Toggle Design and Source Windows Macro
This one comes from Austin out of our mailbag. Thanks - Josh
I got tired of using the F7, Shift-F7 key shortcuts for toggling the Design and Source code windows. So I wrote this little macro.
It works a little differently for ASP.NET files. When toggling to the Design window the macro will open either in Design or HTML mode depending on the users setting. Maybe someone else will find this macro usefull.
Imports EnvDTE
Imports System.Diagnostics
Imports System.ComponentModel.Design
Public Module ToggleWindows
Sub ToggleDesignAndCodeWindows()
If (((TypeOf DTE.ActiveWindow.Object Is IDesignerHost) OrElse (TypeOf DTE.ActiveWindow.Object Is HTMLWindow)) AndAlso (DTE.Commands.Item("View.ViewCode").IsAvailable)) Then
DTE.ExecuteCommand("View.ViewCode")
Else
Dim projItem As ProjectItem
Dim activeDocFullName As String = DTE.ActiveDocument.FullName
Dim formFullName As String = activeDocFullName.Substring(0, activeDocFullName.LastIndexOf("."))
projItem = DTE.Solution.FindProjectItem(formFullName)
If (Not projItem Is Nothing) Then
Try
projItem.Open(Constants.vsViewKindPrimary).Activate()
Catch e As System.NullReferenceException
' Do nothing. Needed for asmx and ascx pages.
End Try
Else
If DTE.Commands.Item("View.ViewDesigner").IsAvailable Then
DTE.ExecuteCommand("View.ViewDesigner")
Else
Beep()
End If
End If
End If
End Sub
End Module
Check out these instructions for more information on using macros in the ide.
Comments
- Anonymous
July 22, 2004
I stumbled across this keyboard shortcut a few weeks ago, but have you tried Ctrl-PgUp and Ctrl-PgDn to toggle between Design and HTML modes??