Comments on: The Talented Mr. Edit.GoToFindCombo http://www.aaronlerch.com/blog/2007/09/11/the-talented-mr-editgotofindcombo/ Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:23:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Suresh R Iyer http://www.aaronlerch.com/blog/2007/09/11/the-talented-mr-editgotofindcombo/comment-page-1/#comment-902 Suresh R Iyer Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:25:27 +0000 http://www.aaronlerch.com/blog/2007/09/11/the-talented-mr-editgotofindcombo/#comment-902 After some struggle to recreate the behaviour I had in VS2005 in VS2008, understood the importance of Tools.GoToCommandLine and the difference between Tools.GoToCommandLine and Edit.GoToFindCombo. We need to map both Tools.GoToCommandLine and Edit.GoToFindCombo. The former ensures that the FindCombo turns into a [mini] command window, and this means you get the command prompt ">" inserted for you, and this auto insertion really makes a difference, believe me. In VS2008 I had wrongly mapped Ctrl+/ to Edit.GoToFindCombo and was typing the ">" everytime to turn on the command mode. Not anymore. Ctrl+/ is mapped to Tools.GoToCommandLine. Ctrl+Shift+/ is mapped to Edit.GoToFindCombo. I am using Visual C# keyboard bindings and under this mapping, binding Ctrl+D to Edit.GoToFindCombo is not a great idea. To summarize, map Tools.GoToCommandLine Ctrl + / Edit.GoToFindCombo Ctrl + Shift + / After some struggle to recreate the behaviour I had in VS2005 in VS2008, understood the importance of Tools.GoToCommandLine and the difference between Tools.GoToCommandLine and Edit.GoToFindCombo. We need to map both Tools.GoToCommandLine and Edit.GoToFindCombo. The former ensures that the FindCombo turns into a [mini] command window, and this means you get the command prompt “>” inserted for you, and this auto insertion really makes a difference, believe me.

In VS2008 I had wrongly mapped Ctrl+/ to Edit.GoToFindCombo and was typing the “>” everytime to turn on the command mode. Not anymore. Ctrl+/ is mapped to Tools.GoToCommandLine. Ctrl+Shift+/ is mapped to Edit.GoToFindCombo. I am using Visual C# keyboard bindings and under this mapping, binding Ctrl+D to Edit.GoToFindCombo is not a great idea.

To summarize, map

Tools.GoToCommandLine Ctrl + /
Edit.GoToFindCombo Ctrl + Shift + /

]]> By: Marius Bancila’s Blog » Blog Archive » The Find Combo Box from Visual Studio http://www.aaronlerch.com/blog/2007/09/11/the-talented-mr-editgotofindcombo/comment-page-1/#comment-200 Marius Bancila’s Blog » Blog Archive » The Find Combo Box from Visual Studio Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:19:17 +0000 http://www.aaronlerch.com/blog/2007/09/11/the-talented-mr-editgotofindcombo/#comment-200 [...] blog post describes several other commands such as opening and creating files and setting breakpoints. The [...] [...] blog post describes several other commands such as opening and creating files and setting breakpoints. The [...]

]]> By: Danie http://www.aaronlerch.com/blog/2007/09/11/the-talented-mr-editgotofindcombo/comment-page-1/#comment-198 Danie Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:39:08 +0000 http://www.aaronlerch.com/blog/2007/09/11/the-talented-mr-editgotofindcombo/#comment-198 For some reason the "Find" is not in the Standard Toolbar. Any Ideas? For some reason the “Find” is not in the Standard Toolbar. Any Ideas?

]]> By: Opening files from the VS "Quick find combo" - Wes' Puzzling Blog http://www.aaronlerch.com/blog/2007/09/11/the-talented-mr-editgotofindcombo/comment-page-1/#comment-199 Opening files from the VS "Quick find combo" - Wes' Puzzling Blog Thu, 27 Mar 2008 04:26:10 +0000 http://www.aaronlerch.com/blog/2007/09/11/the-talented-mr-editgotofindcombo/#comment-199 [...] if that wasn't enough Aaron Lerch posted The Talented Mr. Edit.GoToFindCombo which lists some other cool features of the "Quick find combo". Published Wednesday, March 26, [...] [...] if that wasn’t enough Aaron Lerch posted The Talented Mr. Edit.GoToFindCombo which lists some other cool features of the “Quick find combo”. Published Wednesday, March 26, [...]

