Tip 136: Using Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts

July 1, 1995

Abstract

This article describes several undocumented keyboard and mouse features of Microsoft® Visual Basic®.

Using Undocumented Keyboard and Mouse Techniques

• When you are in the Microsoft® Visual Basic® code window, you can click in the left margin of the window to select a specific line, or you can double-click in the left margin to select an entire function or procedure. Similarly, you can press the CTRL key while clicking in the left margin to select all functions.
  
  
• When designing an application, you can move a control's position within the form up, down, left, or right by holding down CTRL while pressing the appropriate arrow key.
  
  
• When designing an application, you can manually adjust the size of a control by one pixel by holding down the SHIFT key while pressing the appropriate arrow key.
  
  
• In the code window, pressing CTRL+SHIFT+F2 moves the cursor back to its previous location.
  
  
• A context-sensitive menu is displayed for the toolbar, toolbox, form, control, code window, debug window, and project window when you right-click that object.