Visual Studio Command Aliases
Applies to: 
Visual Studio 
Visual Studio for Mac
Note
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Command aliases let you type fewer characters when you want to execute a command. You enter aliases into the Find/Command box or Command window. 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 Command window 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 | 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 |