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Close the Current Document Window

19 Apr 2010 1:00 AM
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Keyboard:  CTRL + F4
Menu:  File -> Close
Command:  File.Close
Versions:  2008,2010
Published:  4/19/2010
Code:  vstipTool0014

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This one is very, very old school.  Did you know you can close the current document window from the keyboard?  You can!  Just make sure you are in the document you want to close:

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Then press CTRL + F4.  That's it!  The current document will close and it will prompt you to save changes if you haven't already.

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  • Leo Davidson
    19 Apr 2010 2:36 AM

    I've got a mouse button bound to Ctrl-F4. Very handy for quickly dismissing things. (Works for browser tabs and documents/windows in just about everything, not just VS.)

    (Ofc. it backfires every so often. Earlier I picked up my mouse by the Ctrl-F4 button and closed something I didn't want to. :) )

  • 19 Apr 2010 4:45 PM

    You also may want to check out the blog post I wrote on quickly closing documents in the IDE.  There are a number of other useful tips in the comments section as well!

    http://blogs.msdn.com/visualstudio/archive/2010/03/20/tips-and-tricks-quickly-closing-documents.aspx

  • Don Gerard
    13 May 2010 11:19 AM

    You guys rock.

    This is the best thing yet!  Super Useful.  I hate grabbing my mouse to close a window.

    Leo, great idea using it mapped to a mouse button.

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