Silverlight 4 For Dummies

Silverlight 4 is part of a new family of Rich Internet Applications (RIA) that provides graphics, animation, audio, and video — all the features necessary to provide users with the dynamic experience they expect from the most successful Web sites. Two other Microsoft applications, Expression Blend and Visual Studio, are the most common applications used to create Silverlight applications.






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Common Expression Blend Keyboard Shortcuts


A great way to increase your creativity and productivity in Expression Blend is to learn the keyboard shortcuts for the most common commands. The following table lists the shortcuts that you’ll use often while designing your Silverlight applications.











































































































Keyboard ShortcutAction
F1Show Expression Blend User guide
Ctrl++Zoom in
Ctrl+-Zoom out
Ctrl+0Fit entire page into the Artboard
Ctrl+1Zoom to actual size
Ctrl+9Fit selected control in the Artboard
F4 or TABShow/Hide all panels
Ctrl+TABToggle between open documents with-in the Artboard
F6Switch Workspace
Ctrl+Shift+F6Reset current Workspace
Ctrl+Shift+BBuild project
F5Run project
F11Toggle Artboard between Design, XAML and Split views
Ctrl+.Open Assets Panel
Alt+DragCreates a copy of the selected control
Space+DragPans the Artboard
Ctrl+CCopy selection
Ctrl+VPaste
Ctrl+XCut selection
Ctrl+Shift+1Make width of selected controls the same
Ctrl+Shift+2Make height of selected controls the same
Ctrl+Shift+9Make size of selected controls the same
Ctrl+SSave current open file
Ctrl+Shift+SSave all open files
Ctrl+QQuit Expression Blend




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Common Visual Studio Keyboard Shortcuts


You can access many of the features you use in Visual Studio to create a Silverlight application through keyboard shortcuts. Here are the common shortcuts to help you accomplish tasks quickly in Visual Studio.







































































































Keyboard ShortcutAction
Ctrl+Alt+F1Open Visual Studio Documentation
Ctrl+Shift+BBuild your application
Ctrl+F5Run your project
Ctrl+Alt+XOpen the toolbox if it’s closed
F5Debug the application
Ctrl+.Display the Smart tag menu, from which you can add references,
implement interfaces, and so on
Ctrl+Shift+FFind in files
Ctrl+IInteractive search; allows you to start typing the search text
interactively after you press Ctrl+I
Ctrl+SpacebarActivates IntelliSense
F4Show Properties window
F10Step over code while debugging
F11Step into code while debugging
F7/Shift+F7Switch between XAML and code-behind file
Ctrl+TabSwitch among open documents
Ctrl+K, C/Ctrl+E, CComment code
Ctrl+K, U/Ctrl+E, UUncomment code
Ctrl+CCopy selection into clipboard
Ctrl+VPaste selection from clipboard
Ctrl+XCut selection
Ctrl+Shift+VCycle through previous clipboard selections
Ctrl+SSave current open file
Ctrl+Shift+SSave all open files
Ctrl+GGoto line number
Alt+Shift+ENTERShow Visual Studio in Full Screen mode




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