]]> By: Opening a VS item's directory in Explorer - dave^2=-1 http://www.aaronlerch.com/blog/2007/09/11/the-talented-mr-editgotofindcombo/comment-page-1/#comment-197 Opening a VS item's directory in Explorer - dave^2=-1 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 10:24:18 +0000 http://www.aaronlerch.com/blog/2007/09/11/the-talented-mr-editgotofindcombo/#comment-197 [...] There seems to be quite a lot of cool crouching-tiger-hidden-features in VS 2005 (i.e. features that are not very discoverable). [...] [...] There seems to be quite a lot of cool crouching-tiger-hidden-features in VS 2005 (i.e. features that are not very discoverable). [...]

]]> By: .Net Adventures : Interesting articles (September 15) http://www.aaronlerch.com/blog/2007/09/11/the-talented-mr-editgotofindcombo/comment-page-1/#comment-196 .Net Adventures : Interesting articles (September 15) Sat, 15 Sep 2007 14:30:09 +0000 http://www.aaronlerch.com/blog/2007/09/11/the-talented-mr-editgotofindcombo/#comment-196 [...] The Talented Mr. Edit.GoToFindCombo by Aaaron Lerch [...] [...] The Talented Mr. Edit.GoToFindCombo by Aaaron Lerch [...]

]]> By: Rob Prouse http://www.aaronlerch.com/blog/2007/09/11/the-talented-mr-editgotofindcombo/comment-page-1/#comment-195 Rob Prouse Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:02:02 +0000 http://www.aaronlerch.com/blog/2007/09/11/the-talented-mr-editgotofindcombo/#comment-195 Great post. It is much more informative that the one I posted at http://www.alteridem.net/2007/09/11/quickly-findopen-a-file-in-visual-studio/, so I made an update and linked back to this one. Great post. It is much more informative that the one I posted at http://www.alteridem.net/2007/09/11/quickly-findopen-a-file-in-visual-studio/, so I made an update and linked back to this one.

]]> By: Quickly Find/Open a File in Visual Studio » Alteridem Consulting http://www.aaronlerch.com/blog/2007/09/11/the-talented-mr-editgotofindcombo/comment-page-1/#comment-194 Quickly Find/Open a File in Visual Studio » Alteridem Consulting Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:57:28 +0000 http://www.aaronlerch.com/blog/2007/09/11/the-talented-mr-editgotofindcombo/#comment-194 [...] After this post made the front page of DotNetKicks, Aaron Lerch wrote a post on his blog with more things that you can do with the find combo. One thing that is very useful is [...] [...] After this post made the front page of DotNetKicks, Aaron Lerch wrote a post on his blog with more things that you can do with the find combo. One thing that is very useful is [...]

]]> By: Stupid Visual Studio Trick, Part 3 « Just Sayin’ More Words http://www.aaronlerch.com/blog/2007/09/11/the-talented-mr-editgotofindcombo/comment-page-1/#comment-193 Stupid Visual Studio Trick, Part 3 « Just Sayin’ More Words Wed, 12 Sep 2007 02:25:23 +0000 http://www.aaronlerch.com/blog/2007/09/11/the-talented-mr-editgotofindcombo/#comment-193 [...] Here's another post outlining even more tricks with the Find [...] [...] Here’s another post outlining even more tricks with the Find [...]

]]> By: aaron http://www.aaronlerch.com/blog/2007/09/11/the-talented-mr-editgotofindcombo/comment-page-1/#comment-192 aaron Wed, 12 Sep 2007 02:20:30 +0000 http://www.aaronlerch.com/blog/2007/09/11/the-talented-mr-editgotofindcombo/#comment-192 <p>Yep, they're documented here:<br /> <a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/c3a0kd3x(VS.80).aspx" rel="nofollow">http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/c3a0kd3x(VS.80).aspx</a><br /> <p>And, here's a good tip from that page:<br /> "Type >alias in the Command window to display a list of the current aliases and their definitions. Type >cls to clear the contents of the Command window."</p> Yep, they’re documented here:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/c3a0kd3x(VS.80).aspx

And, here’s a good tip from that page:
“Type >alias in the Command window to display a list of the current aliases and their definitions. Type >cls to clear the contents of the Command window.”

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