Context menus from Microsoft are available throughout Visual Studio. Context menus are also available from Visual Assist.
When Visual Assist extends a context menu of Visual Studio, it denotes its submenu with "(VA)", as is the case with the primary context menu of the text editor.
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A separate context menu devoted to commands of Visual Assist is also available. This context menu is the most encompassing available in Visual Assist; it includes commands related to refactoring, code generation, navigation, and more. The menu contains most features available for the current file, symbol, or position in the editor.
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You can also open the menu by binding VA Context Menu to a modified mouse button in the options dialog for Visual Assist.
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Although used primarily by mouse users, the VA Context Menu can also be opened via keyboard shortcut for VAssistX.OpenContextMenu.
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