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Reputation: 6903

How Can I Override Visual Studio's Menu Accelerator Shortcuts?

I'm a Mac-based .Net developer so over the years I've got into the habit of remapping certain common functions to a more 'Macish' set of keyboard shortcuts:

CUT: Ctrl + X => Alt + X
COPY: Ctrl + C => Alt + C
PASTE: Ctrl + V => Alt + V
SELECT ALL: Ctrol + A => Alt + A
SAVE: Ctrl + S => Alt + S

and so on.

with this fancy schmancy VS 2010 Premium edition we've just got we've got extra menus e.g.

 Test
 Data

whose menu accessor (accelerator?)shortcuts are Alt + S and Alt + A which take precedence over my user-defined shortcuts for SAVE and SELECT ALL.

Is there a way of disabling these accessors so my overrides will work?

Upvotes: 11

Views: 2324

Answers (3)

Alex Angas
Alex Angas

Reputation: 60027

Here's how to change the shortcut key for a Visual Studio menu, using the 'Test' menu as an example:

  1. Go to Tools, Customize.
  2. Click the Commands tab.
  3. Ensure the Menu bar option is selected, and that Menu Bar is chosen for editing from the drop-down (this is the primary application menu bar).
  4. In the Controls section, click on the Test menu.
  5. Click on the Modify Selection ▼ button.
  6. Change the text for the Name property:
    • Any letter prefixed with an '&' ampersand will act as the shortcut key.
    • The ampersand is not required if you don't need to reach this menu with the keyboard.
  7. Press Enter to keep the setting.

Editing the Test menu

'Modify Selection' for the Test menu

Upvotes: 24

bcc32
bcc32

Reputation: 328

Isn't this something the fault of the Windows API, not Visual Studio? I think the Alt (and nothing else) keyboard shortcuts are directed through Windows API, so the OS will probably not let you do this; it'll select the menu with the respective mnemonic (underlined letter).

You could try using a custom keyboard layout that would swap the left ctrl and left alt keys, allowing you to use "ctrl-S" but it feels like command-S.

Good Luck!

Upvotes: 0

Daniel Casserly
Daniel Casserly

Reputation: 3500

go to tools -options - keyboard(you may have to choose show all option or something like that to be able to see this one) and you can change the shortcuts

Upvotes: -2

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