Dialog box access keys

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An access key gives you access to a command by pressing a specific key on the keyboard. Access keys appear on the menu by displaying the underscore character under the shortcut letter. For example, the shortcut letter for the File menu is F. To use access keys, first press ALT or F10 to highlight the specific menu or dialog box, press the corresponding letter of the specific menu or dialog box, and then press the TAB key to navigate through the menu or dialog box. Alternatively, you can use the arrow keys to navigate through menus, or you can press the specific access key for the menu or command that you want to access.

Note

Some access keys are available for Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) only, as indicated.

Asset Library (CTRL+PERIOD)

Gallery

G

Details

D

Show All

A

Controls

O

Local Styles (WPF and Silverlight 2 only)

L

Media

M

Custom Controls (WPF and Silverlight 2 only)

C

Recent

R

New Item dialog box (CTRL+N)

Name

N

Include code file (WPF only)

I

New Project dialog box (CTRL+SHIFT+N)

Name

N

Location

L

Browse

B

Language (WPF and Silverlight 2 only)

A

Target (WPF only)

T

Open Project dialog box (CTRL+SHIFT+O)

File name

N

Open

O

Open Site dialog box

Location

L

Browse

B

Save Copy of Solution or Site dialog box (CTRL+SHIFT+P)

Name

N

Location

L

Browse

B

Options dialog box (Tools menu)

Workspace tab

  • Theme

T

  • Workspace zoom

W

Project tab

  • Save new projects to Expression Blend Projects folder (or a specified folder)

S

  • Create a temporary project on startup

T

  • Use a Grid panel as the default layout container for new items

G

  • Warn about project files that are opened from outside Expression Blend by using the Open With command in Windows Explorer or Microsoft Visual Studio, or by double-clicking the files

W

Code editor tab

  • Show settings for

E

  • Font

F

  • Size

S

  • Tab size

T

  • Insert spaces

P

  • Keep tabs

K

  • Word wrap

W

  • Reset to Default

D

Event handlers tab

  • Visual Studio if available

V

  • Clipboard only

C

Artboard tab

  • Show snap grid

H

  • Snap to gridlines

S

  • Gridline spacing

G

  • Snap to snaplines

L

  • Default margin

M

  • Default padding

P

  • Use grid layout mode

R

  • Default background

B

  • Color

C

Documents tab

  • Default document view

D

Welcome Screen (Help menu)

Projects tab

P

  • New Project

N

  • Open Project

O

  • Open Site

E

Help tab

H

  • User Guide

U

  • Online Tutorials

T

  • Online Community

O

Samples tab

S

Run at startup

R

Close

C

Customer Experience Improvement Program (Help menu)

Join the Expression Blend Customer Experience Improvement Program

J

I don't want to join the program at this time

N

Add XML Data Source dialog box (Data section in Projects panel)

Connection Name

C

Browse (for URL)

B

URL for XML data

D

Optional XPath Definition

X

Infer the Schema from XML Data

I

Use a supplied Schema File

U

Browse (for schema file)

W

Create Data Binding dialog box (Advanced property options in Properties panel)

Data Field tab

  • Data sources

R

  • Fields

F

Element Property tab

  • Scene elements

E

  • Properties

P

Explicit Data Context tab

  • Fields

F

Show

S

Use a custom path expression

U

Update source when

U

Binding default value

D

Value converter

V

Converter parameter

C

Add new value converter

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