Visual Studio 2010: Add an extra context menu item to the document tab

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I got this question in one of the new forums over at ASP.NET. I took a bit of time to search and this is the result I came up with:

Default:

By default when you right click on the MDI document tab you get this context menu which will look familiar to most people from previous versions of Visual Studio.

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Solution:

Use the menu and to go Tools, Customize

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Then from the new window select the second tab Commands. Check the radiobutton context menu and from the combobox choose **Other Context MenusEasy MDI Document Window**:

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Click the Add Command… button and from the new window choose on the left Window and on the right Close all documents.

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Click on the OK and then on the Close button and you’re done. Nice and easy.

Result:

Your newly added context menu item for the MDI tab in all its glory:

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Grz, Kris.

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