visual studio .net ide: In the old VB IDE environment, if I removed the "Project Explorer", all I
had to do to bring it back was press Ctrl + R.
When i try to do it now in VB DOT NET, I notice at the bottom of the IDE
screen, it says "Waiting for second key of chord".

There's no second key I want to press.

And yes, I have the keyboard layout set to VB6 :)

In fact, when I look in the "View" menu, "Ctrl + R" is listed as the
shortcut for the Solution Explorer.

However, Ctrl + R is listed for other items under the "Edit.Advanced"
menu. I may want to use these keyboard options later and thus, do not want
to remove the bindings.

How do I tell the IDE "there's not second key to press. I'm finished."?

Hi Ray,

Thanks for posting in the community.

From your description, I understand that you cannot use the CTRL+R to call
back the Solution Explorer window in VS.NET IDE.
Please correct me if there is any misunderstand.

You can find the short-cut command of the View.SolutionExploerer in the
Tools/Options/Environment/Keyboard dialog, its default setting is "Ctrl+R
(Global)", the "Global" means you should use this short--cut keys in the
global context in the VS.NET IDE, from my experience, it is the case that
your input focus does not reside in the IDE's text-editor or menus.

While your input focus is in the other context such as Properties window or
Server Explorer..., the "Ctrl+R" short-cut command can recall the Solution
Explorer window as expected.


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For the case that input focus is in the IDE's text-editor, the "Ctrl+R"
short-cut command just do some text editing operation.


Thanks!

Best regards,

Gary Chang
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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