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Kevin L.
Kevin L.

Reputation: 4558

Mapping Visual Studio keyboard shortcuts in Xcode

At work I use Visual Studio 2008 and at home I use Xcode 3.2 (and I love both of them). But a major annoyance is the difference in keyboard shortcuts - I will be happily coding and then attempt to perform an autocomplete (Ctrl+Space in Visual Studio, Esc in Xcode) and a GeneralTypingFault will throw a SwearAndHitYourDeskInAnger exception.

Is there an easy way (some kind of plugin or script) to map Visual Studio shortcuts in Xcode or vice-versa without having to manually enter a huge (or somewhat huge) set of shortcuts?

Upvotes: 19

Views: 10683

Answers (3)

Chris Becke
Chris Becke

Reputation: 36026

Ive been trying to set my XCode keybindings up to mirror my Visual Studio ones (as I'm way more familiar with the VS ones).

The ones that give me a lot of problems are Visual Studios use of F keys - where on OS X a lot of the F keys are accelerators that pop up task switchers and so on.

Upvotes: 0

Allan Simonsen
Allan Simonsen

Reputation: 3357

You can use the "Metrowerkz Compatible" setting (XCODE->PREFERENCES->KEY BINDINGS). It's not a 1:1 mapping with VS, but it's a lot closer than XCode natively.

Upvotes: 1

cheesysam
cheesysam

Reputation: 1139

There is a 'Key Bindings' Menu in Xcode preferences with the option to import Sets of binds. perhaps there is a VS set you can download. Failing that you could (admittedly laboriously) set them up yourself.

Upvotes: 2

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