Cycle Through Your Open Tool Windows
Keyboard: ALT + F6 (forward); ALT + SHIFT + F6 (backward)
Command: Window.NextPane; Window.PreviousPane
Versions: 2008,2010
Published: 6/24/2010
Code: vstipTool0038
In a previous tip I discussed how to use the IDE Navigator to get around your open tool windows:
https://blogs.msdn.com/b/zainnab/archive/2010/05/17/using-the-ide-navigator-vstiptool0023.aspx
Now we will look at how to get around your open tool windows without the IDE Navigator. Simply press ALT + F6 (forward) or ALT + SHIFT + F6 (backward) to begin going through your open tool windows. Let me clarify something here as well. An "open" tool window is one that is currently showing up in the IDE. So, for example, if you have this:
Then Error List, Command Window, and Breakpoints are "open" tool windows even though they are "hidden". This is an important distinction to make as you use this tip so you will understand why you will go though all your tool windows that you can see whether they are hidden or not.