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  • J Jorgen Sigvardsson

    I have noticed that the keys "a", "s" and CTRL wear off fastest on my keyboard. Space bar is clearly worn to the point that it's become polished enough to use a small mirror...

    -- Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit

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    Richard Blythe
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    :laugh: I use my left thumb for most of my spacebar hits. It's pretty worn on that side.

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    • R Roger Wright

      F1. :-O

      "A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"

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      Pete OHanlon
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      You obviously don't use Visual Studio then. If you did, you would be less than satisfied by the F1ishness you receive.

      "WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith

      As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.

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      • R Richard Blythe

        They say that "Power Users" execute functions from the keyboard as much or more than with the mouse. I'm curious. What function key(s) do you frequently use when writing code? The TAB key is by far my most frequently used function key. (Finishes an intellisense statement) The second would be: Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V The third would be F11. (When debugging code)

        The mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work unless it’s open.

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        Ian Shlasko
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        "." Don't ask me why my favorite key is the period... Could have something to do with my typing style when chatting... Your guess is as good as mine...

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        • P Pete OHanlon

          You obviously don't use Visual Studio then. If you did, you would be less than satisfied by the F1ishness you receive.

          "WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith

          As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.

          My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Onyx

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          Jim Crafton
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          No kidding! F1 is basically a license for Visual Studio to simply lock your machine up till it figures out what the hell to do.

          ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF! Personal 3D projects Just Say No to Web 2 Point Blow

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            No kidding! F1 is basically a license for Visual Studio to simply lock your machine up till it figures out what the hell to do.

            ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF! Personal 3D projects Just Say No to Web 2 Point Blow

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            Pualee
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            HELP!

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            • J Jim Crafton

              No kidding! F1 is basically a license for Visual Studio to simply lock your machine up till it figures out what the hell to do.

              ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF! Personal 3D projects Just Say No to Web 2 Point Blow

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              Pete OHanlon
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              It might as well just redirect you to Google. There was a time (many years ago) when the MSDN help was superb. Subsequent releases have made the product worse.

              "WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith

              As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.

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                It might as well just redirect you to Google. There was a time (many years ago) when the MSDN help was superb. Subsequent releases have made the product worse.

                "WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith

                As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.

                My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Onyx

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                Nagy Vilmos
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                It was about they time that they shifted it all online to provide a better more up to date service that it went all Paul Gascoigned


                Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H

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                  It was about they time that they shifted it all online to provide a better more up to date service that it went all Paul Gascoigned


                  Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H

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                  Pete OHanlon
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                  Without the dressing gown and chicken nuggets.

                  "WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith

                  As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.

                  My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Onyx

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                  • R Richard Blythe

                    They say that "Power Users" execute functions from the keyboard as much or more than with the mouse. I'm curious. What function key(s) do you frequently use when writing code? The TAB key is by far my most frequently used function key. (Finishes an intellisense statement) The second would be: Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V The third would be F11. (When debugging code)

                    The mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work unless it’s open.

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                    Marc Clifton
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                    I remap various functions that I use all the time: Ctrl+G : run without debug (as in, Go) Ctrl+D : debug Ctrl+A : build all Ctrl+M : toggle bookmark Ctrl+N/P: next and previous bookmark, with the "in the same document" behavior, rather than spanning across documents. WTF? Ctrl+B : toggle breakpoint Ctrl+T : goTo line in the debugger Ctrl+L : goto Line number Ctrl+E : goto rEference Ctrl+Tab and Ctrl+Shift+Tab, with that stupid "list of documents" window NUKED Ctrl+F : find in window Ctrl+Shift+F : find in [somewhere] Ctrl+H : find and replace in window Ctrl+Shift+H : find and replace in [somewhere] With that, I basically never have to touch the mouse except to hover over something in the debugger to see what the value is. besides the standard copy/paste, etc. Function keys are meaningless to me. I mean, I do remember the basics when I'm using someone else's computer, but I much prefer Ctrl+[some letter] as an easier memnonic than F5 for debug and Ctrl+F5 for run without debug, etc. Oddly though, I use F10 and F11 !!! I think because it harks back from SO LONG ago, that it's hardwired in my brain. Marc

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                    • R Richard Blythe

                      They say that "Power Users" execute functions from the keyboard as much or more than with the mouse. I'm curious. What function key(s) do you frequently use when writing code? The TAB key is by far my most frequently used function key. (Finishes an intellisense statement) The second would be: Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V The third would be F11. (When debugging code)

                      The mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work unless it’s open.

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                      Martin Jarvis
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                      Ctrl+K,D by a long shot - sort out that formatting! Then Ctrl, Shift + Esc...why's it taking so long!


                      Freestyle Interactive Ltd | Martin on .Net

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                      • R Richard Blythe

                        They say that "Power Users" execute functions from the keyboard as much or more than with the mouse. I'm curious. What function key(s) do you frequently use when writing code? The TAB key is by far my most frequently used function key. (Finishes an intellisense statement) The second would be: Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V The third would be F11. (When debugging code)

                        The mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work unless it’s open.

