The most common shortcuts for use in the IDE
Knowing how to get around in the VS IDE through keyboard shortcuts is an important part of avoiding wasting time searching through menus to activate a specific panel. It is very common, for example, to close the Solution Explorer or Properties window by mistake and not know which menu contains the option to open them again. That is why, in this section, we will examine the shortcuts that speed up the performance of these tasks:
Shortcut |
Description |
Ctrl + [ + S |
Selects an open file in the Solution Explorer window quickly |
Ctrl + Alt + L |
Activates the Solution Explorer window |
Ctrl + Alt + O |
Activates the Output window |
Ctrl + \, E |
Activates the Error List window... |