Is there a Hotkey to pin / auto hide a panel like Solution Explorer?

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radbyx picture radbyx · Jan 23, 2015 · Viewed 7.1k times · Source

Is there a Hotkey to pin / auto hide a panel like Solution Explorer?

It would be a good combinations with CTRL+ALT+L which focus Solution Explorer.

Answer

Lukkha Coder picture Lukkha Coder · Jan 23, 2015

You can close any panel using Shift + Esc. So hit the key combination with the focus on the solution explorer and it will close. You can then use the shortcut that you mentioned to open the solution explorer again.

If you'd rather auto-hide and dock the panel instead of closing it, you can define shortcuts for Window.AutoHide and Window.Dock.

For Example:

Window.AutoHide (Shift+Space(Global))

Window.Dock (Shift+Alt+Space(Global))

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