Visual Studio - Shortcut to Navigate to Solution Explorer

Question

Is there a keyboard shortcut in Visual Studio (aside from CTRL+TAB and selection) that would take me from inside a document directly into the solution

Answer 1

When using VS 2012 with the Visual C# 2005 keyboard mapping scheme:

CTRL+W, S

I find this easier to memorize: All shortcuts beginning with CTRL+W are for opening or navigating to W indows:

• CTRL+W, S: S olution Explorer
• CTRL+W, E: E rror list
• CTRL+W, R: R esourceview
• CTRL+W, A: Command window (A ction ...)
• CTRL+W, T: T askview
• CTRL+W, Q: Find Symbol Results
• CTRL+W, X: Toolbo x
• CTRL+W, C: C lassview
• CTRL+W, P: P roperties
• CTRL+W, B: B ookmarks
• ...

Answer 2

In Visual Studio 2012 you can now use CTRL+; as this is the default keyboard shortcut for the solution explorer search box.

Answer 3

Visual Studio

2015 and 2017 (by default) VS 2017 Shortcuts

Ctrl + [, S

Runs Keyboard Shortcut

SolutionExplorer.SyncWithActiveDocument

ReSharper

In Visual Studio 2015 and 2017 (by default) Resharper Docs

Shift + Alt + L

Which runs Resharper's Keyboard Shortcut

Resharper.Resharper_LocateInSolutionOrAssemblyExplorer

Both

• Focus Solution Explorer
• Highlight document
• Scroll / expand nodes (as required to show that document)

Difference

Resharper's version also works with decompiled code. Locating decompiled symbols in the Assembly Explorer window.

To customise / it doesn't work :

1. Tools > Options > Environment > Keyboard
2. Search shortcut name (e.g. SolutionExplorer.SyncWithActiveDocument)
3. Assign (in Global) to Keyboard shortcuts as you like

Answer 4

CTRL+ALT+L

should shift focus to the Solution Explorer.

For visual studio 2012 use:

CTRL+[ + S this selects your current document in the solution explorer.

Answer 5

Extended above : command name for sync tab with solution explorer is "SolutionExplorer.SyncWithActiveDocument"

Answer 6

1. shortcut ctrl [, S will focus current open file/document in solution explorer.
2. setting checkbox to true in "Track active in Solution Explorer" will automatically focus current open file/document in solution explorer (Tools->Options->Projects and solutions->General->"Track Active Item in Solution Explorer"=true