posted on Monday, April 10, 2006 2:45 PM
by
johnwood
Visual Studio IDE Tip: Switching Files With the Keyboard
Here's a tip for anyone who uses Visual Studio who ends up with so many windows open in the IDE that they struggle each time they have to find a particular tab.
If you get annoyed at having too many window tabs open you can easily find the one you need without having to even use the mouse.
Just press Alt-W, W and type in the first few characters of the file you need and press enter.
I find this considerably faster than switching from the keyboard to the mouse and then scrolling through the tabs to find the one I need. This works in both VS2003 and VS2005.
Another alternative only available in VS2005 is to press Ctrl+Tab, keep Ctrl down, and click the window you need with the mouse - which is a little faster than Ctrl+Tabbing through each window, but does involve the mouse.