Custom tool shortcut visual studio

Question

Is there a way to create a shortcut for a custom tool in visual studio? At the moment I have to navigate to the tool in the solution, right click and run custom tool. It would be nice if I could either bind a shortcut key or run the tool from the toolbar. Does anyone know of a way to do this?

Answer 1

I think you are looking for this:

• Go to Tools -> External tools
• Configure your tool
• Go to Tools -> Options -> Environment -> Keyboard
• In Show commands containing type: Tools.ExternalCommand
• Choose the command you want and set a shortcut for it.

In the External tools, the gotcha is that the number of the external tool is the position in the list.

Answer 2

Yes, go to Tools -> Options -> Environment -> Keyboard..

Look for command Project.RunCustomTool or the command you actually want.