Question

Visual Studio 6.0 used to show the keyboard shortcuts in the tooltips for the toolbar buttons. Is there a setting in Visual Studio 2008 that turns that on, or is that yet another case of Microsoft deciding to remove a feature that some find useful from one of their products?

Answer 1

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Did you know… you can show shortcut keys in toolbar tooltips? – #056

Right-click anywhere on any toolbar or
toolbar region to bring up the context
menu, and select Customize. In the
lower left-hand corner, select Show
shortcut keys in ScreenTips. Now when
you hover over a command, you’ll see
the keyboard shortcut in the tooltip
(aka screen tip).

Sara Ford’s blog is an excellent resource on Visual Studio.