Hide all Visual Studio toolbars?

Question

I generally (there are exceptions) don't use toolbars in VS. It keeps happening that I'll open a new filetype (XML, HTML, SQL, ASPX, CS, etc, etc) and have to manually hide the "new" toolbar(s).

Can I hide all toolbars in Visual Studio 2010 in one action?

Answer 1

Try Alt + Shift + Enter.This does not remove the new toolbars, just maximizes your code window ineffect hiding all but the file toolbar.

Answer 2

You might like the Hide Main Menu extension from Microsoft that hides the menu bar like in IE. And of course use Alt + Shift + Enter for full screen and re-create all the needed panes. Visual Studio will remember the panes settings the next time you switch to the full screen mode.