Keyboard shortcuts for Microsoft Test Manager

As you become more familiar with Microsoft Test Manager, you can take advantage of the keyboard shortcuts that are provided for you. These will help you navigate the user interface more quickly in the Testing Center, in the Lab Center, and when you run tests using Test Runner.

Requirements

• Visual Studio Ultimate, Visual Studio Premium, Visual Studio Test Professional

Testing Center and Lab Center

The following illustration shows the keyboard shortcuts that you can use in the Testing Center and in the Lab Center. These are also listed in the table.

Note

Press the Alt key to see the underlined letter to use for an accelerator for a command for a specific view. For example, Alt-u is the accelerator to run tests in the Run Tests view.

Navigation	Shortcuts
Backward	Alt+Left Back key (multimedia keyboards) Back button on mouse
Forwards	Alt+Right Forward key (multimedia keyboards) Forward button on mouse
Home	Home key (multimedia keyboards)
Center group switcher	Ctrl+~
Center group menu bar	Ctrl+<n> where n is the position of the item in the menu bar (for example, switch to Plan in the Testing Center with Ctrl +1)
View	Ctrl+Shift+<n>, where n is the position of the view (for example, switch to the Properties view for your test plan using Ctrl+Shift+2)
Create a work item	Ctrl+N
Open items	Ctrl+O Open key (multimedia keyboards)
Save	Ctrl-S
Refresh	F5 Refresh key (multimedia keyboards)
Close	Ctrl+W Ctrl+F4
Go to work item	Ctrl+G
Context menu	Shift+F10 Context menu key (multimedia keyboards)
Help	F1

Test Runner

When you run tests by using Test Runner, there are additional keyboard shortcuts, as shown in the following illustration. These are also listed in the table. The shortcuts to mark test steps can be used even when the input focus is on the application under test. The shortcuts let you to mark the test steps without changing the focus.

Navigation	Shortcuts
Start test	Ctrl+T
Pause test	Ctrl+P
Resume test	Ctrl+M
Reset test	Ctrl+R
End test/End iteration of a test	Ctrl+E
Mark a test step as passed	Win+Ctrl+Q
Mark a test step as failed	Win+Ctrl+W
Mark test as passed	Ctrl+Shift+P
Mark test as failed	Ctrl+Shift+F
Play action recording for selected steps	Ctrl+L
Create bug	Ctrl+B
Capture a screenshot	Win+Ctrl+C
Add a comment	Ctrl+Shift+C

See Also

Concepts

Running Manual Tests using Team Web Access

Defining a Test Plan [retired]