Only Visual Studio, not code. This is the 2022 Community Edition, but can also use 2019. I want to use one shortcut that will both open and close the terminal. Searched but no answers. I find a setting to open the terminal with a shortcut but none to close it as well. Anyone know if this is possible?
you can try "control shift `" if you are on window
Press from the keyboard and toggle your vs code terminal
(control+Backtick)
ctr+`
note: I am using mac
Pressing SHIFT + Esc will close the terminal window if it has focus. There is no global 'close terminal' in Visual Studio.
An alternative to using the terminal in Visual Studio could be to use the 'quake mode' in Windows Terminal (assuming you are on Windows) by pressing the WIN + ` to quickly open/close a terminal at the top of your screen.
I find myself having to reach for my mouse a lot to re-select my code after running it.
You can use ctrl+tab
This brings up all current tabs, but just tapping it will bring you to your most recent tab and cursor position.
I'm using the Emacs plugin for Visual Studio 2010, and I'd like to liberate my meta key.
When I press Alt-foo, I activate drop-downs on the menu bar instead of lovely Emacs commands. For example, I open the analyze menu when I try to move forward by one word, since both commands are invoked with Alt-N.
How do I disable the menu bar Alt- shortcuts and fully appreciate my Emacs environment?
How do you reset the "Zoom" in VS 2010 and above back to normal?
CTRL+SCROLL WHEEL lets you zoom in/out with Visual Studio 2010/2012/2013/2015/2017, but I'd like to get back to the initial 100%.
There is a select box for this at the bottom left of the editor window - choose 100% ;)
I was unable to find a keyboard shortcut for it, though zooming in and out can be done using Ctrl + > and Ctrl + <.
Please note the horizontal scroll bar must be turned on to see the zoom level.
Tools / Options / Text Editor / All Languages / Scroll Bars
Another option (Visual Studio 2013/2015) is to use Ctrl with the mouse wheel (up to zoom in, down to zoom out).
There's a zoom control in the bottom-left of the code editor. You can pick 100% from there, or type it by hand.
In Visual Studio 2015/2017/2019 (easy to miss if using a dark theme):
You can try VSCommands extension from Visual Studio Gallery, it adds several new features around zooming in VS2010
Visual Studio 2017 has an extension "Reset Zoom" by Mads Kristensen and it adds a keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+0, Ctrl+0).
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=MadsKristensen.ResetZoom
By default, the keyboard shortcut is Ctrl+0,Ctrl+0 but can be changed to be whatever you like.
I also have R# and the default shortcut did not show up for me but manually applying it worked.
Go to Tools -> Options -> Environment -> Keyboard and look for the command View.ZoomReset to change the keyboard shortcut.
In Visual Studio Ultimate 2013, at bottom-left from screen:
If you are using latest version you can also resize the content in visual studio by selecting
ctrl+ will zoom in and ctrl- will zoom out.
to do manually goto
preference->settings
and UserSetting file will be opened in the editor change.For default zoom
window.zoomlevel:0
and to zoom in
window.zoomlevel:1,2,3......
I am trying to learn the keyboard shortcuts in Visual Studio in order to be more productive. So I downloaded a document showing many of the default keybindings in Visual Basic when using the VS 2008 IDE from Microsoft.
When I tried what they say is the keyboard shortcut to view all open documents (CTRL + ALT + DOWN ARROW), I got a completely unexpected result on my XP machine; my entire screen display was flipped upside down!
Was this a prank by someone at Microsoft? I can't imagine what practical value this flipping of the screen would have.
Does anyone know what the correct keyboard shortcut is to view all open documents in VS 2008?
Oh and if you try the above shortcut and it flips your display the way it did mine, do a CTRL + ALT + UP ARROW to switch it back.
This is a conflict between your graphics driver and Visual Studio. Go to your driver settings page (Control panel) and disable the display rotation shortcuts. With this conflict removed, the shortcut will work in Visual Studio.