Where did the standard controls for resource editor in VS2017 go?

Question

I've upgraded from VS2008 to VS2017, all is well, but my first attempt to edit a resource has been problematic. I need to add a button but I don't see how you do that with this version (and I don't want to have to edit the .rc file itself). The toolbox tab as something called MFC XXXX Control but I'm not using MFC. I'm looking for the normal controls like Button, RichText, TreeView, etc.. How do I get those to show up? I don't see any option to do so.

TIA!!

Answer 1

I had a feeling it was a matter of resetting the Toolbox. But for brevity sake if any other users experience this issue, if you ever need to reset the Toolbox back to the default set of user controls, you can do so by:

• Opening the Toolbox window (View > Toolbox or Ctrl + W, X if you're using C# shortcut settings)
• Right clicking anywhere in the Toolbox window
• In the context menu, select Reset Toolbox. This will reset all of your added/removed user controls back to the Visual Studio defaults

I will note that if you've added custom Toolbox items (via Right click > Choose Items... -- generally used for third party controls like DotNetBar), those items should still exist in the history, you would just have to re-enable them.

Glad to help!