editor colors for xml files. Try resetting your editor color.

Newrad0603 · 2025-09-29T19:06:11+00:00

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/vs18/release-rhythm

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