Clicking F12 not entering code behind from aspx.page in visual studio 2019, ie clicking on event handler

Question

Hi

I am facing this issue with the Visual Studio 2019 Community Edition, when I create the event handler - for example OnClick, the previous version would show the code behind file automatically, now the file is opened, but I have to click on it and write the code.

I am facing this issue with while working on Web Application Project.

Do I need to enable something to get it to work ?

Answer 1

It seems that this feature is not currently available for Web projects, but it still works in case of WPF, for example. As a workaround, you can press <F7> to switch from design to code and go to function.

Another alternative to <F12>: put the caret inside the attribute value and press <Ctrl+,> etc.

Answer 2

Hi @Kalpana ,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A forum.

Normally, F12 keyboard shortcut is used for GoToDefinition, NavigatetoProject … as default features, but from your description, you are using F12 to navigate to event handler(codes)? Or you mean the OnClick code in Source View of .aspx file? Could you please share reproducible steps and some screenshots with me to test and confirm this issue on my side?

If you want to go to(and automatically create) the event handler, does double-click the control work on your side?

Best Regards,
Tianyu

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