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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
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 Posted - Mar 29 2004 : 07:05:37 AM
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using VS .NET 2003 if i need to "bounce" between the .cpp and .h files for a class, then i can use alt_o thanks to VAX 
currently i have 7 code files open both for reference and since i am working on them. i want to "bounce" between two .cpp files quickly and easily, but there seems to be no way to do this.
could VAX add an option to "go to last file", effectively "alt_w 2", that i could bind to a single easy key press? or is there some other way to do this?
ctrl_tab moves me through all of the files in a semi-random manor if i press it to fast *sigh* |
zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness |
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LarryLeonard
Tomato Guru
USA
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Posted - Mar 29 2004 : 09:40:39 AM
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
19020 Posts |
Posted - Mar 29 2004 : 09:50:50 AM
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as far as i can tell Shift-Ctrl-Tab moves backwards through the tabs, using the same semi-random manor as Ctrl-Tab.
i am sure there is an algorithm for this movement, but since it seems to depend critically on the time between key presses it is very easy to get confused *shrug* |
zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness |
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jpizzi
Tomato Guru
USA
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Posted - Mar 29 2004 : 12:05:58 PM
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Ctrl-Tab moves forward through the list of windows. Shift-Ctrl-Tab moves backward through the list of files.
The order is determined by the "most recently used" windows. In other words, Ctrl-Tab will always take you to the window you most recently had open (active) before the current one.
The speed at which you tab through the windows does not affect order, in my experience. How far you go through the list works just like the Alt-Tab between Windows applications. Hold down the Ctrl key and keep hitting the tab key to go farther through the list.
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Edited by - jpizzi on Mar 29 2004 12:06:43 PM |
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Uniwares
Tomato Guru
Portugal
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Posted - Mar 29 2004 : 12:50:19 PM
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| Correct would be: Ctrl+Tab and Ctrl+Shift+Tab cycles through the windows in the order they where last used. If the time between two consecutive key presses is more than ::SystemParametersInfo(SPI_GETMENUSHOWDELAY) then it will switch between current and last used only. This is probably what feline is describing as semi-random. |
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
19020 Posts |
Posted - Mar 30 2004 : 11:03:30 AM
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i have been watching this today, and the problem happens when i want to move between two files at speed, simply to check out a simple question.
if i get the answer and want to move back in a couple of seconds, there is a good chance the CTRL_TAB press will move me onto window 3, rather than back to window 1. |
zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness |
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Old as dirt
Tomato Guru
USA
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Posted - Mar 30 2004 : 12:44:41 PM
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| Are you sure you are taking your finger off of the Ctrl key? Not doing that would cause it to keep going deeper into the list. I just tried it on my machine and I can't go fast enough to cause it to fail (if I remember to pick up my thumb off the Ctrl key too.) |
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
19020 Posts |
Posted - Mar 31 2004 : 06:37:58 AM
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ah 
i think i could do with reading the basic introduction to the VS IDE, if only i could find it.
i was in fact holding the CTRL key down, it had never occured to me that this might be wrong. many thanks for the hint. |
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