03.32 Create Keyboard Accelerators for External Tools

WINDOWS

Alt,T, E

MENU

Tools | External Tools

COMMAND

Tools.ExternalTools

VERSIONS

2005, 2008, 2010

CODE

vstipTool0093

In vstipTool0059 (03.31 Using External Tools, page 136), I showed you how to add external tools to the Visual Studio Tools menu).

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After you create an entry, you probably want to have an accelerator key assigned so that you can use your keyboard to activate the new tool. First, you can see what these keys look like by going to the Tools menu, using your keyboard (Alt+T).

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Now you can press ...

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