VS2012 – tips and tricks – team explorer shortcuts and patterns

In my last post I wrote about team explorer shortcuts and patterns for Visual Studio 2010.

Visual Studio 2012 has already been launched with the new Team Explorer. Like the new Solution Explorer, the new Team Explorer follows the concept of a single tool-window with multiple scopes depending on the content.

Unlike the solution explorer which supports multiple instances for different scopes the new Team Explorer doesn’t support this which requires multiple clicks to navigate between the different scopes and sometimes you’re felling like lost in the toolbox.

For quick navigation shortcuts are your friend …

If you are a ReSharper user the following shortcuts are compatible with IDEA scheme.

Pattern for Team Explorer: SHIFT + ALT + T

VS2012 Team Explorer commands	shortcuts
Team.TeamExplorerSearch	STRG + ä
TeamFoundationContextMenus.Commands.GoToHome	SHIFT + ALT + T, H
TeamFoundationContextMenus.Commands.GoToBuilds	SHIFT + ALT + T, B
TeamFoundationContextMenus.Commands.GoToWorkItems	SHIFT + ALT + T, W
TeamFoundationContextMenus.Commands.GoToPendingChanges	SHIFT + ALT + T, P
TeamFoundationContextMenus.Commands.GoToMyWork	SHIFT + ALT + T, M
TeamFoundationContextMenus.Commands.GoToWebAccess	SHIFT + ALT + T, A

Pattern for Editor/SourceControl: SHIFT + ALT + S

VS2012 TFS Editor/SourceControl commands	shortcuts
File.TfsHistory	SHIFT + ALT + S, H
File.TfsAnnotate	SHIFT + ALT + S, A
File.TfsCompare	SHIFT + ALT + S, C
File.TfsUndoCheckout	SHIFT + ALT + S, U