Emacs/Vim style buffer/window switching

[sashan]

Hi

Is there a way to enable Emacs/Vim style buffer switching in the VC++
editor? For those that don't know this is where you hit a shortcut key
in Emacs/Vim and then type the partial name of the file/buffer/window
and it provides a list of matches to the partial name. It's kinda like
hitting Ctrl+i and doing an incremental search except it matches file
names instead of text.

Any alternative suggestions for quickly moving between files would be
appreciated. Currently I do one of the following:
1) Ctrl-Alt-l to move to the solution explorer and use arrow keys to
move up or down.
2) Ctrl-Tab

I think that the Emacs/Vim style switching would be quicker depending on
context, so it would be nice if there was a way to do it.

Thanks

 

[harry_bosch]

Is there a way to enable Emacs/Vim style buffer switching in the VC++
editor? For those that don't know this is where you hit a shortcut key
in Emacs/Vim and then type the partial name of the file/buffer/window
and it provides a list of matches to the partial name. It's kinda like
hitting Ctrl+i and doing an incremental search except it matches file
names instead of text.

Not exactly, but close. Try assigning the command Window.Windows to your
desired key. It will bring up a list of currently open windows. You can
start typing the name of the file you want and the highlight will move as
in an incremental search. Hit Enter on the one you want, and you're there.

 

[sashan]

Not exactly, but close. Try assigning the command Window.Windows to your
desired key. It will bring up a list of currently open windows. You can
start typing the name of the file you want and the highlight will move as
in an incremental search. Hit Enter on the one you want, and you're there.

Ok thanks.

 

[Jonathan Payne]

I have written a Visual Studio add-in that does something like this. See:

http://www.gotdotnet.com/Community/Workspaces/Workspace.aspx?id=4108bcc0-bf1f-4770-9ac8-b12a7deb9fe2

Jonathan