What is the hotkey to jump between split windows in Visual Studio 2008

Question

I've split the code window for a long css file into two sections, top half for viewing one area of code, bottom area for viewing another area of the code. I did this by dragging the splitter on the top right of the code editor to the middle of the editing area.

What is the keystroke command that makes the cursor jump from the lower window to the upper window and vice versa?

I believe the hotkey is the same as sql server.

Crompton

Answer 1

The F6 key moves between window splits in the default keymap.

You can find and customize all keyboard shortcuts in Visual Studio in the Keyboard Command options. If you go there and search for commands containing "split", you'll find the Window.NextSplitPane command, which is what you want. You can also map this command to another key. Keyboard shortcuts can also be context-sensitive, which means the F6 key can do different things in different situations.

Tools > Options > Environment > Keyboard

Gomorrah

thanks. Somehow the keyboard scheme on my system got changed to the VS2005 version where F6 builds the solution instead. – Crompton

Well, F6 is rather more convenient than Ctrl-Shift-B. :) Remember, you can have F6 as a global hotkey for building, and F6 as an editor-local hotkey for switching to the next split pane. – Gomorrah

Answer 2

Try Ctrl+Shift+UpArrow(DownArrow) to move the focus between the split windows - This works in the Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio. And it might also work on the Visual Studio.

Neom