In Code: Shortcut Keystrokes

[JDYoder]

I'm used to the shortcut keystrokes in VB6, so now I need to learn those in VB.NET. At the moment, I'd like to know how to jump to a variable's declaration (or a procedure) and then back. In VB6, it was Shift+F2 to jump. To jump back, it was CTRL+Shift+F2.

 

While I'll take the above info for now, is there a chart somewhere (here or elsewhere on the net) that will tell me all the VB.NET shortcut keystrokes?

[Mike_R]

To get to a variable's Definition, you can hit the {F12} key. "Navigating Back" is {CTRL}+{-}, that is, the CTRL Key and the "Minus" Key at the same time. You can customize these hot-keys as well, although, I don't personally know how to do it...

[Diesel]

List

http://safari.oreilly.com/?XmlId=0-596-00360-9/mastvsnet-APP-C

 

To Change shortcut keys: Tools->Options->Environment->Keyboard

[Mike_R]

Nice info Diesel, thank you. :)

 

Would you also know how you save such customized settings? That is, if I wanted to port such settings to another PC or even just have a backup copy somewhere in case they get erased from a re-install or something?

[Diesel]

VS keeps a lot of the IDE settings in xml files (big surprise).

 

Porting the settings to another computer is as easy as copying the files...here's a list of the files I know about:

 

 

Stores the Windowed Layout

\Documents and Settings\%Current User%\Application

Data\Microsoft\VisualStudio\7.1\ devenv.xml

 

Stores the Keybindings

\Documents and Settings\%Current User%\Application Data\Microsoft\VisualStudio\7.1\*.vsk

 

Stores Toolbar and Menu configuration

\Documents and Settings\%Current User%\Application Data\Microsoft\VisualStudio\7.1\1033\CmdUI.PRF

 

Stores Toolbox configuration

\Documents and Settings\%Current User%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\VisualStudio\7.1\toolbox.tbd

 

Some of the other settings are in the registry under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\7.1

[Mike_R]

Wow, that's a huge help. :cool:

 

Thanks a ton...