Most Common/Favorite Keyboard Key(s)
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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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In order of shininess. Shift, Ctrl, space, backspace, delete, tab, F3, F5, F8, page up page down, arrow keys and numeric keypad, and one broken keyboard foot… from occasional multiple simultaneous key presses with heavy emphasis applied :)
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Not in any particular order: F5. Shift+alt+F10. F11. F6. F9. Ctrl+N. Ctrl+S. Ctrl+Space.
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Those are a lot of mine too (though I'll have to look up F9). I have also started using CTRL+. when references need to be added. <= super handy
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Same here on my home machine W, S, A, D. Program and game on it, but gaming takes more of a front seat at home. at work; Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, F11, F5, Tab, Shift+Tab Now i have a quad screen setup at work I rarely ever Alt+Tab anymore. Still have dozens of windows open, but it now seems more intuitive to access them from the taskbar than from alt+tab as brain can relate to their on-screen locations far quicker using that visual.. odd.
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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.
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Jim Crafton wrote:
lock your machine up till it figures out what the hell to do
This is so true. And everyone knows it.. except for maybe MS? You can go make a caffinated drink, visit with your neighbors, turn to google, click several old dead links, stumble on and watch some funny vids, search online some more, find your answer and implement a solution - all this before F1 loads. If you were sufficiently capable of waiting for F1, you end up with an alarmingly unproductive and baffling query result. I've seen ants, using their own bodies, build stunning expansive bridges over water. All I want is an answer to a question from help file.
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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.
Looks like the most used keys for me are N O R and P. And esc.
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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.
Backspace, d, and x (I'm a vimmer)
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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.
Enter, Backspace and left side of the Space bar - pretty much equally worn. Nothing else even comes close.
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I use Ctrl+A a lot for select all; Ctrl+H for search/replace; Ctrl+X, Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V for cutting, copying and pasting. The Home and End keys are pretty worn out too (although it's hard to tell these days as my keyboard is covered in crumbs, coffee and bits of pizza!)
MJ08 wrote:
my keyboard is covered in crumbs, coffee and bits of pizza!)
A perfect codeproject survey: "How often do you clean your keyboard?" :laugh:
The mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work unless it’s open.
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Backspace, d, and x (I'm a vimmer)
Several posts have listed single keys. What's up with "d" and "x"? Obviously your using them with another key combination.
The mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work unless it’s open.
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Several posts have listed single keys. What's up with "d" and "x"? Obviously your using them with another key combination.
The mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work unless it’s open.
In vim, if you're in Normal Mode, d begins a deletion sequence ('dd' deletes a line, 'dw' deletes a word, etc.). 'x' deletes a character. In Insert Mode, Backspace deletes the previous character.
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MJ08 wrote:
my keyboard is covered in crumbs, coffee and bits of pizza!)
A perfect codeproject survey: "How often do you clean your keyboard?" :laugh:
The mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work unless it’s open.
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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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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.
Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
There was a time (many years ago) when the MSDN help was superb. Subsequent releases have made the product worse.
Industry trend - pathetic presentation, meaningless content - post modernism. rubout is well worn - my kb has keys for copy/cut/paste, they are shiny.
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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.
I'm amazed no one else has actually admitted to the key that actually gets used the most. Backspace. I use it at least three times in every sentence or line of code!!! :) If you don't need to backspace every now and then you are just not coding fast enough! It's like trying to ski. If you don't fall over you're not really having fun!
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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.
Visual Studio C#: prop<tab><tab>
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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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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.
In Visual Studio, the obvious F5 and Ctrl+S, but also F12 (go to definition) and Ctrl+Shift+F12 (go to next error).
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:laugh: I use my left thumb for most of my spacebar hits. It's pretty worn on that side.
The mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work unless it’s open.
The spacebar or your left thumb?
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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:
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Just reading through this thread (yeah, ok, a month and a half later), I was surprised nobody mentioned up to this point Ctrl+- (i.e Ctrl+Dash). It's mapped as "navigate back", which when pressed successively will take you back through recent edit points in your code - effectively allowing you to return back from a reference lookup. It's certainly not my most used key combination, but probably my favorite "secret trick" command. (Ctrl+Shift+- is "navigate forward", but I don't have enough use for it to normally remember it.)
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Just reading through this thread (yeah, ok, a month and a half later), I was surprised nobody mentioned up to this point Ctrl+- (i.e Ctrl+Dash). It's mapped as "navigate back", which when pressed successively will take you back through recent edit points in your code - effectively allowing you to return back from a reference lookup. It's certainly not my most used key combination, but probably my favorite "secret trick" command. (Ctrl+Shift+- is "navigate forward", but I don't have enough use for it to normally remember it.)
ScottK7 wrote:
(yeah, ok, a month and a half later)
And just what ARE you doing way back here, almost into the archives! Thanks for the tip, I'll definitely try it as I really miss the old VB shortcut.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH