Keyboard Shortcuts in Microsoft Test Manager

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Sometimes when using Microsoft Test Manager (MTM), you want to quickly zip around the application, without using the mouse. We’ve enabled this in MTM with a number of keyboard shortcuts:

Area Shortcut
Backwards Alt+Left, Back Key (multimedia keyboards), and Back button on the mouse
Forwards Alt+Right, Forward Key (multimedia keyboards), and Forward button on the mouse
Home Home Key (multimedia keyboards)
Center Switcher Ctrl+~
Center Ctrl+1 through to Ctrl+0 (the first 10 centers, in the order they appear on the screen)
Action Ctrl+Shift+1 through to Ctrl+Shift+0 (the first 10 actions, in the order they appear on the screen)
New Work Item Ctrl+N
Open Items Ctrl+O, or the Open Key (multimedia keyboards)
Save Ctrl+S
Refresh F5, or the refresh key (multimedia keyboards)
Help F1
Close Ctrl+F4, or Ctrl+W
Go to work item Ctrl+G

 

Here’s a picture that points out all the buttons & their shortcuts:

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Comments

  • Anonymous
    October 17, 2011
    Hello users  - how about the save and close button? Aliasgar

  • Anonymous
    March 19, 2013
    Hey Aliasgar, Exactly my though, how about the save and close button? Guess we'll have to keep ctrl+s and ctrl+w then :O Anyone?

  • Anonymous
    December 02, 2014
    Whats the shortcut to Save & Close button?!

  • Anonymous
    December 09, 2014
    For the 'Save &Close'  button, use the 'ctrl+S+W' at the same time.