I don't know if there is a better way to ask this. But, I mean to open the small down arrow which shows the list of tabs (see following) using a keyboard shortcut
The Command that you are looking for is Window.ShowEzMDIFileList, it can be accessed(at least on my machine) by Ctrl + Alt + Down Arrow
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Problem: Some times I have many tabs open and finding a tab is not easy and fast.
Question: Is there any shortcut in visual studio or resharper that allow us to find a tab by typing part of file/tab name?
Example: Something like Navigate-> Recent files... of resharper:
Looking up the ReSharper 2017.2 Help - Navigation and Search I could not find any hint about navigating through active files.
Visual Studio allows you to navigate through all open tabs by using Ctrl + Tab. This allows you to switch trough all open tabs ordered by their latest use. Use Ctrl + Tab again for forward and Ctrl + Shift + Tab for backward navigation. But as you already mentioned with a lots of open tabs it could be slow stepping through all active files.
What I personally do in your situation, when trying to find a open tab or any kind of class/file/member, is to use the Ctrl + T shortcut. This opens the Go to Everything/Type … popup, which allows you to search for anything within you solution.
To find an item in your solution by the item's name
To use the unified access to all search results, press Ctrl+T to display a pop-up where you can start typing and find everything in your solution that matches your input.
If you want to limit your search to types (classes, interfaces, structs or enums), press Ctrl+T twice.
If you want to find anything by a plain textual match, press Ctrl+T three times.
If you want to search symbols (types, methods, properties, fields, and so on) - press Shift+Alt+T.
You can also limit the search to files in your solution by pressing Ctrl+Shift+T.
from ReSharper Help - Navigation by Name
More Shortcuts: Resharper - Default Keyboard Shortcut Schemes
Yoy can try set shortcut to open window with active tabs: Options -> KeyBoard -> Window.Windows
It will look something like this
I often need to jump from a file to another file that I don't have open to one somewhere in the project directory structure. I often use Ctrl-Alt-L to open the solution explorer panel, but then I'd like to close it after I open the file I'm after. Unfortunately Ctrl-Alt-L doesn't simply toggle the panel open/closed. Is there another way to accomplish this. Or how can I close the solution explorer panel with a key-board shortcut?
I believe you are looking for SHIFT+ESCAPE.
It will close any tool window currently in focus.
Turn on the Auto-Hide option for the Solution Explorer panel. Now you can open it with Ctrl+Alt+L and close it with Esc. Actually Esc will set the focus back to the code editor and the Solution Explorer will auto-hide itself.
It takes two steps:
CTRL + ALT + L to put the Solution Explorer into focus.
Then SHIFT + ESC to close the tool window currently in focus.
Thank you Smash for the second step.
Turn on Auto-Hide in the Solution Explorer panel, then press Ctrl + Tab and release only the Tab key, that will open this dialog with Active Tools and Active Files lists. Select your prefered item using the keyboard or mouse.
I'm somewhat new to XCode and am very accustomed to using Visual Assist with Visual Studio. In XCode, I see the function menu above the text editor but can't seem to find a keyboard shortcut to pop it down. It seems to require a mouse click. It would be nice to have as this is yet another tool for better code navigation and is easily accomplished with Visual Assist using Alt-m.
Anyone know the magic incantation for XCode?
Ctrl + 6 opens the function menu for me.
Take a look under View > Editor for some related shortcuts. (See note below)
Unsurprisingly, you can start typing the name of the function to select it, instead of using the arrow keys.
I'm using Xcode 4, by the way.
NOTE:
The program CheatSheet lets you see a list of all keyboard shortcuts in the current program by holding down the command key (⌘) for 2 seconds.
Control 2
should do the trick
What's the keyboard shortcut for Visual Studio to display the IntelliSense box if one accidentally hits ESC and wants the box come back again?
Additionally, Ctrl + K, Ctrl + I shows you Quick info (handy inside parameters)
Ctrl+Shift+Space shows you parameter information.
