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How to: List Current Keyboard Shortcut Mappings

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Use this procedure to create a macro that generates a list of all the commands in the integrated development environment (IDE) and any shortcut keys mapped to those commands according to the current keyboard mapping scheme.

Several keyboard mapping schemes are available in the IDE. You can change keyboard mapping schemes on the Keyboard page, under the Environment folder of the Options dialog box. For more information, see How to: Work with Shortcut Key Combinations.

Note

The dialog boxes and menu commands you see might differ from those described in Help depending on your active settings or edition. To change your settings, click Import and Export Settings on the Tools menu. For more information, see Visual Studio Settings.

To list current keyboard shortcut mappings

  1. On the Tools menu, point to Macros, and then click Macros IDE.

  2. In Project Explorer, double-click MyMacros.

  3. Right-click Module1 and then click Rename.

  4. Type KeyboardShortcuts as the new name for the module.

  5. Double-click KeyboardShortcuts to open the file in the editor.

  6. Paste the following code in the file after Public Module KeyboardShortcuts:

    Sub GetAllCommands()
        Dim getCommandsWithSCOnly As Boolean
        Dim cmd As Command
        Dim cmdCollection As Commands
        Dim ow As OutputWindow = DTE.Windows.Item(Constants.vsWindowKindOutput).Object
        Dim owp As OutputWindowPane
        Dim exists As Boolean
        Dim i As Integer

        i = 1
        exists = False

        For Each owp In ow.OutputWindowPanes
            If owp.Name = "Macro Output" Then
                exists = True
                Exit For

            End If
            i = i + 1
        Next

        If exists Then
            owp = ow.OutputWindowPanes.Item(i)
        Else
            owp = ow.OutputWindowPanes.Add("Macro Output")
        End If

        owp.Clear()

        ' Output 1 line per command
        For Each cmd In DTE.Commands
            Dim binding As Object
            Dim shortcuts As String

            shortcuts = ""


            For Each binding In cmd.Bindings
                Dim b As String
                Dim sArray() As String
                b = binding
                shortcuts = shortcuts + b + " "
            Next

            shortcuts = shortcuts.Trim()

            If Not cmd.Name.Trim().Equals("") Then

                owp.OutputString(cmd.Name + vbTab + shortcuts + vbCrLf)
            Else
                owp.OutputString(cmd.Guid.ToString() + ":" + cmd.ID.ToString() + vbTab + shortcuts + vbCrLf)
            End If

        Next    
End Sub

  7. On the File menu, click Save MyMacros.

  8. Switch back to Visual Studio.

  9. On the Tools menu, point to Macros and then click Macro Explorer.

  10. Expand MyMacros and then expand KeyboardShortcuts.

  11. Right-click GetAllCommands and then click Run.

    The macro generates a list of all possible commands in the IDE and any keyboard shortcut mappings these commands have in the current keyboard mapping scheme.

  12. On the View menu, click Output.

    Commands and their shortcut key combinations appear in the Output window. You can copy this information and paste it into another application, such as Microsoft Office Excel, for additional formatting and printing options.

See Also

Tasks

How to: Work with Shortcut Key Combinations

Other Resources

Shortcut Keys

Working with Settings