How can I add a custom command to Visual Studio?
Solution 1
First, add an item to your Tools menu by choosing Tools, External Tools, and filling out the dialog, like this:
Then bring up Tools Customize, click the Keyboard button at the bottom, and find the appropriate external tool number:
Solution 2
All the configured external commands in VS are available to add to a Toolbar or Menu through the Tools>Customize menu as "External Command ##". You just need to know which number corresponds to the particular command you've configured. I believe it is in order of entry in the external commands list.
Similarly, you can find those names in the commands list in Options>Environment>Keyboard and assign a shortcut to your command that way.
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Updated on July 09, 2022Comments
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Billy ONeal almost 2 years
There's an external command I'm using constantly - basically launching a batch file. I'd like to put a toolbar button (and possibly keyboard shortcut) for this into the IDE. Is there an easy way to do that?