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Which keyboard key do you hit the most while using Visual Studio?

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  • A Anurag Gandhi

    I was just thinking if anyone has analysed which keyboard key is used most while using Visaul Studio. Some of the candidates (IMO) are: "F5", "." (dot), "Tab", "Enter", "Space" I would like to exclude "Ctrl", "Shift" and "Alt" for obvious reasons (They mostly need to be pressed in combination of other keys). It would be fun to write a visual studio extension which can give me the stats about keyboard hits. :) I am not sure if it already exists.

    Life is a computer program and everyone is the programmer of his own life.

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    Sander Rossel
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    And then my keyboard keys would align so that I can easily type all I need with one hand and without losing productivity! The other hand I can use for uhhh... Using the mouse :D

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    • A Anurag Gandhi

      I was just thinking if anyone has analysed which keyboard key is used most while using Visaul Studio. Some of the candidates (IMO) are: "F5", "." (dot), "Tab", "Enter", "Space" I would like to exclude "Ctrl", "Shift" and "Alt" for obvious reasons (They mostly need to be pressed in combination of other keys). It would be fun to write a visual studio extension which can give me the stats about keyboard hits. :) I am not sure if it already exists.

      Life is a computer program and everyone is the programmer of his own life.

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      Mycroft Holmes
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      I attempted to get some empirical data on this by installing a key logger on my bosses computer, at a financial institution. Can you send me a file in a cake please!

      Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH

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      • A Anurag Gandhi

        I was just thinking if anyone has analysed which keyboard key is used most while using Visaul Studio. Some of the candidates (IMO) are: "F5", "." (dot), "Tab", "Enter", "Space" I would like to exclude "Ctrl", "Shift" and "Alt" for obvious reasons (They mostly need to be pressed in combination of other keys). It would be fun to write a visual studio extension which can give me the stats about keyboard hits. :) I am not sure if it already exists.

        Life is a computer program and everyone is the programmer of his own life.

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        Arav Singhal
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        Arrow keys (for IntelliSense), dot and space

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        • A Anurag Gandhi

          I was just thinking if anyone has analysed which keyboard key is used most while using Visaul Studio. Some of the candidates (IMO) are: "F5", "." (dot), "Tab", "Enter", "Space" I would like to exclude "Ctrl", "Shift" and "Alt" for obvious reasons (They mostly need to be pressed in combination of other keys). It would be fun to write a visual studio extension which can give me the stats about keyboard hits. :) I am not sure if it already exists.

          Life is a computer program and everyone is the programmer of his own life.

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          Greyze
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          I'm the same as most posts here, but the second most press keys are ALT + G. With the Visual Assist addon that combo goes to definition/decleration of a variable, function, object, header file etc.

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          • A Anurag Gandhi

            I was just thinking if anyone has analysed which keyboard key is used most while using Visaul Studio. Some of the candidates (IMO) are: "F5", "." (dot), "Tab", "Enter", "Space" I would like to exclude "Ctrl", "Shift" and "Alt" for obvious reasons (They mostly need to be pressed in combination of other keys). It would be fun to write a visual studio extension which can give me the stats about keyboard hits. :) I am not sure if it already exists.

            Life is a computer program and everyone is the programmer of his own life.

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            maze3
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            =, equals sign not sure really. but the braces {} are starting to annoy me. MVC/Web API/Javascript -> and very little use of brackets [] compared to braces, yet to use braces need to SHIFT+]. AHH

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            • A Anurag Gandhi

              I was just thinking if anyone has analysed which keyboard key is used most while using Visaul Studio. Some of the candidates (IMO) are: "F5", "." (dot), "Tab", "Enter", "Space" I would like to exclude "Ctrl", "Shift" and "Alt" for obvious reasons (They mostly need to be pressed in combination of other keys). It would be fun to write a visual studio extension which can give me the stats about keyboard hits. :) I am not sure if it already exists.

              Life is a computer program and everyone is the programmer of his own life.

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              Member 11074656
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              When I fall asleep, I usually type 'd'.. dddddddddd

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              • A Anurag Gandhi

                I was just thinking if anyone has analysed which keyboard key is used most while using Visaul Studio. Some of the candidates (IMO) are: "F5", "." (dot), "Tab", "Enter", "Space" I would like to exclude "Ctrl", "Shift" and "Alt" for obvious reasons (They mostly need to be pressed in combination of other keys). It would be fun to write a visual studio extension which can give me the stats about keyboard hits. :) I am not sure if it already exists.

                Life is a computer program and everyone is the programmer of his own life.

