vs2010 comes with a wonderful ctrl+, shortcut. it was hijacked by ReSharper. I'd like to bring it back w/out having to bring back all vs2010 settings.
Tools->Options->Environment->Keyboard
Change Edit.NavigateTo to Ctrl+,
Change whatever "Shortcut currently used by" to another key.
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I changed the shortcut to close a window to Ctrl+W and to close all windows to Ctrl+Shift+W. Close all windows works fine, but Ctrl+W selects the word currently under the cursor but does not close the window.
When I right-click a tab it say Ctrl+W is the shortcut to close it (And also Ctrl+S to save and Ctrl+Shift+W to close all). Why is only the close window shortcut not working?
In Visual Studio (VS 2015 in my case but it's similar down to VS 2010 at least) keyboard shortcuts may have a different meaning depending on the context in which they are executed.
Click Tools / Options / Environment / Keyboard to look up or define shortcuts (you already did that probably). What I called "context" is selected in the combobox labelled "Use new shortcut in:". Most likely you defined the shortcut in "Global" but you want it to work in "Text Editor". In the latter Ctrl+W selects the current word.
Redefine Ctrl+W for "Text Editor" and you should be fine.
I am using Visual Studio 2017 & Visual Studio 2019 and tried the answer from #TobiMcNamobi but it didn't work for me. After few such tries I got it work with below steps.
You should add it as Global shourtcut otherwise it will not work for Designer views.
Add CTRL+W as a Global shortcut for Window.CloseDocumentWindow
Remove the CTRL+W shortcut for Edit.SelectCurrentWord
In Visual Studio 2019 it is Ctrl-F4 by default to CloseDocumentWindow. The action is Window.CloseDocumentWindow. I know this is old but the accepted answer has you change the short-cut key instead. I would rather use the default option.
Tools -> Options -> Environment -> Keyboard
If you're ever unsure go to the path above and you will see the image above then you can click inside the box "Press shortcut key" at the bottom of the form and type the short cut key you're interested in and it will tell you if it is used and what it is currently used for.
You can also reference the docs
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/ide/default-keyboard-shortcuts-in-visual-studio?view=vs-2019
2021: For Visual Studio 2019:
See: https://gist.github.com/jpoehls/2030795#gistcomment-2335647
In my case, I had to existing assignments that I had to remove. Thereafter, I could use the hotkey.
In my case, the tabs were not closing because I am using Vim extension. I had to add the following lines to Vim settings:
"vim.handleKeys": {
"<C-w>": false
}
Just press Ctrl + , or Command + , for Mac users, search for Vim and go into Edit in settings.json as the following picture shows:
Screenshot
For Visual Studio 2022, make sure you also remove Ctrl+W from selectCurrentWord command.
In my VS Pro 2019, on Tools / Options / Environment / Keyboard, the first line offers using a premade keyboard mapping scheme, with a drop-down option for VSCode keyborad mapping theme.
I picked it and it seems to have adopted the keyboard shortcuts I was used to from working on VSCode, Ctrl+W included.
For those using linux with VSCode v1.56.2,
File --> Preferences --> Keyboard Shortcuts.
Search for View:Close Editor and as mentioned above, remove any keybinding that has the keybinding you want.
I like resharper fine, but with the new pricing, the trial ran out and I want to try life without it.
Except after disabling all the Resharper commands are still bound in my keyboard options! So ctrl+, doesn't fall back to the standard VS behavior because its bound to Resharper.Resharper_GotoRecentEdits which is, of course, disabled.
Even clicking Reset in the keyboard options does not remove the keybindings.
So what the heck. How do I get rid of all the resharper stuff? It is currently suspended and doesn't have a menu item.
This is Visual Studio 2015 with Resharper Ultimate trial
The following steps worked for me:
Disable ReSharper
In ReSharper's options -> Keyboard & Menus, select the Visual Studio scheme and click on Apply Scheme.
Mind the note under the Apply Scheme button: Click save to close the ReSharper Dialog and...
In TOOLS --> Options | Keyboard, make sure the right mapping scheme is selected (Visual C# 2005 for me) and click Reset and finally, Ok
That did the trick for me. opening the keyboard dialog once again and hitting Ctrl+, in the Press shortcut keys was no longer showing the key mapping to be bound to Resharper.Resharper_GotoRecentEdits
As per my comment on the initial post - it seems sometimes you have to uninstall ReSharper to remove the key bindings.
I have Visual Studio 2013 and ReSharper. I like to have F12 bound to ReSharper's "Go To Implementation" command, but it is not always an option. So when there is no option to go to the implementation, I want F12 to revert back to the Visual Studio default of "Go To Definition" (where there is a definition). Is this setup possible?
I'm afraid not. A keyboard shortcut can only be bound to a single command for a single scope. That is, you can bind a keyboard shortcut to one command for the text editor, but another command for, say, the XAML designer. There's no way to "fall back" to another command (how would you know when to fall back?)
When I'm debugging in Visual Studio (up to 2012) and hovering over a variable to explore all the properties, I explicitly need to press the Expanding the Results View will enumerate the IEnumerable button on IEnumerables.
As I am inherintly lazy a superefficient coder I was hoping there was some kind of shortcut, like double clicking or a hotkey. Is there any?
Update
#Alex Essilfie has created a suggestion on Uservoice. Follow this link to vote it up before the VS2013 release!
You could install a commercial extension I created for Visual Studio called OzCode, which enhances the VS debugging experience and replaces Visual Studio's UI for the on-hover DataTip, and since I'm also a super-lazy coder, I decided not to require the user to click a separate button before he/she can expand the "Results View" node.
Another solution, which is not really more efficient but does not require using the mouse, is to hit Shift+F9 (to pop up the QuickWatch window) and then type in "cats,results" and then hit enter.
There may not be a default keyboard shortcut for this in VS, but if you go to Tools/Options then Environment/Keyboard, you can add a shortcut of your own for any command - if you can figure out which one you need...
Does Visual Studio 2010 have a shortcut for quick fix?
I'm tired of grabbing the mouse, hovering over this red line, waiting for the little clipboard icon to appear, clicking on the first menu item. It would be so much fast to just open that dialog with some keys and confirming the first (i.e. selected) item.
The feature is called the "Smart Tag".
Default Keyboard Shortcut Schemes (ReSharper documentation)
Stack Overflow question How does one set Visual Studio 2010 keyboard shortcuts comfortably, especially when using ReSharper?
Stack Overflow question Visual Studio keyboard shortcut to automatically add the needed 'using' statement
They can usually be invoked via the keyboard using either:
Ctrl+. (on a standard QWERTY keyboard)
Alt+Shift+F10 (if you've not got Function Lock enabled)
If your cursor is on the item that is underlined, you can use Ctrl + . to pop up the intellisence/suggestion context menu.
Alt + Shift + F10 does the trick.
Via #Rohit from Visual Studio keyboard shortcut to automatically add the needed using statement
If you want to edit the shortcut of quick fix you can do the following:
Open Tools->Options->Keyboard and in the Show commands containing field enter EditorContextMenus.CodeWindow.QuickActionsForPosition and replace the old shortcut with the new one.