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Asked: 2026-05-18T22:29:31+00:00

Is there a Keyboard Shortcut to HIDE properties pane?

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Is there a Keyboard Shortcut to HIDE properties pane?

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  1. Editorial Team

    I encountered an issue where VS2008 wouldn’t display anything in the Properties window in the WPF designer if it was set to autohide. In my searching for a solution, I found this question. As noted in the question, F4 normally only shows/focuses the Properties window. I followed the steps in Marcel’s answer and modified the resulting macro as shown below to allow F4 to instead toggle the Properties window:

    Option Strict Off
Option Explicit Off
Imports System
Imports EnvDTE
Imports EnvDTE80
Imports EnvDTE90
Imports System.Diagnostics

Public Module RecordingModule
    Sub TogglePropertiesTab()
        If DTE.Windows.Item(Constants.vsWindowKindProperties).Visible Then
            DTE.Windows.Item(Constants.vsWindowKindProperties).Close()
        Else
            DTE.Windows.Item(Constants.vsWindowKindProperties).Activate()
        End If
    End Sub
End Module
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