Predefined Visual Studio Command Aliases
Aliases provide a means for entering a command into the Find/Command box or Command window by shortening the text needed to execute the command. For example, instead of entering >File.OpenFile to display the Open File dialog box, you can use the pre-defined alias >of.
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| 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. |
The table below contains a list of the pre-defined aliases that come with Visual Studio 2005. You can easily create new aliases. For more information, see How to: Create Custom Aliases for Visual Studio Commands.
Some command names use arguments that allow you to completely bypass the user interface for a given dialog box. In addition, some command names have more than one pre-defined alias. Click the links for the command names below to display detailed topics that explain the correct syntax, arguments, and switches for those commands.
| Command Name | Alias | Complete Name |
|---|---|---|
| ? | Debug.Print | |
| ?? | Debug.Quickwatch | |
| Add New Project | AddProj | File.AddNewProject |
| Alias | Tools.Alias | |
| Autos window | Autos | Debug.Autos |
| Breakpoints window | bl | Debug.Breakpoints |
| Toggle Breakpoint | bp | Debug.ToggleBreakPoint |
| Call Stack window | CallStack | Debug.CallStack |
| Clear Bookmarks | ClearBook | Edit.ClearBookmarks |
| Close | Close | File.Close |
| Close All Documents | CloseAll | Window.CloseAllDocuments |
| Clear All | cls | Edit.ClearAll |
| Command mode | cmd | View.CommandWindow |
| View Code | code | View.ViewCode |
| d | Debug.ListMemory | |
| List Memory as ANSI | da | Debug.ListMemory /Ansi |
| List Memory One Byte format | db | Debug.ListMemory /Format:OneByte |
| List Memory as ANSI with Four Byte format | dc | Debug.ListMemory /Format:FourBytes /Ansi |
| List Memory Four Byte format | dd | Debug.ListMemory /Format:FourBytes |
| Delete to BOL | DelBOL | Edit.DeleteToBOL |
| Delete to EOL | DelEOL | Edit.DeleteToEOL |
| Delete Horizontal Whitespace | DelHSp | Edit.DeleteHorizontalWhitespace |
| View Designer | designer | View.ViewDesigner |
| List Memory Float format | df | Debug.ListMemory/Format:Float |
| Disassembly window | disasm | Debug.Disassembly |
| List Memory Eight Byte format | dq | Debug.ListMemory /Format:EightBytes |
| List Memory as Unicode | du | Debug.ListMemory /Unicode |
| eval | Debug.EvaluateStatement | |
| Exit | Exit | File.Exit |
| Format Selection | format | Edit.FormatSelection |
| Full Screen | FullScreen | View.FullScreen |
| g | Debug.Start | |
| GotoLn | Edit.GoTo | |
| Go to Brace | GotoBrace | Edit.GotoBrace |
| Help | Help.F1Help | |
| Immediate Mode | immed | Tools.ImmediateMode |
| Insert File as Text | InsertFile | Edit.InsertFileAsText |
| kb | Debug.ListCallStack | |
| Make Lower Case | Lcase | Edit.MakeLowercase |
| Cut Line | LineCut | Edit.LineCut |
| Delete Line | LineDel | Edit.LineDelete |
| List Members | ListMembers | Edit.ListMembers |
| Locals window | Locals | Debug.Locals |
| Log | Tools.LogCommandWindowOutput | |
| Command Window Mark Mode | mark | Tools.CommandWindowMarkMode |
| Memory window | Memory Memory1 | Debug.Memory1 |
| Memory Window 2 | Memory2 | Debug.Memory2 |
| Memory Window 3 | Memory3 | Debug.Memory3 |
| Memory Window 4 | Memory4 | Debug.Memory4 |
| n | Debug.SetRadix | |
| nav navigate | View.ShowWebBrowser | |
| Next Bookmark | NextBook | Edit.NextBookmark |
| nf | File.NewFile | |
| New Project | np NewProj | File.NewProject |
| of Open | File.OpenFile | |
| op | File.OpenProject | |
| Collapse to Definitions/Stop Outlining | OutlineDefs StopOutlining | Edit.CollapsetoDefinitions |
| Step Over | p | Debug.StepOver |
| Parameter Information | ParamInfo | Edit.ParameterInfo |
| Step Out | pr | Debug.StepOut |
| Previous Bookmark | PrevBook | Edit.PreviousBookmark |
| Print File | | File.Print |
| Properties Window | props | View.PropertiesWindow |
| Stop | q | Debug.StopDebugging |
| Redo | redo | Edit.Redo |
| Registers window | registers | Debug.Registers |
| Run to Cursor | rtc | Debug.RunToCursor |
| Save Selected Items | save | File.SaveSelectedItems |
| Save All | SaveAll | File.SaveAll |
| Save As | SaveAs | File.SaveSelectedItemsAs |
| Script Only View | ScriptOnly | View.ShowScriptOnly |
| shell | Tools.Shell | |
| Stop Find In Files | StopFind | Edit.FindInFiles /stop |
| Swap Anchor | SwapAnchor | Edit.SwapAnchor |
| Step Into | t | Debug.StepInto |
| Tabify Selection | tabify | Edit.TabifySelection |
| Tasklist window | TaskList | View.TaskList |
| Threads window | Threads | Debug.Threads |
| Tile Horizontally | TileH | Window.TileHorizontally |
| Tile Vertically | TileV | Window.TileVertically |
| Toggle Bookmark | ToggleBook | Edit.ToggleBookmark |
| Toolbox window | toolbox | View.Toolbox |
| u | Debug.ListDisassembly | |
| Make Uppercase | Ucase | Edit.MakeUppercase |
| Undo | undo | Edit.Undo |
| Untabify Selection | Untabify | Edit.UntabifySelection |
| Watch window | Watch | Debug.WatchN |
| Toggle Word Wrap | WordWrap | Edit.ToggleWordWrap |
| ~ | Debug.ListThreads |
