Hotkey to open TFS Source Control Explorer in Visual Studio 2012?

Question

Currently I have to open Team Explorer and click on Source Control Explorer as below snapshot.

I do this very often and need a hotkey for that.

What is it then?

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score 73 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 07 '15 at 11:05

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Try with below step:

Go to Options of Tools menu

Description

Select the Keyboard from Environment
Select View.TfsSourceControlExplorer from Show commands containing:. You can type View.TFS in the textbox to filter the list.
Enter your hotkey in Press shorcut keys => click on Assign

Hope it helps!

edited Jul 07 '15 at 11:05

Aage

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answered Jan 15 '14 at 10:11

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I'm sorry for being nitpicky here, but I think the answer is "There is no built-in shortcut to 'Souce Control Explorer'" isn't it? You can create a shortcut for anything in VS but this is not the correct answer here. It would be a nice workaround obviously. Could you perhaps reword the answer to reflect that (if you agree with me that is)? – julealgon Feb 12 '14 at 14:54

score 53 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

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According to a comment that I found in the site that @Adarsh mentioned, Alt+V,E,S will open the Source Control Explorer. It's a couple extra keystrokes but it works for me!

edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

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answered Feb 21 '14 at 18:30

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It would be nice to have a shortcut to close it as well though. Any ideas? – Rich Finelli Nov 04 '15 at 14:57
Careful use of Ctrl+F4? – Bennett Elder Dec 03 '15 at 13:51

score 9 · Answer 3 · edited Oct 06 '15 at 10:46

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You can use Ctrl+0,P to open the Pending Changes Window.

You can find all the shortcuts for team Explorer on this blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/buckh/archive/2012/06/06/team-explorer-2012-keyboard-shortcuts.aspx

Update:

In Visual Studio 2013 Ctrl+0,P doesn't seem to work to open Pending Changes, but you can use Alt-V,E,H or configure a custom shortcut in the menu Tools/Options/Environment/Keyboard.

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answered Jan 15 '14 at 09:00

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I'm not looking for Pending Changes. Thanks anyway! – Nam G VU Jan 15 '14 at 10:13

haku · Answer 4 · 2016-02-29T17:10:27.040

Just wanted to share another alternative I learned. One could set an alias in VS Command Window and launch it from there.

alias sce View.TfsSourceControlExplorer

note- 'sce' is an alias of your choice. I generally abbreviate. Obvious but having a pattern will be helpful if you have many of these.

Steps:

Open command window (ctrl+alt+A)
Set the alias (the statement shown above)
Next time you need to launch the Source Control Explorer, switch/launch command window and type your alias name. 'sce' in the above example.

score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 16 '17 at 14:51

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Alt+V,E,S works for me even in VS 2015

In case you like to see more shortcuts, please visit this site http://visualstudioshortcuts.com

answered Apr 16 '17 at 14:51

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Sandeep · Answer 6 · 2017-01-27T15:42:36.843

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IN VS 2015 Toolbar=>Team=> Manage Connections =>(window like solution explorer will open on right side) Team Explorer- Connect=> Beneath the home symbol ==> Click "Connect"=>Click "Source Control Explorer"

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answered Jan 26 '17 at 22:54

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