Working with Documents in Microsoft Visual Studio
- 8/24/2011
Contents
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- 04.01 Insert Documents to the Right of Existing Tabs
- 04.02 Recent Files
- 04.03 Working with Documents on Multiple Monitors
- 04.04 Navigate Open Document Windows
- 04.05 Close the Current Document Window
- 04.06 Open a File Location from the File Tab
- 04.07 Open the File Menu Drop-Down List from Your Keyboard
- 04.08 Using the IDE Navigator
- 04.09 Multiple Views of the Same Document
- 04.10 Closing Just the Selected Files You Want
- 04.11 Understanding the File Open Location
- 04.12 Show Previous Versions
- 04.13 Using Custom File Extension Associations
04.06 Open a File Location from the File Tab
DEFAULT |
Alt+- (minus sign), O (VS2010 Only) |
VISUAL BASIC 6 |
[no shortcut] |
WINDOWS |
Alt+- (minus sign), O (VS2010 Only) |
COMMAND |
File.OpenContainingFolder; Window.ShowDockMenu |
VERSIONS |
2005, 2008, 2010 |
CODE |
vstipEdit0014 |
Do you often find yourself needing to go to your project location in Windows Explorer? Just right-click the file’s tab, and choose Open Containing Folder.
The file location opens in Windows Explorer, and you can manipulate the files from there.