Keyboard shortcut to close all tabs but current one in Visual Studio?

Question

Does anyone know a keyboard shortcut to close all tabs except for the current one in Visual Studio? And while we're at it, the shortcut for closing all tabs? Is there a Resharper option for this? I've looked in the past and have never been able to find it.

Answer 1

I don't think there is one by default, but you can go to Options>Environment>Keyboard and bind a key to File.CloseAllButThis.

I use ctrl+alt+w

Answer 2

Right-click on a File Tab and select Close All But This. This command will close all the other files in the editor, except for the currently-activated file. There isn't a keyboard shortcut by default but you can bind it to a keyboard shortcut in the general environment settings (Options->Environment->Keyboard), the command is File.CloseAllButThis.

Answer 3

Sara Ford has a lot of tips like these about Visual Studio

Here's one that references what aaronjensen said about File.CloseAllButThis:

http://blogs.msdn.com/saraford/archive/2008/01/08/did-you-know-you-can-close-all-but-this-on-files-in-the-file-tab-channel.aspx

Answer 4

I follow aarojensen's method, but put it in the file menu (right click on the menu and select customize). Then Alt-F-B closes all but the current.

Answer 5

If you find yourself using "Close all but this" too often, you can also try Tools \ Options \ Environment \ Documents \ [x] Reuse current document window, if saved. Combined with ReSharper's Recent Edits (ctrl-, or ctrl-e depending on keymap) you can avoid having too much open documents all the time and still quickly navigate between recently opened.

Answer 6

I close all documents using ALT + W + L.

This is available in Visual Studio without any special plugins or configuration. It just uses the tool bar mnemonics.

Answer 7

This is a great tip. The less time I spend using the mouse the better. The only problem is remembering to look out for when you need these features so that you don't just accept the defaults settings.

Answer 8

thanks its really useful, and I set as Ctrl+Shift+X... good one! :-)

Answer 9

In order to close all documents:

Tools->Customize...->Keyboard..->Environment->Keyboard

There I've mapped command Window.CloseAllDocuments to Alt+Ctrl+F4