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                Andrei Bozantan
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                j, k, w, b, SHIFT+*, n (using vsvim)

                If you can't explain something to a six year old, you really don't understand it yourself. (Albert Einstein)

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                • A Anurag Gandhi

                  I was just thinking if anyone has analysed which keyboard key is used most while using Visaul Studio. Some of the candidates (IMO) are: "F5", "." (dot), "Tab", "Enter", "Space" I would like to exclude "Ctrl", "Shift" and "Alt" for obvious reasons (They mostly need to be pressed in combination of other keys). It would be fun to write a visual studio extension which can give me the stats about keyboard hits. :) I am not sure if it already exists.

                  Life is a computer program and everyone is the programmer of his own life.

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                  James Curran
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                  Since I use Tab to trigger Intellisense selection, I essentially end every word with it, which would probably make it the most common key.

                  Truth, James

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                  • A Anurag Gandhi

                    I was just thinking if anyone has analysed which keyboard key is used most while using Visaul Studio. Some of the candidates (IMO) are: "F5", "." (dot), "Tab", "Enter", "Space" I would like to exclude "Ctrl", "Shift" and "Alt" for obvious reasons (They mostly need to be pressed in combination of other keys). It would be fun to write a visual studio extension which can give me the stats about keyboard hits. :) I am not sure if it already exists.

                    Life is a computer program and everyone is the programmer of his own life.

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                    StatementTerminator
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                    According to the wear pattern on my keyboard, it's the FFFFFFFFFFFFFF key.

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                      I agree. Followed closely by Delete.

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                      sam silvercreek
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                      Followed eventually by CTRL+Z!

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                      • A Anurag Gandhi

                        I was just thinking if anyone has analysed which keyboard key is used most while using Visaul Studio. Some of the candidates (IMO) are: "F5", "." (dot), "Tab", "Enter", "Space" I would like to exclude "Ctrl", "Shift" and "Alt" for obvious reasons (They mostly need to be pressed in combination of other keys). It would be fun to write a visual studio extension which can give me the stats about keyboard hits. :) I am not sure if it already exists.

                        Life is a computer program and everyone is the programmer of his own life.

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                        josh clay
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                        Tab, for sure.

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                        • A Anurag Gandhi

                          I was just thinking if anyone has analysed which keyboard key is used most while using Visaul Studio. Some of the candidates (IMO) are: "F5", "." (dot), "Tab", "Enter", "Space" I would like to exclude "Ctrl", "Shift" and "Alt" for obvious reasons (They mostly need to be pressed in combination of other keys). It would be fun to write a visual studio extension which can give me the stats about keyboard hits. :) I am not sure if it already exists.

                          Life is a computer program and everyone is the programmer of his own life.

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                          Yortw
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                          F1, but it's always by accident :((

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                          • A Anurag Gandhi

                            I was just thinking if anyone has analysed which keyboard key is used most while using Visaul Studio. Some of the candidates (IMO) are: "F5", "." (dot), "Tab", "Enter", "Space" I would like to exclude "Ctrl", "Shift" and "Alt" for obvious reasons (They mostly need to be pressed in combination of other keys). It would be fun to write a visual studio extension which can give me the stats about keyboard hits. :) I am not sure if it already exists.

                            Life is a computer program and everyone is the programmer of his own life.

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                            Backspace seems pretty popular. But if we were talking strictly alphabetic or numeric, I'd say the "i" and "0" keys are pretty typical.

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                            • A Anurag Gandhi

                              I was just thinking if anyone has analysed which keyboard key is used most while using Visaul Studio. Some of the candidates (IMO) are: "F5", "." (dot), "Tab", "Enter", "Space" I would like to exclude "Ctrl", "Shift" and "Alt" for obvious reasons (They mostly need to be pressed in combination of other keys). It would be fun to write a visual studio extension which can give me the stats about keyboard hits. :) I am not sure if it already exists.

                              Life is a computer program and everyone is the programmer of his own life.

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                              obermd
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                              Down arrow followed by backspace and delete.

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                              • A Anurag Gandhi

                                I was just thinking if anyone has analysed which keyboard key is used most while using Visaul Studio. Some of the candidates (IMO) are: "F5", "." (dot), "Tab", "Enter", "Space" I would like to exclude "Ctrl", "Shift" and "Alt" for obvious reasons (They mostly need to be pressed in combination of other keys). It would be fun to write a visual studio extension which can give me the stats about keyboard hits. :) I am not sure if it already exists.

                                Life is a computer program and everyone is the programmer of his own life.

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                                obermd
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                                Down arrow followed by backspace, delete, and escape (to clear the help hints)

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