[NFBCS] Using Visual Studio with a Braille Display

[Paul York]

At least by default, the Home key has a "toggle" function. The first tap
moves to just before the first character of a line (i.e., indented). The
second moves to the first column of the line (i.e., unindented). The End
key always moves to after the last character on the line. So an easy
strategy to always get the cursor to just before the first character of a
line regardless of your current position is just to tap End followed by
Home.  Note that this also works on empty lines if you want to make sure
your cursor is at the same level of indentation as the line above. And a
strategy for getting to the first column reliably is just End then Home
then Home.

Other nice shortcuts that not everyone knows:

 - Ctrl + Right Arrow or Ctrl + Left Arrow to skip to the start of the next
or prior word. But this is smarter than normal as it treats delimiters like
quotation marks and parentheses as words (very helpful for coding).
 - F7 should always return you to the code window if you find your focus
elsewhere.
 - F2 will rename a variable or function name everywhere it is used.
 - Ctrl + X with no selection will cut an entire line of text to the
clipboard (or delete it if you don't wish to paste it).
 - Shift+Down Arrow or Shift + Up Arrow selects a line. End then Home then
Home then Shift + Down Arrow will reliably select entire line(s).
 - Alt + Down Arrow or Alt + Up Arrow will move an entire line of code up
or down. Will also move an entire selection up or down so combine with the
above for useful code reorganization.
 - Ctrl + E then C will comment out an entire line (or selection) of code.
 - Ctrl + E then U will uncomment an entire line (or selection) of code.

Step through the "View" menu to find shortcuts to useful "panels",
especially the Solution Explorer and Error List.

Note that this is for Visual Studio, NOT the confusingly similar Visual
Studio Code. VSCode is slightly different, though most of the above will
still apply.

Hope you find it helpful. Good luck with your class!




On Mon, Jan 3, 2022 at 11:24 AM dan TeVelde via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Hello All,
>
>
>
> I am attending a technical program for web design. Right now I am using
> Visual Studio to write JavaScript. For the most part I find the editor
> accessible and it has some really useful features. I use a Mantis Braille
> display which works well most of the time. I am having some issues with
> cursor routing when I try moving the cursor to the beginning of the line. I
> could press the home key but then I would be past the text I want to edit.
> If I route the cursor sometimes focus leaves the editor window. I hope
> someone can help.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dan
>
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