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Menu 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 options are available in Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), as indicated.

File menu

F

New Item

N

New Project

W

Open

O

  • Project/Solution

P

  • Site

S

Recent Projects

R

Close Document

C

Close All Documents

L

Close Solution or Site

E

Save

S

Save All

A

Save Copy of Solution or Site

P

Exit

X

Edit menu

E

Undo

U

Redo

R

Cut

T

Copy

C

Paste

P

Delete

D

Find

F

Find Next

N

Replace

E

Go To

G

Select All

A

Select None

S

View menu

V

Active Document View

V

  • Design View

D

  • Split View

S

  • XAML View

X

  • Switch Active Document View

V

Split View Orientation

S

  • Arrange Panes Horizontally

H

  • Arrange Panes Vertically

V

  • Swap Design and XAML Panes

S

Zoom In

I

Zoom Out

O

Fit to Screen

F

Actual Size

A

Show/Hide 3D Lights (WPF only)

L

Show Handles

H

Show Object Boundaries

B

Object menu

O

Edit Text

T

Edit Control

N

Align

L

  • Left Edges

L

  • Horizontal Centers

H

  • Right Edges

R

  • Top Edges

T

  • Vertical Centers

V

  • Bottom Edges

B

Make Same

M

  • Width

W

  • Height

H

  • Size

S

Flip

F

  • Horizontal

H

  • Vertical

V

Auto Size

Z

  • Width

W

  • Height

H

  • Both

B

  • Fill

F

Group Into

G

Ungroup

U

Order

R

  • Bring to Front

F

  • Bring Forward

O

  • Send to Back

B

  • Send Backwards

A

Combine

C

  • Unite

U

  • Divide

D

  • Intersect

I

  • Subtract

S

  • Exclude Overlap

E

Path

P

  • Convert to Path

P

  • Convert to Motion Path

C

  • Make Clipping Path

A

  • Release Clipping Path

S

  • Make Compound Path

M

  • Release Compound Path

R

Edit Style

Y

  • Edit Style

S

  • Edit a Copy

C

  • Create Empty

E

  • Apply Resource

A

Edit Other Styles

O

  • Edit (type of style)

(right ARROW key)

  • Edit Style

S

  • Edit a Copy

C

  • Create Empty

E

  • Apply Resource

(ARROW key)

Edit Control Parts (Template)

E

  • Edit Template

T

  • Edit a Copy

C

  • Create Empty

E

  • Apply Resource

A

Edit Other Templates

D

  • Edit Generated Content (Content Template)

(right ARROW key)

  • Edit Template

(ARROW key)

  • Edit a Copy

(ARROW key)

  • Create Empty

(ARROW key)

  • Apply Resource

(ARROW key)

Lock

K

  • Lock Selection

L

  • Lock All

A

  • Unlock All

U

Visibility

V

  • Show Selection

S

  • Show All

A

  • Hide Selection

H

  • Hide All

L

Project menu

P

Add New Folder

N

Add Existing Website (Silverlight 1 only)

E

Add New Project (WPF and Silverlight 2 only)

W

Add Existing Project (WPF and Silverlight 2 only)

X

Add Existing Item

A

Link to Existing Item (WPF and Silverlight 2 only)

L

Add Reference (WPF and Silverlight 2 only)

R

Add Project Reference (WPF and Silverlight 2 only)

P

Set As Startup

S

Build Solution (WPF and Silverlight 2 only)

B

Rebuild Solution (WPF and Silverlight 2 only)

U

Clean Solution (WPF and Silverlight 2 only)

C

Test Solution or Site

T

Tools menu

T

Create New Layer (WPF only)

L

Make Button (WPF and Silverlight 2 only)

B

Make Control (WPF and Silverlight 2 only)

C

Make Image 3D (WPF only)

I

Make Brush Resource (WPF and Silverlight 2 only)

K

  • Make ImageBrush Resource (WPF and Silverlight 2 only)

I

  • Make VisualBrush Resource (WPF only)

V

  • Make DrawingBrush Resource (WPF only)

D

Edit Brush Resource (WPF only)

E

  • Copy into Source DrawingBrush

C

  • Move into Source DrawingBrush

M

Font Manager (WPF and Silverlight 2 only)

F

Options

O

Window menu

W

Active Workspace

A

  • Design Workspace

D

  • Animation Workspace

A

  • Switch Active Workspace

W

Interaction

I

Project

J

Properties

T

Resources

R

Results

U

Hide Panels

P

Reset Workspace Layout

W

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(for example, Window1.xaml)

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Help menu

H

User Guide

U

Online Community

O

Welcome Screen

W

Keyboard Shortcuts

K

Customer Experience Improvement Program

C

Enter Product Key

E

About Microsoft Expression Blend

A