Did you know… You can use Shift+ESC to close a tool window – #142

And as I’ve said time and time again on this blog, it’s really the simple things.  I keep forgetting about this tip, until i see this shortcut chord and have to look up what it does.

Use Shift+ESC to close the currently-selected and active tool window.  If the focus is not on a tool window, but in an editor, and you press Shift+ESC, VS will just look at you.

Window.CloseToolWindow command bound to Shift+ESC

If you want to close the current editor… stay tuned for tomorrow’s tip!

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