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                        Dan Mos
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                        ctrl+alt+delete :-\

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                        • M Marc Clifton

                          I remap various functions that I use all the time: Ctrl+G : run without debug (as in, Go) Ctrl+D : debug Ctrl+A : build all Ctrl+M : toggle bookmark Ctrl+N/P: next and previous bookmark, with the "in the same document" behavior, rather than spanning across documents. WTF? Ctrl+B : toggle breakpoint Ctrl+T : goTo line in the debugger Ctrl+L : goto Line number Ctrl+E : goto rEference Ctrl+Tab and Ctrl+Shift+Tab, with that stupid "list of documents" window NUKED Ctrl+F : find in window Ctrl+Shift+F : find in [somewhere] Ctrl+H : find and replace in window Ctrl+Shift+H : find and replace in [somewhere] With that, I basically never have to touch the mouse except to hover over something in the debugger to see what the value is. besides the standard copy/paste, etc. Function keys are meaningless to me. I mean, I do remember the basics when I'm using someone else's computer, but I much prefer Ctrl+[some letter] as an easier memnonic than F5 for debug and Ctrl+F5 for run without debug, etc. Oddly though, I use F10 and F11 !!! I think because it harks back from SO LONG ago, that it's hardwired in my brain. Marc

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                          Mycroft Holmes
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                          The only thing I really miss about VB is the Ctrl F2 and Ctrl Shift F2. Go to reference and return from reference. :sigh:

                          Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH

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                            It was about they time that they shifted it all online to provide a better more up to date service that it went all Paul Gascoigned


                            Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. or "Drink. Get drunk. Fall over." - P O'H

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                            Henry Minute
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                            It's definitely kippulated!

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                              They say that "Power Users" execute functions from the keyboard as much or more than with the mouse. I'm curious. What function key(s) do you frequently use when writing code? The TAB key is by far my most frequently used function key. (Finishes an intellisense statement) The second would be: Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V The third would be F11. (When debugging code)

                              The mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work unless it’s open.

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                              Abhinav S
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                              Ctrl +C / Ctrl + V. Up arrow / Down arrow / Left arrow / Right arrow and Ctrl to Fire and Space to jump. :)

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                                They say that "Power Users" execute functions from the keyboard as much or more than with the mouse. I'm curious. What function key(s) do you frequently use when writing code? The TAB key is by far my most frequently used function key. (Finishes an intellisense statement) The second would be: Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V The third would be F11. (When debugging code)

                                The mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work unless it’s open.

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                                peterchen
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                                Shift+Ins / Shift+Del Ctrl+A Win+D Win+R Ctrl Shift [+] Ctrl / Ctrl+ Shift / + left/right/up/down Sometimes: Win+Pause Context Menu key

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                                • R Richard Blythe

                                  They say that "Power Users" execute functions from the keyboard as much or more than with the mouse. I'm curious. What function key(s) do you frequently use when writing code? The TAB key is by far my most frequently used function key. (Finishes an intellisense statement) The second would be: Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V The third would be F11. (When debugging code)

                                  The mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work unless it’s open.

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                                  Muneeb R Baig
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                                  S Ctrl+S Ctrl+C/V Space A T Alt Ctrl Win Enter What about ; I think should be the most common key on a developer's keyboard.

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                                    You obviously don't use Visual Studio then. If you did, you would be less than satisfied by the F1ishness you receive.

                                    "WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith

                                    As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.

                                    My blog | My articles | MoXAML PowerToys | Onyx

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                                    Roger Wright
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                                    Actually, I do. I just don't expect much from it. It took 4 wasted tries and a complete rebuild of my system to get the Visual Studio Help system to install at all, and after a couple of months it quit returning any results whatsoever from the local help files, so I gave up. It is a POS that can't be fixed by anyone but Microsoft, and they refuse to support their products. So I use Google instead, which has always returned more accurate and relevant responses than anything Microsoft has to offer. Happily, every other app I use has no trouble responding to F1 properly; only the creators of the function can't get it to work.

                                    "A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"

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                                      Ctrl+K,D by a long shot - sort out that formatting! Then Ctrl, Shift + Esc...why's it taking so long!


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                                      peterchen
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                                      Ah yes, the new stuff! Ctrl + MM Ctrl + MO

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                                        They say that "Power Users" execute functions from the keyboard as much or more than with the mouse. I'm curious. What function key(s) do you frequently use when writing code? The TAB key is by far my most frequently used function key. (Finishes an intellisense statement) The second would be: Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V The third would be F11. (When debugging code)

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                                        Gary R Wheeler
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                                        Ctrl+Shift+B (build solution), Shift+Alt+B (rebuild solution)

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                                        • R Richard Blythe

                                          They say that "Power Users" execute functions from the keyboard as much or more than with the mouse. I'm curious. What function key(s) do you frequently use when writing code? The TAB key is by far my most frequently used function key. (Finishes an intellisense statement) The second would be: Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V The third would be F11. (When debugging code)

                                          The mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work unless it’s open.

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                                          Lost User
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                                          ctrl-Z aka the oops key man - couldn't do without it!

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