When you create a macro and want to associate it with a shortcut key you face the problem of determining which shortcuts are available. At times this can become a time-consuming job, because Visual Studio has taken so many shortcuts for itself. More in general, how do you get the list of all the Visual Studio commands and their shortcuts, as defined in a given keyboard configuration?
The most obvious answer is "read the documentation, dude!", however the docs can't list the shortcuts that have been modified or added after installing Visual Studio. Microsoft provides the Keybindings Table Add-in, an add-in written in C++ that lists all key bindings (that is, the shortcuts associated with each command). But why should you install an add-in if you can achieve the same result with a macro that contains just a few lines of code? Here's a macro that creates a text file in the C:\ folder, with all the information you need:
Public Sub ShowKeyboardBindings()
Dim sw As New System.IO.StreamWriter("c:\keybindings.txt")
For Each cmd As Command In DTE.Commands
For Each o As Object In cmd.Bindings
sw.WriteLine(cmd.Name & " - " & o.ToString())
Next
Next
sw.Close()
End Sub
The advantage of using a macro instead of the shrik-wrapped add-in is that you can modify its source code to display information in any format you like. For example, you might sort the result by the shortcut, so that you can immediately see which shortcuts are used and which are available. Or you can list only the commands that are available inside a given window, such as the code editor or the form designer.
If you aren't familiar with macros, here's how to proceed. Type Alt+F11 to bring up the Macro IDE, open a module under MyMacros (e.g. Module1) by clicking in the Project Explorer, then paste the previous code and type Ctrl+S to save. Close the Macro IDE and go back to Visual Studio, type Alt+F8 to display the Macro Explorer window, expand the MyMacros-Module1 node and double-click on ShowKeyboardBinding to run the macro. Done!