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Asked: 2026-05-19T11:52:05+00:00

Would there be an option or registry setting to stop Visual Studio auto focusing

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Would there be an option or registry setting to stop Visual Studio auto focusing itself when it hit a breakpoint?

The reason why I don’t want Visual Studio auto focus itself is because I tend to do multi-tasking when I debug a software. When I start the debugger, it may takes awhile for the app to compile and hits the breakpoint. I usually takes this waiting time to reply emails.

As I type my email, the debugger would make visual Studio focus on the breaking line, and I would accidentally modified the source code as I am typing my email.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I wasn’t able to find any sort of config setting to turn it off but was able to find someone with a workaround; tracepoint.

    1. Set your breakpoint at the desired location.
2. Right-click on the red breakpoint dot icon and select “When Hit…”
3. Select “Print a message”.
4. Uncheck “Continue execution”.
You have effectively created a breakpoint that prints out the current function name and thread ID and name and then stops.  Tracepoints don’t steal focus like normal breakpoints do.

    Credit goes to: http://dpotter.net/technical/2009/09/problem-solved-visual-studio-stealing-focus-when-breakpoint-is-hit/

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