Keyboard shortcuts for working in Team Web Access and Team Explorer
You can use the keyboard shortcuts listed in this topic when you work within Team Web Access (TWA) or Team Explorer. In addition to these shortcuts, you can assign your own shortcuts on the Tools/Options/Environment/Keyboard page.
Navigate within Team Web Access
Navigate within lists
Navigate within Team Explorer
Execute work item commands in Team Explorer
Navigate within the query editor
Navigate within the query results list view
Open and close query views
Navigate within Team Web Access
In TWA, you can’t move the focus in the left pane on backlog pages, but you can move the focus in the left pane on the Queries page using the Tab key.
To do this |
Press |
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Move the focus up |
UP ARROW |
Move the focus down |
DOWN ARROW |
Move a highlighted work item up in the list (on a backlog page, TWA only) |
CTRL+ALT+UP ARROW |
Move a highlighted work item down in the list (on a backlog page, TWA only) |
CTRL+ALT+DOWN ARROW |
Open a context menu |
Menu or Application key |
Dismiss a context menu |
ESC |
Move focus within a context menu |
ARROW keys |
Choose a highlighted selection with the context menu |
ENTER |
Move the focus left or right |
RIGHT ARROW or LEFT ARROW |
Move the focus to the right, one field at a time |
TAB |
Move the focus to the left, one field at a time |
SHIFT+TAB |
Move a selected tile on the Home page left or right (using Internet Explorer 10 or Internet Explorer 11) |
SHIFT+L or SHIFT+R |
Navigate within lists
Unless otherwise indicated, these actions apply equally to working within TWA and Team Explorer.
To do this |
Press |
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Move the focus up |
UP ARROW |
Move the focus down |
DOWN ARROW or ENTER |
Move the focus left or right |
LEFT ARROW or RIGHT ARROW |
Move the focus to the top of the list |
CTRL+UP ARROW, HOME |
Move the focus to the bottom of the list |
CTRL+DOWN ARROW, END |
Open a highlighted work item |
ENTER |
Highlight consecutive items |
SHIFT+UP ARROW or SHIFT+DOWN ARROW |
Move the focus to the right, one field at a time (within a work item form) |
TAB |
Move the focus to the left, one field at a time (within a work item form) |
SHIFT+TAB |
Navigate within Team Explorer
To do this |
Press this |
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Go to Team Explorer |
ALT+HOME |
Go to the Home page |
CTRL+0,H |
Go to the Connect page |
CTRL +0,C |
Refresh |
F5 |
Move the focus to the search box |
CTRL+' |
Open Team Web Access |
Ctrl+0,A |
Open My Work |
CTRL+0,M |
Open (Git) Changes |
CTRL+0,G |
Open Pending Changes |
CTRL+0,P |
Open Work Items |
CTRL+0,W |
Open Build |
CTRL+0,B |
Open Documents |
CTRL+0,D |
Open Reports |
CTRL+0,R |
Open Settings |
CTRL+0,S |
Move the focus to the top of the page |
ALT+0 |
Move the focus to the visible section [1-9] level content |
ALT+[1-9] |
Move the focus to the previous visible section |
ALT+UP ARROW |
Move the focus to the next visible section |
ALT+DOWN ARROW |
Expand folder |
ALT+RIGHT ARROW |
Collapse folder |
ALT+LEFT ARROW |
Open and work within a context menu
To do this |
Press |
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Open a context menu |
DOWN ARROW |
Dismiss a context menu |
ESC |
Move focus within a context menu |
ARROW keys |
Choose a highlighted selection with the context menu |
ENTER |
Execute work item commands in Team Explorer
To do this |
Press |
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Add a work item |
ALT+M,I |
Go to a work item |
ALT+M,G |
Add a new query |
ALT+M,Q |
Create copy of selected work item |
SHIFT+ALT+C |
Link to new work item |
SHIFT+ALT+L |
Open selected work item |
ENTER |
Navigate within the Query editor
To do this |
Press |
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Move the focus up or down |
UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW |
Move the focus left or right |
RIGHT ARROW or LEFT ARROW |
Move the focus down |
ENTER |
Move the focus to the right, one field at a time |
TAB |
Move the focus to the left, one field at a time |
SHIFT+TAB |
Copy the selected clause |
CTRL+C |
Save changes made to the query or work items in the query results list |
CTRL+S |
Paste the copied clause, and overwrite the selected clause |
CTRL+V |
Move the focus to the end of the current clause |
END |
Delete the contents of the current field or the selected clause |
DELETE |
Highlight consecutive clauses |
SHIFT+UP ARROW or SHIFT+DOWN ARROW |
Navigate within the query results view
Most of the shortcuts that are listed below can be used wherever you have a list of work items, such as the query results view or a list of linked work items within a work item form.
To do this |
Press |
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Highlight a row |
Select the row |
Highlight consecutive rows |
SHIFT+UP ARROW or SHIFT+DOWN ARROW |
Go to next work item |
SHIFT+ALT+N |
Go to previous work item |
SHIFT+ALT+P |
Refresh list |
F5 |
Expand the current row |
Choose the PLUS SIGN key on the numeric keypad, or the equals key on the keyboard |
Collapses the current row |
Choose the MINUS SIGN key on the numeric keypad or on the keyboard |
Save changes made to the query or work items in the query results list |
CTRL+S |
Sort the list by the values of a column, toggling between ascending and descending The up-chevron indicates an ascending sort, and the down-chevron indicates a descending sort |
Choose a column heading |
Sort the list based on values in multiple columns |
Hold down SHIFT and choose the columns in sequence |
Resize a column |
Drag an edge of a column header |
Move a column (Team Explorer only) |
Drag the column left or right to a new location. |
Select the previous row or the next row |
UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW |
Scrolls right or left |
RIGHT ARROW or LEFT ARROW |
Scrolls up or down |
PAGE UP or PAGE DOWN |
Selects the first row or the last row |
HOME or END |
Open the selected work item |
ENTER key on the keypad or on the keyboard |
Open and close query views
When you open a work item query, there are two panels that could display concurrently: the query editor and query results or the query results and the work item form that is currently selected in the query results view.
To do this |
Choose this icon |
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Collapse bottom panel |
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Collapse left panel |
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Collapse right panel |
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Collapse upper panel |
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Restore bottom panel |
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Restore left panel |
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Restore right panel |
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Restore upper panel |
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Switch to side-by-side, horizontal panels |
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Switch to stacked (vertical) panels |
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Next work item in results list |
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Previous work item in results list |
Q & A
Q: Are there keyboard shortcuts I can use with Test Manager?
A: See Keyboard shortcuts for Microsoft Test Manager.
See Also
Concepts
Default Keyboard Shortcuts in Visual Studio