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Assigning a shortcut to Visual Assist's quick actions

In plain Visual Studio there is the Alt+Enter shortcut, which brings up a popup with quick fixes and improvement suggestions.

I am using the Visual Assist plugin for c++ development, which lets me right-click on a item and open 'Quick Actions and Refactorings (VA)' menu.

I would like to combine these two options into one: Having the advanced features in the easy accessible Alt+Enter shortcut without reaching to the mouse and right-click. Anyone knows how to assign a custom shortcut to 'Quick Actions and Refactoring'? Or any suggestions how to get rid of the tedious right-click?

Solution

  • Assigning shortcuts always works like this in Visual Studio: Tools -> Options -> Environment -> Keyboard

    1. Find the right identifier for the desired action, which is VAssistX.RefactorContextMenu in your case.

    2. Assign the desired shortcut Alt+Enter for the scope Text Editor and there you go.

    Note, that this replaces Visual Studio's original Alt+Enter functionality, not blending them together.