Ctrl + Space
or
Ctrl + J
You can also go to menu Tools → Options → Environment → Keyboard and check what is assigned to these shortcuts. The command name should be Edit.CompleteWord.
The most efficient one is Ctrl + ..
It helps to automate insertions of using directives. It works if the focus is on a new identifier, e.g. class name.
Ctrl+Space should do it.
It should be Ctrl + J.
If you have arrived at this question because IntelliSense has stopped working properly and you are hoping to force it to show you what you need, then most likely none of these solutions are going to work.
Closing and restarting Visual Studio should fix the problem.
If you want to change whether it highlights the best fitting possibility, use:
Ctrl + Alt + Space
Alt + Right Arrow and Alt + Numpad 6 (if Num Lock is disabled) are also possibilities.
In Visual Studio 2015 this shortcut opens a preview of the definition which even works through typedefs and #defines.
Ctrl + , (comma)
On Visual Studio Community 7.5.3 on Mac this works for me:
Ctrl + Space
The shortcut to bring up the IntelliSense box is called Edit.ListMembers. It defaults to:
Ctrl + J
The shortcut to automatically select the most likely option is Edit.CompleteWord. It defaults to:
Ctrl + Space
I use Delphi for many years, and although I have now moved on to Visual Studio I still fondly remember numbered bookmarks (CTRL+K+1 to set bookmark 1, CTRL+Q+1 to goto bookmark 1).
Is there a Visual Studio equivalent? I'm find the dumb bookmarks in VS a chore after Delphi. I want to bookmark then return to a specific place in the file.
DPack can give you numbered bookmarks in VisualStudio.
Ctrl K + Ctrl K - Add/Remove Bookmark on Line
Ctrl K + Ctrl N - Go to Next Bookmark
Ctrl K + Ctrl P - Go to Previous Bookmark
There are other options as well. Look under Edit->Bookmarks menu,
More a comment on your original question than an actual answer but Delphi has had much easier to remember (and type) keyboard shortcuts than what you quote available for quite some time now:
Set bookmark 1: Ctrl-Shift-1
Go to bookmark 1: Ctrl-1
If you ever go back to Delphi, this should make your life so much easier! ;)
Just to amplify Lars Truijens answer. DPack is a GExperts like plugin for visual studio. I found it great help when moving from the Delphi IDE to Visual Studio.
I find this one also very useful:
CtrlK + CtrlL - Clear alll bookmarks
There is a Bookmark Window. Go to menu View/Bookmark Window (Ctrl+K, Ctrl+W).
In there you can see all your bookmarks and rename them. That is a lot better than just seeing the numbers.
For some reason they don't allow to order that list by clicking in a column header, but you can drag the bookmarks and accommodate them in the order you want.
VSBookmarks gives something like the fantastic Delphi bookmarks feature. Tested and works in Visual Studio 2019.
Extensions > Search "VSBookmarks" (v1.7 at time of writing)
Install and restart Visual Studio
Use Ctrl + Shift + N to set a bookmark
Use Ctrl + N to move to a previous bookmark
There will likely be conflicts with existing keyboard shortcuts. To view and edit these:
Tools > Options > Environment > Keyboard
In "Press shortcut keys" type Ctrl + Shift + 1
See which command(s) are currently assigned to the shortcut
Find the command in the list and remove the shortcut
Repeat for Ctrl + Shift + 1 through Ctrl + 9
VSBookmarks applies only within the current file (which is the Delphi behaviour), but is not configurable with just a single colour for the bookmark.
Delphi is an awesome language and editor. Thanks to Sergey Vinyar and Alessandro Fragnani (for the Numbered Bookmarks extension in Visual Studio Code) for keeping the flame alive.
I use:
CTRL-F2 toggle bookmark
F2 next bookmark
SHIFT-F2 previous bookmark
CTRL-SHIFT-F2 clear all bookmarks
BTW, after using Visual Studio for years I just found about a couple of months ago that you can press ALT and drag mouse to mark a column or a square.