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
Print Command	?	Debug.Print
Quick Watch Command	??	Debug.Quickwatch
Add New Project	AddProj	File.AddNewProject
Alias Command	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
List Memory Command	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
Evaluate Statement Command	eval	Debug.EvaluateStatement
Exit	Exit	File.Exit
Format Selection	format	Edit.FormatSelection
Full Screen	FullScreen	View.FullScreen
Start Command	g	Debug.Start
Go To Command	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
List Call Stack Command	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 Command Window Output Command	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
Set Radix Command	n	Debug.SetRadix
ShowWebBrowser Command	nav navigate	View.ShowWebBrowser
Next Bookmark	NextBook	Edit.NextBookmark
New File Command	nf	File.NewFile
New Project	np NewProj	File.NewProject
Open File Command	of Open	File.OpenFile
Open Project Command	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	print	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 Command	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
List Disassembly Command	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
List Threads Command	~ ~*k ~*kb	Debug.ListThreads Debug.ListTheads /AllThreads

See Also

Reference

Visual Studio Commands

Command Window

Find/Command Box