July 27, 2012

VS 2010, shortcut keys to Enable/Disable All Breakpoints


In Visual Studio, you can create or delete a single breakpoint by hitting F9, and can delete all breakpoints by Ctrl+Shift+F9 shortcut. It does not provide shortcut keys to disable or enable all breakpoints, but you can define that by yourself.
  • Go to Tools > Options popup.
  • Enter "DisableAllBreakpoints" in the textbox for Show commands containing:.
  • I am using Global option from User new shortcut in: combobox.
  • Set focus on Press shortcut keys textbox and hit your shortcut keys you want to set. (e.g. I am using Alt+1)
  • Press Assign button
  • Now press OK and use your new shortcut keys.(Make sure your newly created shortcut key is selected in Shortcuts for selected command) combobox while hitting OK button.
vs2010-enable-breakpoints-shortcut Similary you can set shortcut key for EnableAllBreakPoints or any other command.