Updated: November 2007
Aliases provide a means for entering a command into the Find/Command box or Command window by shortening the text needed to execute the command. For example, instead of entering >File.OpenFile to display the Open File dialog box, you can use the pre-defined alias >of.
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>alias in the Commandwindow to display a list of the current aliases and their definitions. Type >cls to clear the contents of the Command window.
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The table below contains a list of the pre-defined aliases that come with Visual Studio 2005. You can easily create new aliases. For more information, see How to: Create Custom Aliases for Visual Studio Commands.
Some command names use arguments that allow you to completely bypass the user interface for a given dialog box. In addition, some command names have more than one pre-defined alias. Click the links for the command names below to display detailed topics that explain the correct syntax, arguments, and switches for those commands.
Command Name
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Alias
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Complete Name
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Print |
?
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Debug.Print
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Quick Watch |
??
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Debug.Quickwatch
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Add New Project
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AddProj
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File.AddNewProject
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Alias |
Alias
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Tools.Alias
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Autos window
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Autos
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Debug.Autos
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Breakpoints window
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bl
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Debug.Breakpoints
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Toggle Breakpoint
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bp
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Debug.ToggleBreakPoint
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Call Stack window
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CallStack
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Debug.CallStack
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Clear Bookmarks
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ClearBook
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Edit.ClearBookmarks
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Close
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Close
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File.Close
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Close All Documents
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CloseAll
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Window.CloseAllDocuments
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Clear All
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cls
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Edit.ClearAll
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Command mode
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cmd
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View.CommandWindow
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View Code
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code
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View.ViewCode
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List Memory |
d
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Debug.ListMemory
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List Memory as ANSI
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da
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Debug.ListMemory /Ansi
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List Memory One Byte format
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db
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Debug.ListMemory /Format:OneByte
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List Memory as ANSI with Four Byte format
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dc
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Debug.ListMemory /Format:FourBytes /Ansi
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List Memory Four Byte format
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dd
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Debug.ListMemory /Format:FourBytes
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Delete to BOL
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DelBOL
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Edit.DeleteToBOL
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Delete to EOL
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DelEOL
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Edit.DeleteToEOL
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Delete Horizontal Whitespace
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DelHSp
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Edit.DeleteHorizontalWhitespace
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View Designer
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designer
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View.ViewDesigner
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List Memory Float format
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df
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Debug.ListMemory/Format:Float
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Disassembly window
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disasm
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Debug.Disassembly
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List Memory Eight Byte format
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dq
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Debug.ListMemory /Format:EightBytes
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List Memory as Unicode
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du
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Debug.ListMemory /Unicode
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Evaluate Statement |
eval
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Debug.EvaluateStatement
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Exit
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Exit
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File.Exit
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Format Selection
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format
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Edit.FormatSelection
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Full Screen
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FullScreen
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View.FullScreen
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Start |
g
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Debug.Start
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Go To |
GotoLn
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Edit.GoTo
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Go to Brace
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GotoBrace
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Edit.GotoBrace
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F1Help |
Help
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Help.F1Help
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Immediate Mode
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immed
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Tools.ImmediateMode
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Insert File as Text
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InsertFile
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Edit.InsertFileAsText
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List Call Stack |
kb
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Debug.ListCallStack
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Make Lower Case
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Lcase
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Edit.MakeLowercase
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Cut Line
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LineCut
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Edit.LineCut
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Delete Line
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LineDel
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Edit.LineDelete
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List Members
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ListMembers
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Edit.ListMembers
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Locals window
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Locals
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Debug.Locals
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Log Command Window Output |
Log
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Tools.LogCommandWindowOutput
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Command Window Mark Mode
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mark
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Tools.CommandWindowMarkMode
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Memory window
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Memory Memory1
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Debug.Memory1
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Memory Window 2
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Memory2
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Debug.Memory2
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Memory Window 3
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Memory3
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Debug.Memory3
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Memory Window 4
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Memory4
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Debug.Memory4
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Set Radix |
n
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Debug.SetRadix
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ShowWebBrowser |
nav navigate
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View.ShowWebBrowser
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Next Bookmark
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NextBook
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Edit.NextBookmark
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New File |
nf
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File.NewFile
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New Project
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np NewProj
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File.NewProject
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Open File |
of Open
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File.OpenFile
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Open Project |
op
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File.OpenProject
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Collapse to Definitions/Stop Outlining
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OutlineDefs StopOutlining
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Edit.CollapsetoDefinitions
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Step Over
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p
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Debug.StepOver
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Parameter Information
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ParamInfo
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Edit.ParameterInfo
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Step Out
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pr
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Debug.StepOut
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Previous Bookmark
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PrevBook
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Edit.PreviousBookmark
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Print File
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print
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File.Print
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Properties Window
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props
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View.PropertiesWindow
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Stop
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q
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Debug.StopDebugging
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Redo
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redo
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Edit.Redo
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Registers window
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registers
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Debug.Registers
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Run to Cursor
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rtc
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Debug.RunToCursor
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Save Selected Items
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save
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File.SaveSelectedItems
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Save All
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SaveAll
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File.SaveAll
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Save As
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SaveAs
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File.SaveSelectedItemsAs
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Script Only View
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ScriptOnly
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View.ShowScriptOnly
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Shell |
shell
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Tools.Shell
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Stop Find In Files
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StopFind
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Edit.FindInFiles /stop
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Swap Anchor
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SwapAnchor
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Edit.SwapAnchor
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Step Into
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t
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Debug.StepInto
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Tabify Selection
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tabify
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Edit.TabifySelection
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Tasklist window
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TaskList
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View.TaskList
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Threads window
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Threads
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Debug.Threads
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Tile Horizontally
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TileH
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Window.TileHorizontally
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Tile Vertically
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TileV
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Window.TileVertically
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Toggle Bookmark
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ToggleBook
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Edit.ToggleBookmark
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Toolbox window
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toolbox
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View.Toolbox
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List Disassembly |
u
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Debug.ListDisassembly
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Make Uppercase
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Ucase
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Edit.MakeUppercase
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Undo
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undo
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Edit.Undo
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Untabify Selection
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Untabify
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Edit.UntabifySelection
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Watch window
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Watch
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Debug.WatchN
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Toggle Word Wrap
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WordWrap
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Edit.ToggleWordWrap
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List Threads |
~
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Debug.ListThreads
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