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Navigate Open Document Windows

18 Apr 2010 1:00 AM
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Keyboard:  CTRL + F6 (forward); CTRL + SHIFT + F6 (backward)
Command:  Window.NextDocumentWindow; Window.PreviousDocumentWindow
Versions:  2008,2010
Published:  4/18/2010
Code:  vstipTool0013

 

Okay, so you have a lot of files open in the File Channel:

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And you don't want to use your mouse.  What do you do?  Simple!  Just press CTRL + F6 to go forward:

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Or CTRL + SHIFT + F6 to go backward:

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Comments
  • 18 Apr 2010 4:41 AM

    Very nicely explained. It works. Everytime you don't need to use the mouse. The docs can be controlled through your keyboard.

  • Anders Borum
    19 Apr 2010 3:42 AM

    Hi,

    also don't forget that you can use CTRL+TAB / CTRL+SHIFT+TAB to switch between the two previously selected documents (and open the documents window).

    I never use the CTRL+F6 combination because it feels like an ackward combination - and, it's easy to hit F5 instead, which is tied to "Start Without Debugging".

  • stm
    19 Jan 2011 6:11 AM

    NOT WORKS and useless (same in vs 2008), because CTRL + F6 navigate the documents in the order as opened. So after reordering tabs ctrl+f6 is broken.

    The document well extension (from productivity power tools) has a new shortcut which works as expected:

    Window.NextDocumentWellTab -> Ctrl+Alt+PgDn

  • 19 Jan 2011 9:23 AM

    stm -- Your point is valid but, to be clear, it DOES work just not the way you migh expect when reordering the tabs.  I agree the power tools are a great solution to this if it is an issue for you :)

    Z

  • KCs
    16 Apr 2012 9:37 PM

    It would be nice a shortcut to open the tab well.

  • KCs
    18 Apr 2012 12:34 AM

    If someone is still interested, the shortcut to open the tabwell or documentwell in Visual Studio 2010 is Alt Gr + Down.

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