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DrB
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 Posted - Oct 05 2008 : 11:46:15 PM
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I don't think this is a VAX problem, but I'm hoping VAX has a setting that might bypass it for me...
My visual studio is freezing up (an hour glass that never goes away, with no real CPU usage) when I right-click in my C++ source code. Not always, but frequently. I've turned off VAX and it still does it.
Has anyone solved this problem? Is there a way to have only VAX handle the right-click?
I'm using Visual Studio 2008 professional SP1 on Windows XP Professional, and VAX 1649. |
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
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Posted - Oct 06 2008 : 06:51:34 AM
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VA does not have a setting to completely take over the mouse right click. If you turn on:
VA Options -> Advanced -> General -> Enable Context menu upon shift+right-click in text editor
then VA should take over Shift + Right click, but you still have to remember to press Shift before every mouse press. If VA's shift + right click menu does what you want then you might want to consider remapping the mouse right click button. I remember there was an IDE power toy to map extra mouse buttons, and a search found:
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=BfyqxdYH02UC&pg=PA94&lpg=PA94&dq=visual studio mouse buttons control&source=web&ots=J2O6Ct0oVw&sig=OHP7cRK2emAMt4IZhYntx6V7bFA&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=5&ct=result
http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/VSMouseBindings
I have never actually used this myself, so I don't know if it will do what you want or not. I also came across:
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/System-Tweak/X-Mouse-Button-Control.shtml
and the description says application specific re-mapping, so you *may* be able to map right click to shift - right click.
If you stop VA from loading as described here:
http://docs.wholetomato.com?W306
do you still see this problem? |
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DrB
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Posted - Oct 06 2008 : 10:40:43 AM
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I tried stopping VA from loading, and it didn't help the problem.
What I usually want to do is "Go to Definition" which doesn't seem to be there in Shift-Right-Click. |
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
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Posted - Oct 09 2008 : 07:07:29 AM
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Have you tried using the keyboard shortcut Alt-g, which triggers VA's go to command?
"Go to Definition" is one of two IDE go to commands. You could try binding a keyboard shortcut to this command via the IDE's options dialog. However that would require using the keyboard not the mouse.
How about adding a toolbar button for this command? That is still mouse triggered. |
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Freezing on right-click
