Like other Visual Studio components, the workflow designer also has many shortcut keys. These shortcuts are provided in the msdn document. It is listed here for ease of viewing.
Shortcut |
Purpose |
CTRL + E, |
Shows or hides the argument designer. |
CTRL + E, C |
Collapses the selected activity in place. |
CTRL + E, E |
Expands the selected activity in place. |
CTRL + E, F |
Connects the selected activities in a flowchart. |
CTRL + e, I |
Shows or hides the imports designer. |
CTRL + e, m |
Moves the keyboard focus to the next item in the tab order. |
CTRL + e, n |
Creates a new variable in the scope of the selected activity (or the closest ). |
CTRL + e, O |
Shows or hides the Overview map. |
CTRL + E, P |
Navigates to the parent of the selected activity. This goes up one level in breadcrumb navigation and changes Root Activity on the Designer surface. |
CTRL + E, S |
Adds the item with keyboard focus to the current selection. |
CTRL + e, V |
Shows or hides the variable designer. |
CTRL + e, X |
Expands all activities in the workflow. |
CTRL + ALT + F6 |
Moves keyboard focus from the current UI area to the next area in the sequence. The order is as follows:
- Breadcrumb navigation bar.
- Designer surface
- Arguments/variables/imports designer if open
- Shell
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