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#6 Resize Tool Windows Using the keyboard

Monday, January 12 2009

Resizing internal floating windows in Visual Studio? Easy with the mouse right. Just a simple drag-n-drop. But for you keyboard fanatics, did you know you can resize floating windows from using keyboard shortcuts? This one will win bets in a Best of Visual Studio contest.

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#6 Resize Tool Windows Using the keyboard
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 [ALT], [SPACE] = Context menu for floating window

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