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Switching between Visual Studio windows/tabs web browser style


So, I'm not completely sure this is the best idea ever but I do find myself trying to switch tabs in VS 2010 using [CTRL] + [1, etc] to switch windows (tabs). Is it possible to configure VS to behave like a web browser causing CTRL+1 switch to the first open window?


Solution

  • The Visual Studio Productivity Power Tools Extension has very similar funcionality:

    Tab Behavior More Commands for Navigation (New!)
    ...
    Activate a specific pinned tab by Ctrl+Num Pad 1 through 0
    Activate a specific regular tab by Ctrl+Alt+Num Pad 1 through 0
    ...

    Amongst other nice features, read more below: