[AccessD] OT: Visual Studie.NET - Is it a bug?

Has anyone run into the properties box not expanding out when you put the
cursor over it?  I have a specific project where I know this is happening.
if you unpin the properties box it "deflates" to a little icon.  Putting the
cursor over it is supposed to cause it to expand out so that the properties
can be seen.  Other such icons work correctly - the project explorer etc.,
but the properties dialog doesn't.

However it isn't just "never does".  It works fine until I run the project,
after which it fails to expand correctly to allow seeing the properties.  I
have to shut down the project and re-open, then it functions correctly
again.  I have taken to pinning the properties dialog open since that works
around the problem.  The fact that this happens after running the project
leads me to believe that this is a feature and I am not doing something
correctly.

Whichever it is, it is a PITA.

John W. Colby
www.colbyconsulting.com