Pairing with Resharper (Switching Keyboard Layouts in Visual Studio)

dan — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:01:53 +0000

So at my current client we have a bunch of Devs that are fairly recent converts to Resharper and a bunch of old hats who know IntelliJ or have used Resharper since Version 1. We are pairing but we know different keyboard layouts and don’t want to decrease productivity by making one lot relearn the other layout. So with some searching around I found out how to create new layouts and using a simple macro switch between them.

Please see attached zip

References:

An Example Visual Studio Keyboard settings file

Programatically changing the keyboard thread

MSDN Reference for binding keys in Visual Studio

What does it do?

Allow you to switch between “Resharper + Visual Studio” and IntelliJ shortcuts

Why would you do that?

You are pairing with someone who knows the other set of shortcuts

How to install?

Close Visual Studio
Run install.cmd from a drive (mapped if a network share) to copy the files to the default locations
Open Visual Studio
Tools – Macros – Load Macros Project… Select the ThoughtWorks folder Select the ThoughtWorks Project
Tools – Options – Environment – Keyboard: Select the Resharper or IntelliJ

How to switch?

To switch to IntelliJ Layout press Ctrl-Shift-Alt-I
To switch to Resharper 4 Layout press Ctrl-Shift-Alt-R

It still does not work…

Tools – Options – Environment – Keyboard: Select the IntelliJ
Tools – Import and Export Settings… – Import selected environment settings – No, just import new settings – Browse – Select Switch.Shortcuts
Tools – Options – Environment – Keyboard: Select the Resharper
Tools – Import and Export Settings… – Import selected environment settings – No, just import new settings – Browse – Select Switch.Shortcuts

Can’t you create a decent installer?

I plan to but it looks like I might need to get my code signed by MS!

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