microsoft / microsoft/VSExtensibility
Context menu on Server Explorer connections do not work in VS 2026
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Description
Context menu on Server Explorer connections do not show actual menu items if we have a Windows Forms application open in VS 2026.
Steps to reproduce -
- Launch VS 2026 and open Server Explorer which has connections already created
- Create a new project - 'Windows Forms App (.NET Framework)'
- Expand a Connection node in Server Explorer
- Open context menu on the Connection node - it does not show all items of the context menu.
Screenshot of the issue -
If we click on 'Output' window and again open context menu on Connection node, it works - shows all context menu items.
This issue might be reproducing with 'Microsoft SQL Server' connections in Server Explorer also.
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue from the Server Explorer connections context menu with a Windows Forms App (.NET Framework) open in VS 2026. Compare the menu before and after selecting the Output window, and check whether Microsoft SQL Server connections behave similarly. Done means all expected context-menu items appear consistently.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100