Opening the Project Properties Window

Many important settings of Visual Micro are project dependent and are accessible through the Project Properties window.

How to open the Project Properties window

 Note:

There is another window that is also called "Properties Window" that shows completely different properties. This "wrong" window is selected by Project > Properties. Follow the steps below to open the correct properties window

  • Select your project in the Solution Explorer window (To show the Solution Explorer press [Ctrl+Alt+L]):

  • Highlight the project (not the solution!)

    Project Selected - Correct      Solution Selected - Wrong

  • Choose "View > Properties Window" or press [Alt+Enter]

  • -or-
  • Click on the yellow ? Icon icon in the Arduino toolbar.

 

The Project Properties Window opens:

Project Properties Window

What are the Project Properties good for?

The Project Properties are settings that are specific to your project, in contrast to the Tools Options Settings that affect all projects.

On the Project Properties Reference page you can find an explanation of every project properties setting.