Visual Studio Command Aliases
Aliases provide a means for entering a command into the Find/Command box or Command window by shortening the text needed to execute the command. For example, instead of entering >File.OpenFile to display the Open File dialog box, you can use the pre-defined alias >of.
Type alias in the Commandwindow to display a list of the current aliases and their definitions. Type >cls to clear the contents of the Command window. If you want to see an alias for a specific command, type alias <command name>.
You can easily create your own alias for one of the Visual Studio commands (with or without arguments). For example, the syntax for aliasing File.NewFile MyFile.txt is alias MyAlias File.NewFile MyFile.txt. You can delete one of your aliases with alias <alias name> /delete
The table below contains a list of the pre-defined Visual Studio command aliases. Some command names have more than one pre-defined alias. Click the links for the command names below to display detailed topics that explain the correct syntax, arguments, and switches for those commands.
Command Name |
Alias |
Complete Name |
|---|---|---|
? |
Debug.Print |
|
?? |
Debug.Quickwatch |
|
Add New Project |
AddProj |
File.AddNewProject |
Alias |
Tools.Alias |
|
Autos window |
Autos |
Debug.Autos |
Breakpoints window |
bl |
Debug.Breakpoints |
Toggle Breakpoint |
bp |
Debug.ToggleBreakPoint |
Call Stack window |
CallStack |
Debug.CallStack |
Clear Bookmarks |
ClearBook |
Edit.ClearBookmarks |
Close |
Close |
File.Close |
Close All Documents |
CloseAll |
Window.CloseAllDocuments |
Clear All |
cls |
Edit.ClearAll |
Command mode |
cmd |
View.CommandWindow |
View Code |
code |
View.ViewCode |
d |
Debug.ListMemory |
|
List Memory Command as ANSI |
da |
Debug.ListMemory /Ansi |
List Memory Command One Byte format |
db |
Debug.ListMemory /Format:OneByte |
List Memory Command as ANSI with Four Byte format |
dc |
Debug.ListMemory /Format:FourBytes /Ansi |
List Memory Command Four Byte format |
dd |
Debug.ListMemory /Format:FourBytes |
Delete to BOL |
DelBOL |
Edit.DeleteToBOL |
Delete to EOL |
DelEOL |
Edit.DeleteToEOL |
Delete Horizontal Whitespace |
DelHSp |
Edit.DeleteHorizontalWhitespace |
View Designer |
designer |
View.ViewDesigner |
List Memory Command Float format |
df |
Debug.ListMemory/Format:Float |
Disassembly window |
disasm |
Debug.Disassembly |
List Memory Command Eight Byte format |
dq |
Debug.ListMemory /Format:EightBytes |
List Memory Command as Unicode |
du |
Debug.ListMemory /Unicode |
eval |
Debug.EvaluateStatement |
|
Exit |
Exit |
File.Exit |
Format Selection |
format |
Edit.FormatSelection |
Full Screen |
FullScreen |
View.FullScreen |
g |
Debug.Start |
|
GotoLn |
Edit.GoTo |
|
Go to Brace |
GotoBrace |
Edit.GotoBrace |
F1Help |
Help |
Help.F1Help |
Immediate Mode |
immed |
Tools.ImmediateMode |
Insert File as Text |
InsertFile |
Edit.InsertFileAsText |
kb |
Debug.ListCallStack |
|
Make Lower Case |
Lcase |
Edit.MakeLowercase |
Cut Line |
LineCut |
Edit.LineCut |
Delete Line |
LineDel |
Edit.LineDelete |
List Members |
ListMembers |
Edit.ListMembers |
Locals window |
Locals |
Debug.Locals |
Log |
Tools.LogCommandWindowOutput |
|
Command Window Mark Mode |
mark |
Tools.CommandWindowMarkMode |
Memory window |
Memory Memory1 |
Debug.Memory1 |
Memory Window 2 |
Memory2 |
Debug.Memory2 |
Memory Window 3 |
Memory3 |
Debug.Memory3 |
Memory Window 4 |
Memory4 |
Debug.Memory4 |
n |
Debug.SetRadix |
|
nav navigate |
View.ShowWebBrowser |
|
Next Bookmark |
NextBook |
Edit.NextBookmark |
nf |
File.NewFile |
|
New Project |
np NewProj |
File.NewProject |
of Open |
File.OpenFile |
|
op |
File.OpenProject |
|
Collapse to Definitions/Stop Outlining |
OutlineDefs StopOutlining |
Edit.CollapsetoDefinitions |
Step Over |
p |
Debug.StepOver |
Parameter Information |
ParamInfo |
Edit.ParameterInfo |
Step Out |
pr |
Debug.StepOut |
Previous Bookmark |
PrevBook |
Edit.PreviousBookmark |
Print File |
File.Print |
|
Properties Window |
props |
View.PropertiesWindow |
Stop |
q |
Debug.StopDebugging |
Redo |
redo |
Edit.Redo |
Registers window |
registers |
Debug.Registers |
Run to Cursor |
rtc |
Debug.RunToCursor |
Save Selected Items |
save |
File.SaveSelectedItems |
Save All |
SaveAll |
File.SaveAll |
Save As |
SaveAs |
File.SaveSelectedItemsAs |
shell |
Tools.Shell |
|
Stop Find In Files |
StopFind |
Edit.FindInFiles /stop |
Swap Anchor |
SwapAnchor |
Edit.SwapAnchor |
Step Into |
t |
Debug.StepInto |
Tabify Selection |
tabify |
Edit.TabifySelection |
Tasklist window |
TaskList |
View.TaskList |
Threads window |
Threads |
Debug.Threads |
Tile Horizontally |
TileH |
Window.TileHorizontally |
Tile Vertically |
TileV |
Window.TileVertically |
Toggle Bookmark |
ToggleBook |
Edit.ToggleBookmark |
Toolbox window |
toolbox |
View.Toolbox |
u |
Debug.ListDisassembly |
|
Make Uppercase |
Ucase |
Edit.MakeUppercase |
Undo |
undo |
Edit.Undo |
Untabify Selection |
Untabify |
Edit.UntabifySelection |
Watch window |
Watch |
Debug.WatchN |
Toggle Word Wrap |
WordWrap |
Edit.ToggleWordWrap |
List Processes |
| |
Debug.ListProcesses |
~ ~*k ~*kb |
Debug.ListThreads Debug.ListTheads /AllThreads |