'Alt Tab' for Visual Studio

Alt+tab is a common operation for Windows users.  Once a user masters the skill they can navigate between windows quickly.  Visual Studio has something similar but not with the same shortcut keys.  Crtl+Tab will bring up the window I show below and allow you navigate your windows quickly, faster then using the tabs when you have more then fit into the tab bar.

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Comments

  • Anonymous
    February 29, 2008
    Do you know of a way to disable the thumbnail image of the documents when you're Alt-Tabbing? I find it less than useful and it eats up resources (IOW, makes Alt-Tab slower).
  • Anonymous
    February 29, 2008
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  • Anonymous
    February 29, 2008
    ctrl-tab is a common operation also, it is/should be supported by all MDI applications. Not just a Visual Studio feature.
  • Anonymous
    February 29, 2008
    Oops, I had a typo in my comment - I did mean to say Ctrl-Tab not Alt-Tab. My comment was specifically about the preview in VS2008."But I know if that if just disable them all it will take the previews in the Alt+Tab in Windows and the previews in Crtl+Tab in Visual Studio."Well, funny thing: I already had disabled the preview from Alt-Tab in Vista but the preview in VS2008 remains.
  • Anonymous
    February 29, 2008
    I disabled everything and it got rid of both previews.  Maybe the option to get rid of the Alt+Tab previews is different the option to get rid of the Crtl+Tab previews.  If you disable eveything in that windows do you see the same result as me(most Alt+Tab and Crtl+Tab don't have previews)?
  • Anonymous
    May 09, 2008
    What about us still using Windows XP the Ctrl-Tab preview in VS 2008 is horribly slow