# Stop alt-tabbing into the wrong Visual Studio

DevFeed: [Stop alt-tabbing into the wrong Visual Studio](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/stop-alt-tabbing-into-the-wrong-visual-studio-4004.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/stop-alt-tabbing-into-the-wrong-visual-studio/>)

Author: Mads Kristensen

Published: 2026-09-02T14:00:12Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Visual Studio Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/visual-studio-blog.md>)

Topics: [Visual Studio 2026](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/visual-studio-2026.md>), [ide](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ide.md>)

Tags: [accessibility](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/accessibility.md>), [customization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/customization.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [json](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/json.md>), [themes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/themes.md>), [visual-studio](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/visual-studio.md>), [visual-studio-2026](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/visual-studio-2026.md>)

## AI overview

The article explains how to set a color theme per Visual Studio solution through the new settings experience. Per-solution settings are stored in settings.VisualStudio.json and can be committed with the solution.

## Source excerpt

A user asked for per-solution color themes. It already ships, and it goes further than they asked. You run several instances of Visual Studio side by side, one per solution, and they all look identical. Same taskbar icon, same alt-tab thumbnail, same chrome. So, you land in the wrong one, start typing, and realize thirty [...] The post Stop alt-tabbing into the wrong Visual Studio appeared first on Visual Studio Blog.