KeyBinding Element
The KeyBinding element specifies keyboard shortcuts for the commands.
Commands can have both single and dual key bindings associated with them. An example of a single key binding is CTRL+S for the Save command. Dual key bindings require two successive key combinations to trigger a command. An example of a dual key binding is CTRL+K,CTRL+K to set a bookmark.
<Keybinding guid="MyGuid" id="MyId" Editor="MyEditor" key1="B" key2="x" mod1="Control" mod2="Alt" />
Attributes and Elements
The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.
Attributes
Attribute |
Description |
|---|---|
guid |
Required. |
id |
Required. |
editor |
Required. The editor GUID indicates the editing context for which this keyboard shortcut will be active. The value for the default Visual Studio editor is "guidVSStd97". |
key1 |
Required. Valid values include all typable alphanumerics, and also two-digit hexadecimal values preceded by 0x and VK_constants. |
mod1 |
Optional. Any combination of CTRL, ALT, and SHIFT separated by space. |
key2 |
Optional. Valid values include all typable alphanumerics, and also two-digit hexadecimal values preceded by 0x and VK_constants. |
mod2 |
Optional. Any combination of CTRL, ALT, and SHIFT separated by space. |
emulator |
Optional. |
Condition |
Optional. See VSCT XML Schema Conditional Attributes. |
Child Elements
Element |
Description |
|---|---|
Parent |
|
Annotation |
Parent Elements
Element |
Description |
|---|---|
Groups KeyBinding elements and other KeyBindings groupings. |
Example
<KeyBindings>
<KeyBinding guid="guidWidgetPackage" id="cmdidUpdateWidget"
editor="guidWidgetEditor" key1="VK_F5"/>
<KeyBinding guid="guidWidgetPackage" id="cmdidRunWidget"
editor="guidWidgetEditor" key1="VK_F5" mod1="Control"/>
</KeyBindings>