Visual Studio (2005,2008,2010) Tips and Tricks.
#60 All and Common tabs on Intellisense (VB Only)
Friday, March 06 2009
Once statement completion is up in Visual Basic context (sorry C-Sharpers) there is a tabbed view of options. One tab is Common (the default) and one tab is (ALL). You can switch between these tab from teh Keyboard - and this video quickly shows you how.
Snippets / Notes:
Press [ALT]+[.] to move to the All tab
Press [ALT]+[,] to move back to the Common tab
Visual Studio Tip / Trick #060 English Transcription:
Today’s Visual Studio trick # 60 deals with the IntelliSense window, if you open the IntelliSense window, Sara Ford’s original trick # 60 says that there is division here between all and common properties to which we don’t see. And it was a little bit of mystery to me. So if you see in the comments, you can see Greg P. Henry and Bob have reported that this is a Visual Basic only feature, and sure enough. If we open a VB file and bring up IntelliSense, you’ll in fact see that we do have an All and Common tab. And the trick is from the keyboard, being able to switch between those tabs. So for Visual Basic users, I’m sure this is a great feature. [ALT]+[.] will switch to the All Tab, while [ALT]+[,] will switch back to the Common Tab. So [Alt]+[.],[,] will allow you to toggle from the keyboard between the All and the Common Tabs in your list member’s view. Once again thanks to Greg P. Henry and Bob to bring that to my attention and solving mystery no. 60. We’ll see you guys on video trick # 61.
4 comment(s)
I believe that is a VB feature.
Craig is correct, you (and I) are using C# which does not have that All/Common tabs at the bottom of the intellisense window. I've asked that before at the Toronto DevTeach conference as well.
That's my belief and understanding as well, I have VS2008 and a solution that has both C# and VB.NET projects within it. When in VB the tabs show, but not in C#.
OK - Thank you - I'm in the process of re-recording and posting this video :)
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